diff --git a/apps/client/src/services/shortcuts.spec.ts b/apps/client/src/services/shortcuts.spec.ts
index 405c71359..d9c2547a9 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/services/shortcuts.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/services/shortcuts.spec.ts
@@ -148,13 +148,19 @@ describe("shortcuts", () => {
             expect(matchesShortcut(event, "a")).toBe(false);
         });
 
-        it("should match function keys even with no modifiers", () => {
+        it("should match some keys even with no modifiers", () => {
+            // Bare function keys
             let event = createKeyboardEvent({ key: "F1", code: "F1" });
             expect(matchesShortcut(event, "F1")).toBeTruthy();
             expect(matchesShortcut(event, "f1")).toBeTruthy();
 
+            // Function keys with shift
             event = createKeyboardEvent({ key: "F1", code: "F1", shiftKey: true });
             expect(matchesShortcut(event, "Shift+F1")).toBeTruthy();
+
+            // Delete
+            event = createKeyboardEvent({ key: "Delete", code: "Delete" });
+            expect(matchesShortcut(event, "Delete")).toBeTruthy();
         });
 
         it("should handle alternative modifier names", () => {
diff --git a/apps/client/src/services/shortcuts.ts b/apps/client/src/services/shortcuts.ts
index 92bb02d66..5e8cd52a5 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/services/shortcuts.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/services/shortcuts.ts
@@ -36,10 +36,18 @@ const keyMap: { [key: string]: string[] } = {
 };
 
 // Function keys
+const functionKeyCodes: string[] = [];
 for (let i = 1; i <= 19; i++) {
-    keyMap[`f${i}`] = [`F${i}`];
+    const keyCode = `F${i}`;
+    functionKeyCodes.push(keyCode);
+    keyMap[`f${i}`] = [ keyCode ];
 }
 
+const KEYCODES_WITH_NO_MODIFIER = new Set([
+    "Delete",
+    ...functionKeyCodes
+]);
+
 /**
  * Check if IME (Input Method Editor) is composing
  * This is used to prevent keyboard shortcuts from firing during IME composition
@@ -163,8 +171,8 @@ export function matchesShortcut(e: KeyboardEvent, shortcut: string): boolean {
     const expectedMeta = modifiers.includes('meta') || modifiers.includes('cmd') || modifiers.includes('command');
 
     // Refuse key combinations that don't include modifiers because they interfere with the normal usage of the application.
-    // Function keys are an exception.
-    if (!(expectedCtrl || expectedAlt || expectedShift || expectedMeta) && !/f\d+/.test(key)) {
+    // Some keys such as function keys are an exception.
+    if (!(expectedCtrl || expectedAlt || expectedShift || expectedMeta) && !KEYCODES_WITH_NO_MODIFIER.has(e.code)) {
         return false;
     }