Delete key not working

It no longer works for me to hold down the Delete key and delete one letter after another. Instead, it makes me press it each time in order to delete a letter.


Obviously, I can deal with it by doing it one at a time or highlighting and then hitting delete, but do any of you know of a way to fix this?



MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.14

Posted on May 10, 2019 03:58 PM

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Posted on May 10, 2019 04:12 PM

It may be your repeat key settings. Go to System Preferences > Keyboard and move the Key Repeat slider to "fast" and the "delay until repeat" to "short".

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