Delete/Cut whole words or sentences

Here is a short tip for beginners.

Use M-<DEL> to delete (“kill” in Emacs terminology) back to the start of a word, and M-d to delete up to the end of a word.

Use C-x DEL to delete back to the beginning of a sentence, and M-k to delete forward to the end of a sentence (we already covered moving by sentences and how Emacs defines a sentence).

Finally, refer to this post about deleting a whole line.

Note that all of these commands put the text in your clipboard so you can paste it elsewhere.

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