# Deleting text

Scratch that is a voice command that deletes text. To use scratch that, speech recognition must be activated, the field must have the speech focus and the placement of the cursor is important.

To delete the last thing you said, say scratch that; the last section of text you recorded is deleted. To delete the previous section of recorded text say scratch that again. You can continue to do this until all the text in the field has been deleted. If you say scratch that after a long pause in speech, only the last written word is deleted and to continue deleting you must say scratch that again until all the text you don't want is deleted.

To delete a section of recorded text from another location, place the cursor in that section and say scratch that; the section is deleted.
Note: If you say scratch that again after changing the cursor position, text is deleted to the left of the cursor position. When all text to the left is deleted, scratch that deletes text to the right of the cursor position.

To delete specific text, select only that text and say scratch that.

If you use scratch that for typed text or an auto-text the text is deleted word by word.

If you delete text by mistake using scratch that you can say undo that to restore it.