# Undo does not work to restore text cut with the keyboard shortcut

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/undo-does-not-work-to-restore-text-cut-with-the-keyboard-shortcut/44980>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [21 April 2025 13:33 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/undo-does-not-work-to-restore-text-cut-with-the-keyboard-shortcut/44980 "2025-04-21T13:33:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![chraab](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/chraab/32/25176_2.png) [@chraab](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/chraab)\
**Post date:** [21 April 2025 13:33 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/undo-does-not-work-to-restore-text-cut-with-the-keyboard-shortcut/44980/1 "2025-04-21T13:33:58Z")

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### Operating system

Linux

### Joplin version

3.2.13

### Desktop version info

Joplin 3.2.13 (prod, linux)

Client ID: a5cea2926349473ab5b290a37725b32b  
Sync Version: 3  
Profile Version: 47  
Keychain Supported: No

Revision: a898e17b4

Auto Tag: 1.0.3-rc7  
Backup: 1.4.2  
Freehand Drawing: 2.14.0  
Outline: 1.5.13  
Zotero Link: 1.1.1

### Editor

Markdown Editor

### What issue do you have?

As described before by someone else, Undo does not work to restore text cut with the keyboard shortcut.

Step to recreate:

1. 

```
write text

```

2. 

```
highlight the text and select Ctrl+X

```

3. 

```
select undo or type anything and hit undo back to where you cut

```

results: it will undo actions up to and past the Ctrl+x, but will not undo the cut. Ctrl+Z or using the Edit \> Undo, neither works.

> [@Undo text cut does not work when using keyboard shortcut command+x](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/undo-text-cut-does-not-work-when-using-keyboard-shortcut-command-x/41546):
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> Operating system macOS Joplin version 3.1.20 Desktop version info Joplin 3.1.20 (prod, darwin) Client ID: 4e716bdd72344d159ea6991d7a99f76b Sync Version: 3 Profile Version: 47 Keychain Supported: Yes Revision: 8199362 Backup: 1.4.2 Editor Markdown Editor What issue do you have? A user cannot undo (command+Z) a text cut (command+x). This only happens with keyboard shortcut. It does work if you select edit/cut with the mouse. I noticed this issue months ago when I cut text to move it to …

I could not reply there, so I am making a new topic

- this problem applies to me as well
- **the Note history feature (Note \> Note properties \> Previous versions of this note) helped restore my text.**

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**Author:** ![Steph](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/steph/32/17080_2.png) [@Steph](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Steph)\
**Post date:** [21 April 2025 15:28 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/undo-does-not-work-to-restore-text-cut-with-the-keyboard-shortcut/44980/2 "2025-04-21T15:28:31Z")

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Have you try a newer version of Joplin ?  
By my side (WINDOWS 11 or KUBUNTU 22/04 + Joplin 3.3.5) the undo works (menu and [CTRL] [Z])  
BUT sometimes not immediatly ! I mean I have to do it 2 times before everything becomes like before. But it works.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/0/2/029b3eff145233c7cba1492dde62338feebb40c6.png)

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**Author:** ![chraab](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/chraab/32/25176_2.png) [@chraab](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/chraab)\
**Post date:** [21 April 2025 15:43 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/undo-does-not-work-to-restore-text-cut-with-the-keyboard-shortcut/44980/3 "2025-04-21T15:43:27Z")

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Ah thanks, I'll take your word for it! Right, for reporting a bug I should have tried with a revision later than "stable". My main goal was to have a searchable instance of the fix.

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**Author:** ![Steph](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/steph/32/17080_2.png) [@Steph](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Steph)\
**Post date:** [23 April 2025 23:10 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/undo-does-not-work-to-restore-text-cut-with-the-keyboard-shortcut/44980/4 "2025-04-23T23:10:37Z")

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> [@chraab](#):
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> I'll take your word for it!

You have the last screenshot above for it... LOL  
I select, I cut, I CTRL Z.  
Is it a "solution" to this topic ?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/1/c/1c948e33314e232a0927789508474d8624f4270b.png) [@system](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [24 May 2025 06:50 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/undo-does-not-work-to-restore-text-cut-with-the-keyboard-shortcut/44980/6 "2025-05-24T06:50:21Z")

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Closed on 24 May 2025 06:50 UTC

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