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on mine if u look at ur key board there are boses the letter and number box the f1- f4 box and so on to the right of the letter and number box there is a home end delete page up and page down box on my keyboard delete is the largest

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To delete characters.

The delete key is similar to backspace because it can erase something if you highlight it. You can also delete programs and files with it.

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Deletes content that is right of the cursor

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