No undo function on Android?

**hankdu** · 12-07-2012, 06:10 AM

Did some search on the internet and it appears there is no 'undo' button or shortcut for android.

Am I terribly bad at using Google or is it really android has not got 'undo' function?

Thanks all!

Sent from my Nexus 4

**N4Newbie** · 12-07-2012, 06:17 AM

Undo what?

I don't think I have ever seen much in the way of undo functions on mobile devices, however some do exist. For example, in the GMail app when you deleete a message you have a brief opportunity to tap an Undo button to restore it to the Inbox.

Also, if you purchase an app such as QuickOffice, you will find that it has many Undo/Redo functions just as you would find in Microsoft Word or Excel.

**Exergy** · 12-07-2012, 09:23 AM

Do you mean undo of what you've typed in a message? You could shake an iPhone and undo the text that was just typed but I don't think that's a function on Androids. Plus the backspace works perfectly fine too.

**hankdu** · 12-07-2012, 11:36 AM

Originally Posted by Exergy

Do you mean undo of what you've typed in a message? You could shake an iPhone and undo the text that was just typed but I don't think that's a function on Androids. Plus the backspace works perfectly fine too.

Yes I meant undo some text I deleted by accident. So this is not possible on android then?

**hankdu** · 12-07-2012, 11:37 AM

Originally Posted by N4Newbie

Undo what?

I don't think I have ever seen much in the way of undo functions on mobile devices, however some do exist. For example, in the GMail app when you deleete a message you have a brief opportunity to tap an Undo button to restore it to the Inbox.

Also, if you purchase an app such as QuickOffice, you will find that it has many Undo/Redo functions just as you would find in Microsoft Word or Excel.

Sorry for being unclear, I meant undo deleted text, for example I deleted some text in an email by accident and I want to recover the deleted text. is it possible?

**ragnarokx** · 12-07-2012, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by hankdu

Sorry for being unclear, I meant undo deleted text, for example I deleted some text in an email by accident and I want to recover the deleted text. is it possible?

Interesting thought. I've never seen or heard of anything like this, but that would be a feature I could have definitely used once or twice.

**hankdu** · 12-07-2012, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by ragnarokx

Interesting thought. I've never seen or heard of anything like this, but that would be a feature I could have definitely used once or twice.

This is the one function I actually do miss when I moved from iPhone to android. It's possible on ios devices.

**teleclimber** · 12-07-2012, 12:35 PM

For Android people who had not heard of this:

Daily Tip: How to undo typing, deleting, cutting, pasting, etc. on iPhone | iMore.com

I just tried on an iPhone 4 I have laying around and it works well.

I think the "shake the phone" gesture is a little too dorky for my taste, but an undo function on Android would be welcome.

Maybe via the keyboard? perhaps a 2- or 3-finger swipe across the keys is undo/redo depending on the direction of the swipe?

**ragnarokx** · 12-07-2012, 01:03 PM

Originally Posted by teleclimber

For Android people who had not heard of this:

Daily Tip: How to undo typing, deleting, cutting, pasting, etc. on iPhone | iMore.com

I just tried on an iPhone 4 I have laying around and it works well.

I think the "shake the phone" gesture is a little too dorky for my taste, but an undo function on Android would be welcome.

Maybe via the keyboard? perhaps a 2- or 3-finger swipe across the keys is undo/redo depending on the direction of the swipe?

Possibly. I'd take a look at 3rd party keyboards in the Play Store for an undo feature.

**Thomas King** · 12-25-2012, 06:49 AM

You can undo with an iPhone or windoze phone, or any PC made in the last decade, but no Android has ever been able to UNDO. Particularly with the dreadful predictive keyboard, you'll be facepalming all the time.

**donec** · 12-25-2012, 11:40 AM

If you delete text by using the highlight and cut method then you can always paste the text back. As for deleting text I'm not sure how you are deleting it unless you are using the back key or a non-stock keyboard with a delete key.

**Levolent com** · 02-08-2013, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by teleclimber

For Android people who had not heard of this:

Daily Tip: How to undo typing, deleting, cutting, pasting, etc. on iPhone | iMore.com

I just tried on an iPhone 4 I have laying around and it works well.

I think the "shake the phone" gesture is a little too dorky for my taste, but an undo function on Android would be welcome.

Maybe via the keyboard? perhaps a 2- or 3-finger swipe across the keys is undo/redo depending on the direction of the swipe?

LOL at that article being a couple months old and acting like it's a radical new feature unique to iOS.
My DROID X has had this since 2010. I'd really love to have it on my tablet if anyone knows an app for it!