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Codex Issues / #3126

Implement CTRL + L or similar commands to discard a prompt

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Sep 3, 2025 by thetinygoat Closed Sep 8, 2025
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (rben01, contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What feature would you like to see?

Currently if i have typed a long prompt and i want to cancel it, either i have to delete it manually or quit the process and start again. if i have had a long conversation closing the process leads to losing context.

Are you interested in implementing this feature?

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2 Comments

rben01 contributor · 11 months ago

I agree, Ctrl-C and/or Esc should clear the current prompt (and Ctrl-C should not exit, even with confirmation). For now, Ctrl-U will delete an entire line. Since a prompt is probably not that many lines, holding down Ctrl-U is not a terrible solution.

fathert0rque · 11 months ago
I agree, Ctrl-C and/or Esc should clear the current prompt (and Ctrl-C should not exit, even with confirmation). For now, Ctrl-U will delete an entire line. Since a prompt is probably not that many lines, holding down Ctrl-U is not a terrible solution.

thank you

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