Ctrl+X

What does Ctrl+X do?

Found in 37 apps across 5 languages

App	Action	Category	Win / Mac
Affinity Designer	Cut	Editing	Ctrl+X ⌘X
Affinity Photo	Cut	Editing	Ctrl+X ⌘X
Audacity	Cut	Editing	Ctrl+X ⌘X
Claude Code	Kill background subagents	CLI Session	Ctrl+XCtrl+K Ctrl+XCtrl+K
Clip Studio Paint	Cut	Editing	Ctrl+X ⌘X
DaVinci Resolve	Cut	Edit	Ctrl+X ⌘X
Emacs	Open file	File & Buffers	Ctrl+XCtrl+F Ctrl+XCtrl+F
Emacs	Save file	File & Buffers	Ctrl+XCtrl+S Ctrl+XCtrl+S
Emacs	Save as	File & Buffers	Ctrl+XCtrl+W Ctrl+XCtrl+W
Emacs	Kill buffer	File & Buffers	Ctrl+XK Ctrl+XK
Emacs	Switch buffer	File & Buffers	Ctrl+XB Ctrl+XB
Emacs	List all buffers	File & Buffers	Ctrl+XCtrl+B Ctrl+XCtrl+B
Emacs	Quit Emacs	File & Buffers	Ctrl+XCtrl+C Ctrl+XCtrl+C
Emacs	Undo	Editing	Ctrl+XU/Ctrl+_ Ctrl+XU/Ctrl+_
Emacs	Split window horizontally	Windows & Frames	Ctrl+X2 Ctrl+X2
Emacs	Split window vertically	Windows & Frames	Ctrl+X3 Ctrl+X3
Emacs	Delete other windows	Windows & Frames	Ctrl+X1 Ctrl+X1
Emacs	Delete current window	Windows & Frames	Ctrl+X0 Ctrl+X0
Emacs	Switch to other window	Windows & Frames	Ctrl+XO Ctrl+XO
Evernote	Cut	Editing	Ctrl+X ⌘X
GIMP	Cut	Edit & Selection	Ctrl+X ⌘X
Google Docs	Cut	Editing	Ctrl+X ⌘X
Google Sheets	Cut	Editing	Ctrl+X ⌘X
Google Slides	Cut	Editing	Ctrl+X ⌘X
Illustrator	Cut	Edit	Ctrl+X ⌘X
InDesign	Cut	Edit And Type	Ctrl+X ⌘X
Inkscape	Cut	Editing	Ctrl+X ⌘X
Krita	Cut	Editing	Ctrl+X ⌘X
Miro	Cut	Editing	Ctrl+X ⌘X
Notepad++	Cut	Editing	Ctrl+X
OneNote	Cut	Editing	Ctrl+X ⌘X
PowerPoint	Cut	Editing Slides	Ctrl+X ⌘X
Sublime Text	Cut	Editing	Ctrl+X ⌘X
Unity	Cut	Hierarchy & Objects	Ctrl+X ⌘X
VS Code	Cut line (empty selection)	Editing	Ctrl+X ⌘X
Webflow	Cut	Elements	Ctrl+X ⌘X
Word	Cut	Editing	Ctrl+X ⌘X

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