Support CTRL + DELETE to delete full words

Resolved 💬 1 comment Opened Mar 10, 2026 by KFlamsted Closed Apr 18, 2026

What version of Codex CLI is running?

0.113.0

What subscription do you have?

Enterprise

Which model were you using?

N/A

What platform is your computer?

Linux 6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64 x86_64

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

Windows terminal (WSL)

What issue are you seeing?

When I push CTRL + DELETE in the CODEX CLI it only deletes one letter instead of full words.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

  1. Open Codex by running command "codex" in terminal
  2. Write "hello world" in codex terminal (without hitting enter)
  3. Move the text cursor/caret to the first part of the line; (i.e before the word hello)
  4. Push CTRL + DELETE
  5. Notice that only one letter is deleted at a time

What is the expected behavior?

Expected behavior is that it would delete the full word "hello" when clicking CTRL + DELETE one time and then "world" in the next.

Additional information

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