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I recently realized the backspace key has stopped working. I was messing around in the keyboard shortcuts the other day and wondered if I changed it inadvertently, but looking back I couldn't see where I might have made the mistake.

Any suggestions on how to get backspace functionality back?

To be clear, backspace does not work in Ubuntu in any application.

Chris
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Try setxkbmap -option backspace:backspace in your terminal.

Restart your computer.

If above doesn't work, check if your backspace is working at all.

If your backspace is not working at all, you just reassign the backspace to another key (caps lock preferably) by using the same code as above like setxkbmap -option caps:backspace

TheEarlyMan
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I was trying to upload content from gmail regarding missed vacation opportunities and broken banking financial blockers for trying to implement fixes and clear misunderstandings however when trying to trim out and or remove hyperlinks the backspace key just stopped working and then also some of the applications don't execute and or run first time and then later open like however many times I tried to open the first time.