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I am new to Ubuntu and have just installed Ubuntu 14.04 on my laptop. Until the day before yesterday, the Delete key was working, but suddenly it has stopped working.

I have tried to restart the PC, but it didn't work. Shift + Delete deletes permanently.

Can anybody please guide me how can I get the Delete key working again.

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    What do you by "does not work"? Are you trying to say that it doesn't work anywhere you use it (e.g., a text edit) or just that it does not delete folders in Nautilus (the file manager)?
    – edwin
    Jul 18, 2014 at 19:19
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    I am sorry as I should have given more detailed report. It works in text edit mode but not in file explorer (specially in HDD). When I select an item in my pen drive explorer window and press 'DEL' it goes to recycle bin. But for HDD file window, pressing 'DEL' does not work. Pressing 'Shift'+'DEL' deletes the file permanently. Please help me on this.
    – user282225
    Jul 22, 2014 at 2:57
  • @user282225 Can you delete files on your HDD from the context menu? (right click → Move to trash)
    – Glutanimate
    Jul 29, 2014 at 16:17
  • yes, I can delete files using context menu, but I want to do it using DEL key. Earlier I could move files to Trash using DEL, but now I can't do so. What's more funny is that, I can delete files from an USB drive using simply the DEL key. I have installed gonf-editor and dconf-editor and enabled the use of Accelerator but nothing happens. Please help.
    – user282225
    Aug 1, 2014 at 17:44
  • I have the same problem. Therefore I am tempted to say: This is this a bug.
    – MERose
    Jan 10, 2015 at 0:12

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