Recently i started facing a peculiar problem with my keyboard. Whenever i hold backspace, it deleted only one letter. Even back arrow key also do not work while holding and shifted only one letter back. The option to hold any key and get repeated keystroke as a result was missing. This was frustrating, as i have been doing this since childhood. This killed my pace of correction while typing also. So, i googled and fixed the problem. Here is how i solved it.
How to fix Backspace only deletes one letter problem in windows 10
Step 1: – Click start key and open settings. Alternatively you can also Press windows key + i to open settings.
Step 2: – Now, click on ease of access.
Step 3: – Now, Click on keyboard from the left menu.
Step 4: – Finally turn off filter keys as shown in pic below.
Thats it. Now, you can easily hold the backspace key and it will remove letter continuously, while you hold the backspace key.
Saurav is associated with IT industry and computers for more than a decade and is writing on The Geek Page on topics revolving on windows 10 and softwares.
Marty says
THANK CHRISTOPHER!!!!!
I wonder how this even got enabled in the first place but ti was driving me nuts
Joe says
Thank youl
Jun says
I turned this on with my new keyboard thinking it was causing issues, fixed the issue and forgot how I turned it on. Thanks a bunch for the simple to follow instructions 🙂
Anonymous says
thank you!
petesark says
Thanks Chris this worked
Jordon Brewer says
It was already off.
William Tarbi says
Thank you very much! Helped!
Anonymous says
Thanks it works
TINA says
THANK YOU GOOD SIR! I WAS STUCK WONDERING HOW THAT WAS ENABLED AND HAD ME FRUSTRATED LOL, BUT WITH YOUR HELP MY BACKSPACE WORKS AGAIN
DARRYL P DUNCAN says
You fixed my problem !!
Chris says
That worked for me. Thank you very much.
Sam says
Mine still doesn’t work 🙁
Anonymous says
Thank You <3