Delete text

Note: To recover text that was deleted accidentally, from the Edit menu, select Undo.

To delete:

A selected item – Click the cut button, or press Backspace, Delete, or Ctrl + X.
Characters before the insertion point – Press Backspace.
Characters after the insertion point – Press Delete.
Word before the insertion point – Press Ctrl + Backspace.
Word after the insertion point – Press Ctrl + DELETE.
All entries in the row of the insertion point – Press Ctrl + B (You must do this BEFORE you process the data. You cannot delete or change the line of data AFTER you process it.)

To restore deleted text:

To restore deleted text immediately after deleting it – Right-click the field and select Undo from the pop-up menu.