P: Incorrect and inconsistent names for Delete and Backspace in Help for all languages
- August 13, 2026
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LR 15.5 made numerous inconsistent and incorrect changes to how the Delete and Backspace keys are translated in Help > Library Module Shortcuts and Map Module Shortcuts.
Prior to 15.5, LR followed the principle of using the names of the keys as they appeared on the most commonly used keyboards for that language. For example, on Spanish (ES) keyboards, the Delete key is labeled Supr, and LR's Help used Supr for the Mac shortcuts for Library > Remove From Library, Map > Delete GPS Coordinates, and Map > Delete All Location Metadata.
This convention makes sense -- Help uses the names of the keys that are displayed on the user's keyboard.
But in 15.5, the displayed names of the Delete key (Mac) were changed in all 15 non-English languages, for some but not all of the commands assigned Delete. Similarly, the displayed names of the Backspace key (Win) were changed in 6 languages, for some but not all of the commands assigned Backspace.
For example, in Spanish, the name for the Delete key was changed from Supr to Eliminar, even though Eliminar doesn't appear on any Spanish keyboard. In Norwegian, the name for Delete was changed to Slett, even though Norwegian keyboards use "Delete" or "Del", but the shortcut displayed for Delete All Location Metadata remains as Kommando + Delete.
There are two categories of mistakes that have been made in 15.5:
- The names displayed for Delete and Backspace in the various languages are often no longer the names displayed on the keyboards most commonly used with those languages.
- The change in names was applied inconsistently, with some not all instances of Delete and Backspace showing the same name for that language.
The attached spreadsheet details these errors. The "Correct Backspace & Delete" tab shows the labels for Delete and Backspace most commonly used on the keyboards for the 15 languages, along with links to example keyboards:

The "LR Shortcuts" tab shows the current shortcuts displayed in Library and Map help assigned Delete and Backspace and the correct shortcuts that should be displayed. For example, for German (DE):

