# Disable Delete/Backspace Key?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disable-delete-backspace-key/244665>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 20, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disable-delete-backspace-key/244665 "2007-11-20T17:40:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![mrwizzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e68b1a/32.png) [@mrwizzer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mrwizzer)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disable-delete-backspace-key/244665/1 "2007-11-20T17:40:33Z")

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Does anyone know if there’s a way to disable the Delete (Backspace) key via Actionscript?

I’m building a game with input text fields and need to prevent the user-entered text from being deleted. (The user needs to be able to select and change the letters they’ve typed, but not delete them so as to not change the positioning of the letters that come after).