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Asked: 2026-05-18T11:22:41+00:00

I like to use the Del key when I type, but often miss and

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I like to use the “Del” key when I type, but often miss and hit the “Help” key by mistake, which can be costly (another window opens, sometimes steals the focus, etc.). I’d like a software solution such that hitting the Help key does nothing.

Yes, I’ve tried remapping it.

There are a ton of resources around on how to rebind keys under OSX, but I’ve yet to find anything that can affect the “Help” key — it seems to work outside the normal flow.

Is there a way to just plain make it not work (other than ripping off the key and covering the contact underneath with something non-conductive)?

EDIT: To be clear, I’m talking about the key labeled ‘help’ on a full-size Mac keyboard, next to the ‘home’ key and above the ‘delete’ key, sitting in a vertical line with the left-arrow key (below) and the F14 key (above).

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  1. Editorial Team

    Finally solved, using http://pqrs.org/macosx/keyremap4macbook/. It offers only set mappings, but one of them is to turn Help into F13 (which does nothing at the moment) so I’m set.

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