But selecting a file, or several files, and hitting Delete won't do anything. Now in the Finder you can use Delete to put something into the Trash. However you can use Control K to delete to the end of the paragraph. Now if you want to delete to the end of the paragraph you would think that fn and Command Delete would do that. Now when you use the Command key with Delete it deletes from the current text cursor position all the way to the beginning of the paragraph. Option Delete will then delete to the end of the word. So look where the blinking text cursor is and watch what happens when I Option Delete. Now if you hold the Option key down and you press Delete it will delete from the text cursor all the way back to the beginning of the word. That will also forward delete in most apps. Another way to do this is to use the keyboard combination Control and then D. Hold the fn key and press Delete and it will delete the character after the text cursor. On newer Mac keyboards this has a globe on it. The way to do that is look for the fn key on your keyboard. So how do your Delete or as it's known on the Mac forward delete. What we're doing here when we press delete is really backspacing. Now on Windows keyboards there's a delete key and a backspace key. So you can select several things like that then press Delete and it will delete whatever is selected. Another way to delete text is to select the text first and then press Delete. So the most obvious use is in a text document you can place the cursor anywhere by clicking and then you press the Delete key and it will delete a single character before the text cursor. You can use it for a variety of different things, most of them, of course, having to do with deleting or removing something. So the Delete Key is near the upper right corner of your Mac keyboard. Join us and get exclusive content and course discounts. There you can read more about the Patreon Campaign. MacMost is brought to you thanks to a great group of more than 1000 supporters. Let's look at the many uses of the Delete Key on your Mac's keyboard. Video Transcript: Hi, this is Gary with.

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