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Undo the last change

U

Linux Desktop app Vim default commands

Practice this

To undo the last change in Vim, press U.

Where it works: Normal mode

Press the small letter, without Shift. Vim is case sensitive, and the capital letter is a different command.

Every documented variant

Variants of this shortcut
System	Environment	Keys
Linux	Desktop app	`U`
Mac	Desktop app	`U`

Where this comes from

Vim help: index.txt - vim/vim

Documentation checked on 2026-09-14. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

The same task in other apps

Undo Adobe After Effects Cmd + Z
Undo the last action Airtable Cmd + Z
Undo the last action Audacity Ctrl + Z
Undo the last edit Bitwarden Cmd + Z
Undo Blender Ctrl + Z
Undo the last change Canva Cmd + Z
Undo the last action CapCut Ctrl + Z
Undo the last action ChromeOS Ctrl + Z
Undo the last change Confluence Cmd + Z
Undo the last operation DBeaver Cmd + Z
Undo a change in Elements Chrome DevTools Cmd + Z
Undo the last change Eclipse IDE Ctrl + Z

More Vim shortcuts

Redo an undone change Ctrl + R
Undo every change on the line Shift + U
Repeat the last change .
Join the line with the next one Shift + J
Indent the line > then >
Unindent the line < then <
Reindent the line = then =
Switch the case of the character ~

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