# I would love a hotkey to delete a cell

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**Created:** [January 31, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/i-would-love-a-hotkey-to-delete-a-cell/37 "2018-01-31T17:35:47Z")
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#### Post date: [January 31, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/i-would-love-a-hotkey-to-delete-a-cell/37/3 "2018-01-31T17:55:26Z")

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Hey Ben!

Totally - we have _almost_ that: cells can only be deleted if they’re empty, and `option-delete` merges a cell with its previous cell, so the magic trick is:

- ⌘A
- Hit delete
- Option+Delete

And you’ll have deleted a cell. Maybe we should add something to delete a cell regardless of whether it has contents?

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