ESC, Delete/ Backspace no longer working with the Polygonal Lasso

I've made some changes to try and improve this very annoying problem. As far as we can tell, this bug only affects Windows users. If there are any Mac OS Users who are experiencing this problem, we would like to know and we will need to open a new and different bug for investigation.

Please try Adobe Photoshop (Beta) Version: 26.8.0 20250528.m.3090 or later. Please note the date code "20250528".

As I write this, a build with a date code later than this, and build number higher than "m.3090" should be available in the Beta Release of Photoshop some time later this week. When it appears, please give it a try.

Can confirm this is still broken. This has been broken for years now. What are these developers doing? Stop innovating if you can't keep basic functions working. It costs us lots of time and money when work takes longer to complete. [insult removed]

EDIT: This is random, sometimes it works, sometimes not. Also, you will loose multiple CTRL+Z undo.

I was experiencing the same issue. Then I looked at Preferences > Keyboards Shortcuts and Menus and activated "Use Legacy Undo Shortcuts". Restarted and SHIFT+Backspace seems to work properly with Lasso tool. Please try and let me know.

It's incredible how Adobe can't maintain the stability of tools that have been around for decades! With every innovation, a bug comes to annoy the user! Very annoying!

I can confirm that this bug is still there. In 2025. Since forever I've also had issues with the use of alt key on Photoshop with Windows, forcing me to hit the "esc" key multiple times. That bug never got fixed, instead Adobe would claim it's a Windows issue (the "alt" key prompting the menu by default). Then maybe Adobe developers should open another app on their computer just to see how other editors have apparently found a way to avoid issues. I've been using 3DS Max the entire day for 5 years and not a single time the "alt" key has been an issue. I'm mentioning this "alt" key issue because maybe these problems are related, i don't know, it should be Adobe's work to find a solution, not the customers. Thanks to other users here, the workaround with alt+spacebar is satisfying enough, but not a fix.

It's 2025, and the issue is still there. I honestly don't know what the new updates are for—just to add a number to the 'Photoshop' title and change the startup image? Adobe keeps suggesting, 'Restore the preferences,' 'Reinstall the program,' but that doesn’t seem to help. At this point, I’m considering switching to another program. It’s too expensive to keep dealing with the same unresolved bugs year after year

It's 2025 and the bug persists. I have it across six machines - PC and OSX. I'm tired of Adobe getting in the way of paying work while adopting an accelerated update schedule that means updates are not tested. My company is hovering over alternate and less expensive options.

Same bug here!

FIX / WORKAROUND: Hold SHIFT on your first click, then release shift. I can't take credit, someone else, somewhere posted this, but when I logged in to upvote and reply, this forum, works about as good as their software and put me on some other random page. BUT, this works, been using this method all evening on a project and is now burned into my brain / workflow.