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Oh and by the way, where is the undo feature in the android feature request system? Just found, after some more extended searching, another issue (6458) which marked the lack of undo functionality as a defect instead of a feature request.

Just lost a ton of work trying to navigate a whole email with the two lines of text you get to see. No undo to fix it. Shameful to be missing such an integral feature that has been in computers for a long time now.

Yes, please!  Especially since Alt+Backspace will delete an entire line or paragraph, which I sometimes do on accident.

Please get undo option into the OS.

IMHO THE major downside of Android is text editing- I thought it couldn't be much of an issue on my Desire Z until I found out... Get us an UNDO function! PLZZZ!!

Yes please... even my many Sidekicks had an undo (menu key +z).  It's pretty unbelievable that the G2 and other prosumer Android phones don't have this feature.

The undo function is absolute necessity. Please add it. I'm on HTC desire HD. Also realized this feature is not available on Android. It's a huge flaw in Android without it.

Nothing more annoying than mangling good text by accident and trying to fix it up on an android phone.  Sooo painful.  Thanks.

Undo is a basic requirement of any good modern OS.

Not only within apps:  I've also been bitten while trying to add a comment to a blog, accidentally hit some button that took me away from that page, and no way to get back to my part-entered comment.  Lesson for now:  don't use Android device for that kind of activity, go find a proper computer.

Generally, I think that as a read-only device, it works well.  But as a data entry/capture device, there's a l-o-n-g way to go.

(Galaxy Tab, Android 2.2, using mNote linked to SimpleNote, and Dolphin browser.)

I find myself copying all to clipboard frequently when I'm composing
anything longer than a sentence...

This is critical if the Honeycomb tablets will ever be able to compete with the iPad for business use.  I have become leery of using my tablet for text entry for lack of this feature.

I am honestly amazed this feature is not implimented yet. For me this is the only blight on
a near perfect os, and quite a major oversight.

This seems to be the most obviously overlooked but useful feature on the platform.  The problem is even more pronounced on honeycomb since post people are trying to use their tablets as a laptop replacements but without undo that becomes a very tricky proposition.  Google please put this feature into the os so all exixsting apps can get it for free.  

This is a feature of such high necessity, I couldn't even call it a feature. It's a function that just NEEDS to be in any OS.

This really inexplicable omission is made absolutely infuriating by the behavior of a physical keyabord that will cause the OS to frequently delete entire lines of typed text at a time.  While there is an explainable cause for the deletions, it's SO easy to have happen due to the poor implementation of the Fn key functionality.

. . Comming from an Touch Pro 2 (Windows Mobile with full qwerty, modifier keys and arrows keys) I find this lack of "ctrl+c", "ctrl+v", "ctrl+x" and "ctrl+z" (or command, if you're into mac) disgusting. Also, most of the screens doesn't have a "cancel" button. Say you started to edit a field and changed your mind about the changes. There is no way of canceling the changes and getting the original value back into the input.
. . The lack of these features is outrageous.

please undo + cancel, urgent

Seriously, I've hit alt del so many times, its frustrating! We need to get more people to start this issue, so that Google will take note

Make no mistake, my Droid 2 is awesome, but having no undo is just plain ridiculous. It's not that friggin difficult to code.

I needed this undo typing option on the droid 2.. Too many times I've deleted a whole line of text on accident

please seriously consinder the undo feature, not a very hard programming challenge

Outrageous - I can't believe android is missing the most basic feature of any edit field.

Very important and widely used feature.

How come this is not built in or high priority? How are you expected to edit text and commit no mistakes? I'm thinking of NOT buying an Android device if there's no Undo!

Update: just tested on Motorola Xoom 3.0, and still there's no sight of Undo. Maybe the Google employers just find it unnecessary. Absurd.

I agree, please correct this oversight!

That definitely would be useful and make easier the transition from iOS..

Undo is something you don't think about until you need it. That's why I'm here, because I just needed it. Can't believe there is no undo function. Hope there's someone reading these comments!

what the heck is going on?  Get UNDO built into the OS

I "upgraded" to the Sidekick 4G from an earlier Sidekick and just figured I couldn't find the "undo" feature.  Finally came online to find help.  It never occurred to me that it might be absent.  Goodness gracious.  Especially with the lack of arrow keys and over-sensitive touch screen.  The latter wouldn't be so noticeable and aggravating if a quick "Menu + Z" or something would undo the last one or two actions.  I am used to using my sidekick for all kinds of things, but this one has me running for my laptop (a much heavier alternative!) for anything remotely important.

I think this kinda makes Google look a bit retarded. Maybe you could correct that, Google, by giving us an undo button..

Come on Google don't  you see how serious the situation  is? this is urgent!!!

Samsung Galaxy S II has undo, and it has Android 2.3. It's a vendor dependent implementation?
You can see it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n2Kp4ekWNs&t=5m10s just before he clicks on "paste".

Shocking that this is still outstanding. Undo is absolutely necessary IMO.

Just got a Droid charge about a month ago and have had several times when I've needed to undo a typing mistake mainly in contacts with no avail. Please add this feature.

I'd like to add to this, as to me this is an essential function.

Lack of undo is - aside from the countless moot clicks that end up doing nothing but changing focus to where I actually meant them to do something real (like adjusting the text cursor) - the main reason I consider my purchase of an android device a mistake.

Undo and redo are imperative.. seriously guys, what year are we in?

Google has taken me back to the days of vi on IBM tty! Lots of screaming & cursing in the lab when a whole page of work disappeared in an "ohno-second"! Thanks you google geniuses... back to future again.

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Come on... even vi had undo!!  MacOS has had it since 84.  Basic fundamental operation that encourages experimentation and play with aninterface as well as preventing frustration when a single click removes minutes of work....

This is outrageous. Especially considering how poor the copy and paste is.
I was trying to select some text in a huge forum post I had written and I couldn't select what I wanted, the markers kept moving around all over the place. Eventually the whole piece of text I had selected got dragged into another section of the text and there was not way to undo. I had to scrap it and re-write a huge section of the post. Please add this basic feature ASAP. I hate to say it but Apple has a huge win in this area, the undo on my iPhone 4 works beautifully.

2004 windows phones have undo, 2006 iphones have undo .... and 2011 android phones dosent have it ???? How strange... Plz wrk on this guys...

I just got used to select text, copy, cut, and paste on honeycomb on my Transformer. But no undo is just annoying, wastes alot of time and takes me another step away from using this as my travelling computer. Please win the war on portable computing device by adding this feature and take us a step closer to replacing our laptops!

I think this should be merged with Issue 36913735 http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=6458

I know there's more than 56 people who have been stung by the lack of undo (and more than 114 people on the other thread). iPhone didn't get it till version 3, which makes Android quite the lagger.

I want an undo. This is the first issue thats a bad mark against android since switching from iOS. I want it!!!

 Cmon Google, you are in the major league now and your 3rd major revision of your Andrid OS still has no Undo option. This is vital if you want to compete for business users. I can't comprehend how you have still managed to avoid such a basic OS requirement - quite frankly shameful!

For a quirky OS, so dependent on drag and drop, and the horrible way it sometimes functions this is an absolute must. I bet the google bigwigs are using iPhone !

I was a BB user, text editing is superb there ! Now switching to Android text editing is very difficult ! UNDO is a MUST !

Undo is a necessity when it comes to basic text input and editing. Please fix this major flaw or offer innovative alternative.

How is such a simple feature not built in to an operating system designed for communication? Humans make mistakes, so give them a way to correct their errors. Every other major operating system has an undo feature, including brew in some instances! Fix this please.

Undo is just essential. Just the fact that I have to Google "Android undo" is a waste of time that one button would change.

We are discussing among ourselves. Seemingly No google developper is
following this thread. Otherwise they would have at least be a little
ashamed and respond... They don't care. We are fools cause we buy android.

No undo feature --> no way android can walk far on tablet market. period!
The lack of this feature is acceptable on a phone, but NOT on a tablet.

I can't believe nothing had been done to resolve this issue of utterly missing the UNDO function.Is this some kind of self sabotage to keep iphone/ipad as the more USABLE system?!!

I can't believe nothing had been done to resolve this issue of utterly missing the UNDO function.Is this some kind of self sabotage to keep iphone/ipad as the more USABLE system?!!

I would have no hesitation, from a developer's point of view, marking this enhancement as HIGH PRIORITY, but i'm not employed at google, and it seems they are too much busy on UI whistles to really take care of text editing usability, that is utterly bad implemented so far.
The bare minimum would be (1) Undo feature Ctrl+Z, (2) cursor support on virtual keypad, (3) common shortcuts for easy text navigation, like CTRL+ARROWS for move word by word, (4) Cut & Paste with hotkeys Ctrl+c/v .. Tablets ARE NOT PHONES, and many of them can take advantage of a phisical keyboard!

@marantz
Try thumb keyboard. It has all of that, with an optional customizable row at the top, making it quite useful on a tablet. The split keyboard design is so much better than having to reach all the way to the middle of the screen when typing.

Does thumb keyboard have UNDO-REDO functions ?
I already have a physical keyb in my asus eeepad transformer.

No, unfortunately it does not. There is not currently a global undo/redo function that it could call upon, there are only per-app functions that developers have added to their apps.

Just totally agree that undo is a most essiential. Couldn't even find it in the editing of a mail body in gmail application. Big gap of google.

A.I.type keyboard has an Undo function. It is the only free keyboard I have found that does. It has become my main keyboard because of that.

WWWWEEEEE WWWWAAAAANNNNTTTTT BBBUUUIIILLLTTTTTIIIIINNNN UUUNNNDDDOOOO FFFFUUUUNNNNCCCCTTTTIIIOOOONNNN LLLIIIKKKEEEE OOONNNN IIIIPPPPAAAADDDD !!!

Undo and redo!

Also, for those using tablets with hardware keyboard connected with USB, or integrated keyboards as in asus eeepad transformer, those undo-redo function should be used by standard keystrokes CTRL+Z CTRL+Y

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undo

We cannot wait much more for that, at least on android tablets.

This appear to be a dupe of Issue 36913735, that have much more stars.
Please migrate to Issue 36913735 adding your star vote there!

UNDO now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm undone by the lack of undo. please do understand what needs to be done.

It's basic function of operation systems, why itsn't aded yet??? It's stupid, when you write mail, accidentally push the wrong button and then you need to write all the text again... Or something like that.

Google developers simply belive that android users are all so smart that they really never make mistakes. Or at least, only type-mistake free users will still continue to use their product, as a darwin selection law. Please all of you star this isue, it really need to be addressed in ice-cream 4.0 at least!

Um, I may be wrong here, but it's my understanding that Android-- being open-source-- is (mostly, probably entirely) NOT Google's intellectual property, and thus it rests with the open-source development community for Android enhancements.  Yes, Google developers do play a part, but it has never been Google's -=responsibility=- to do anything for Android.  They just help the project along where they can, so I believe while it is valid to ask "Google, please work on this", I don't believe it's valid to assign *blame* to Google for missing functionality enhancements...  That blame is simply misplaced, as the Android bugs that get worked on are (theoretically) the ones with the most stars.  So you are correct about it needing more stars.  After that, try to convince your software developer friends to work on it...

It is indeed "open source" but keep in mind that the development process is not! Source code is generally released only AFTER a release version is completed, compiled and shipped. Therefore we can make lots of custom roms afterward, but not really modify the official release that is branded "Android" by Google.

You can contribute of course, but it is controlled by Google. From the source.android.com FAQ: "There are some limits on the kinds of code contributions we are willing or able to accept. For instance, someone might want to contribute an alternative application API, such as a full C++-based environment. We would decline that contribution"

Since each app developer uses his own text input thingy I guess it would mean a quite significant API rewrite to make all text input route through an undo-capable API. It might even require app developers to slightly modify their apps to support the new undo API. I'd have to study the Android internal workings more to be shure though.

Back to the point: Google is not responsible for actually writing the code for undo, but they DO have the responsibility to actually put it in the release. Above all though I think it's a problem with complexity: each app handle text different. There exists no easy fix.

Sources:
http://source.android.com/faqs.html#how-can-i-contribute-to-android
http://source.android.com/faqs.html#what-is-involved-in-releasing-the-source-code-for-a-new-android-version

I'm unfortunately not skilled enough to give any contribution to android development, being too much biased developing for micro$oft platforms, but from a technical point of view i do not really believe that implementing an undo for common textbox inputs whould require any API redesign, as far as the undo buffer can be controlled using hotkeys, like Ctrl+Z, the same way as copy&paste does. Aftherall, a simple 1-slot undo buffer instead of a full blown undo implementation would represent a GIANT step forward anyway, compared to nothing at all. Can't see any complexity issues there, but i do not have the skill to verify. Anyone of you does ?

Please, give us the rights to UNDO.

I initially thought I was crazy and because I couldnt figure out how to undo something on Android. I assumed it was my noob-ness (got a Galaxy Nexus after only ever having iPhones). Im shocked that the undo feature has never existed on Android and *still* doesnt exist in ICS. Until I found this thread, I was really enjoying the switch. Now I feel like Im never going to be truky satisfied with my decision intil this problem is addressed. You listening Google? Helloooooooo??? Anybody out there???? Jesus, even typing this on my phone is a chore since UNLIKE ON iOS the autocorrect doesnt work in this text field for some reason, but thats a whole other issue.

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Whaha! Autocorrect is a whole n'other thingy yet! Useful as it is, I still prefer a physical keyboard on my phone.
As for undo: It seems like we can only wait. Or... does anyone happen to know of a way to prioritize issues? Polls, votes, contributions, reports, suggestions, anything really? If any such thing exists we could mass-mail them our opinion!

I think google guys will prioritize undo development into base infrastructure only when they realize that android is no longer limited to phones, but will gain market share on tablets and touch netbooks. In my humble opinion undo support is critical for serious editing, can you imagine a word suite without undo ? It's something you would like to thow out of the window after the first mistake, with the tablet follows as well. Is ICS targetted for tablet ? So it MUST have undo support, period.

I'd very much like to have the feature of Shake to Undo on my SGS2.
I recently neglected my iPhone for the much better Android device although this was one feature i can't live w\out..  

pretty much count on you R&D guys to figure it out..
i'll never give up on keep doing my daily search on market for this kind of app

thanks

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Undo is reayl necesary!!!!!!! Lo necesitamos!!!!

Have people really been asking for this for over two years now?  I just got my first Android device and I can't understand why there's no "undo"...

As a new Android user, lack of undo function is biggest disappointment so far.

+1 UNDO (Ctrl+Z) CUT (Ctrl+X) COPY (Ctrl+C) PASTE(Ctrl+V) and ESC (as ESC not back), this is really important in hardware keyboard devices :-)

No Undo on Android, is like being a drawer or a writer without a rubber.
Google thInks Android's users are God, like itself, never do a mistake mwahaha

Well it's such a pity that I can't undo my unwanted edits ( ...

Don't you realize that google does not care! I unstarred the issue. Will switch to Iphone. At least the maintainers over there seem to care!

     Only to set the record straight and try to take some heat off of Google, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system) says that "The Android Open Source Project (AOSP) is tasked with the maintenance and further development of Android", AND PLEASE NOTE THAT IT DOES -=NOT=- SAY GOOGLE IS RESPONSIBLE, with a footnote to http://source.android.com/about/index.html  As I understand it (and I admit I may very well be wildly off base), Google bought the Android's initial developer in 2005 and in 2007 opened up the source code and started the Open Handset Alliance, which was their way of saying "C'mon guys & gals at other companies, let's all work together on making better cell phones."  And with the Android code being made open-source, it rests with the COMMUNITY to handle maintenance issues, NOT GOOGLE.  They just helped the Android train start rolling, it's up to the community to drive.  Sure, Google might pitch in here or there on Android development, but that in no way makes it their -=responsibility=- to do so.  So as I understand it, you definitely DO need to star issues that you want to get worked on, as the issues with the -=most stars=- are the ones that are at the top of the Android developers' //TODO lists and get worked on by member companies of the Open Handset Alliance. (and maybe individuals?)  
     If you can't cut code (welcome, join the crowd), I believe that all we can do is star the issues we care about and wait.

Actually, I don't think that is true. The source is not available to the public as part of AOSP until after Google writes the latest version. The community has zero input in the coding of the OS. That is until after it is released, but community code doesn't make it to the releases, I believe. It is open source only in the sense that anybody can rewrite it for their own purposes. I am really disappointed that I have been following this for maybe close to 2 years and still no movement on the topic. I don't just want undo, I want redo too. Simple to implement and wildly useful. Just standard stuff. Please do it Google.

After reading what everyone has written here, and on other forums, would it really matter if I, too, complained of no undo function? Countless times I've accidentally erased text, whether by backspacing too much, or a copy/paste error, or accidentally navigating away from a page, only to have no way of undoing my blunder. I imagine Google only does what Google wants, not what the end-users want. Hence, no undo function for two years, and none in ICS. Thanks Google.

I have lost text from several emails and/or on web browsers after somehow hitting the wrong key. The lack of an "undo" key is unacceptable in this day and age. Honestly,  people are paying hundreds (sometimes thousands) of dollars on android smart/super phones and tablets - there should be a list of criteria that are mandatory to include in systems such as Android, for quality control. I have lost countless hours through having this happen routinely - I do try to type in a word processing program and copy and paste - but I don't always remember to do this when replying to emails in a hurry. One of the sole purposes of the Android system is to be able to send and receive emails (and the like) - I consider an "undo" feature to be necessary, when typing - especially considering the sometimes sporadic behavior of touch pads. I was going to upgrade to a Google Nexus for my next phone, and buy an Asus Eee PC prime - I am certainly glad I discovered this issue first - as to purchase these systems as a university student in a professional program would be to throw my money away [without a rudimentary 'undo']...

I'm tired of loosing text in my mails due to hitting by mistake in wrong keys and not being able to undo the typing. This is not a OS to equip plain mobile phones, it is supposed to be the OS of smartphones and tablets - devices to be used in offices and homes allowing people to write documents, messages, and so on. If android wants to be more than an OS for gamming devices it needs to be focused for business needs. Not having an UNDO is just ridiculous. Im my company there are plenty of IOS users they just laugh when to my suprise I discovered in my supposed in my uber new Samsung Galaxy S2 I couldn't have something so basic like undoing typed text.

Issue pain X # of complaints

= Total level of pain


With the pain/sadness this issue causes multiplied by the number of complaints, are there any issues causing greater pain in the android community?  Anyone have a list of those that are currently higher?  

Out of curiosity, who decided leaving this out was more critical than inclusion?  I assume that must have been a really cool discussion, or a really silly mistake, because this is quite painful.

There are some issues that seem to be much more important than Undo, e.g. "Add Esperanto characters" with 1089 stars, being in a reviewed state.
Google was and still is ignoring Undo completely, no review, no owner, no plan. If you look at tests in magazines comparing Android with iOS this functionality isn't mentioned and therefore the lack of it is not a problem for Google.
So to put some pressure on them, we should advertise the issue better, in forums, comments, blogs etc.

I love most of the new features in ICS, but I can't believe that there is no undo or cancel option whilst editing a contact in the new People app.  

Accidentally erased a few digits of a friend's phone number and when i realized what had happened, couldn't figure out how to cancel the changes.  So thinking logically, I figured I could press back instead of hitting 'save', which intuitively should revert the change, but alas it 'saves' the changes instead hahaa.  And since I have my contacts conveniently synced, the change already propagated online to my gmail contacts.  

*Sigh* I've had an android phone over 3 years now and never realized such a minor yet critical feature was missing.  Please fix Google!

It is a "must have"!

Coming from an iPhone 4, I love my Galaxy Note.  However, few things have made the me more frustrated than realizing that there is no freaking undo when my text just got wiped out.

Is it possible that this is a patent issue? e.g. maybe a Microsoft or Apple patent is preventing Android developers from implementing this feature? Seems unlikely since the "undo" feature is implemented on every other computing platform I have used in the last 10 years or more.

@m...@costumecraze.com Therein lies the problem. No one from Google will answer this thread.  

@customecraze, it's very unlikely a patent for undo feature do really exist.
The reason for lack of undo implementation i think have it's root on the fact that Android has been created with mobile phones in mind, so without any physical keyboard it has been considered an useless feature. Buto it is becoming a *critical* feature for tablets. I hope developers will consider seriously adding undo in 5.0 ...

Cool thing: using a BlueTooth keyboard to enter large amount of text on my Android mobile device. Very UNcool thing: losing hours of meticulous editing work when hit a couple of wrong keys, with no apparent way to "undo" to back up a few steps before the deletion. Arghhhhhhh! Please, guys!

I know this must not be easy to implement but it just has to be part of the os for any text object. When you add features like acceleration of the delete key you can't possibly think people can control it acc... DAMN! I am NOT retyping all that again.

Imho not having any way to undo modifications in text fields is like not having breaks in your car. :-( Obviously Google did "skip" this feature on purpose. It'd be nice at least to know what they had in mind when it was decided not to implement any undo ability. The uncertainity about annoyances like this make people anxious. Communicating with users would make them already half-way happy. :-)

This is a huge issue for my productivity and the usefulness of my Samsung Galaxy Note. Finding applications for Chinese character input was the first frustration. Having been satiated with finding something suitable and easy to use, accidentally erasing a paragraph of characters with no way to retrieve it is uber-frustrating. This most basic and useful option should be a top priority. I have spoken highly about the Galaxy Note and have been an advocate in the promotion of it as an upgrade from the iPhone. Now my line will be, "It is good BUT..."

It's so important. Wenn need this feature. It is so frustrating. Ctrl+A plus backspac e and work of hours can be deleted.

It's. So. Frustrating!

Please god add this. I use ALT a lot on my Sidekick 2, I type very fast, and sometimes I will accidentally hit del before hitting a key I meant to. This results in all the text I've just written being deleted. So frustrating to have no hotkey to undo this.

Please add an 'undo' shortcut/ function... I use it all the time on my pc. I have just bought a galaxy note and have already lost text on several ocassions... and without any method to 'undo' and get it back. Many thanks.

I love android. Please add this feature. It's the only major thing missing!!!

Fuck /YES/.

Gawd. I mostly use my phone for messaging & writing documents/notes... very long messages/docs/notes - I pre-write my blog articles on there for crying out loud.

The number of times I have had to start over COMPLETELY from scratch because I accidentally hit delete or paste instead of copy because the two buttons are so damn close together on the touch screen - which can be finicky half the time as we all know - even with /my/ small fingers, I'm talking near child-sized, and it's not like it asks you to confirm or anything either... I lose about half my work/messages on average. It's enough that I'm /almost/ willing to consider using a damn /windows/ phone or /blackberry/ despite all their horrible issues, and I work off a mac... do I really need to explain my feelings about windows BSOD or blackberries network & feature issues?

Yes ..pls add undo feature .. windows n iPhone have it... It's such a small function but so important .. like a Swype if it changes a word by mistake I can change back.

isn't.there an accelerometer for.this?

Thanx

very needed... Often makes me want to throw my new Droid out the window and go back to iPhone

Just deleted the text of a Turkish address from my phone because I hit AN incorrect button.  Have you ever seen a Turkish address?  For Pete's sake Android Makers - give us an undooooo.  HOWEVER I have come across Phonedeck (awesome free app) which gives a PC interface to your phone so now I'm going to enter Turkish addresses through that.

Seems I'm wasting my time but yes, I too would like undo, redo, keyboard cut/copy/paste. I'm sure there would be more requests if users knew where to send them....but apparently it's all going into the void.

Huge need for undo text edit/delete feature. Please someone read this thread and reply in some way!

After loosing long email. I wanted throw Android through window. Do undo support. I cannot believe it is not there...

PONGAN CTRL+Z EN ANDROID PS UE PASA

ANDROID MAKES ME ANGRY,  THERE IS NOT UNDO. WHY? :(

It is a very crucial feature that was neglected or ignored by developers. The Iphone/Ipad has it, windows phone has it, symbian has it, why cant android have one?

Undo please, I just accidently deleted a paragraph of text I wanted to copy...

I've got no idea why Undo is not available in Android.
I've used Windows-mobile for years and years and just wanted an "upgraded" change.
Unfortunately Android lags behind in many respects.
Just like other users I've been stung by the lack of undo where I was composing a long text with some medical words (so took quite long to manage with the swype/autocorrect etc.) Just before sending the text I thought I'll copy the contents & add to one of my Calendar entries. I selected the text, and mistakenly hit the Paste button.
Then I looked for an UNDO function by long-press, keyboard, menu key, back key but NOTHING!

My old Sony-Ericsson non-smart ("dumb") phone has copy, cut, paste and undo so why doesn't Android have it.

Are there no plugins either?

I've got no idea why Undo is not available in Android.
I've used Windows-mobile for years and years and just wanted an "upgraded" change.
Unfortunately Android lags behind in many respects.
Just like other users I've been stung by the lack of undo where I was composing a long text with some medical words (so took quite long to manage with the swype/autocorrect etc.) Just before sending the text I thought I'll copy the contents & add to one of my Calendar entries. I selected the text, and mistakenly hit the Paste button.
Then I looked for an UNDO function by long-press, keyboard, menu key, back key but NOTHING!

My old Sony-Ericsson non-smart ("dumb") phone has copy, cut, paste and undo so why doesn't Android have it.

Are there no plugins either?

I've got no idea why Undo is not available in Android.
I've used Windows-mobile for years and years and just wanted an "upgraded" change.
Unfortunately Android lags behind in many respects.
Just like other users I've been stung by the lack of undo where I was composing a long text with some medical words (so took quite long to manage with the swype/autocorrect etc.) Just before sending the text I thought I'll copy the contents & add to one of my Calendar entries. I selected the text, and mistakenly hit the Paste button.
Then I looked for an UNDO function by long-press, keyboard, menu key, back key but NOTHING!

My old Sony-Ericsson non-smart ("dumb") phone has copy, cut, paste and undo so why doesn't Android have it.

Are there no plugins either?

Want Undo! C'mon it's such a basic function for the supposedly most advanced mobile OS in the world!

It truly beggars belief that the fountains of knowledge at google have not seen fit to include an'undo' function. Alas, we mere mortals are not perfect, and find we make unintentional mistakes. How are we to reach the exalted heights that google developers have?

Seems like a basic feature, unless Android developers have come to a consensus that users should never make a mistake, and this is the best way to train them...

 picked up a nexus 7 yesterday. First android device, and no undo? Come on...text ibout and eciting is still a lWong way to go fTom c9m8ng clode to the iOS.

Eexactly

really?  No undo???  What is this 1982?  
I'm brand new to the android platform: week 1.  
I remember when it took Microsoft YEARS to develop the basic functionality of the Mac (Apple) computers.  Please tell me that Android doesn't exhibit the same arrogant, ignorant, self-loathing that Microsoft exhibitted.  Pleeease!
-Craig

Was editing an email and lost 99% of it now and couldnt edit... had some important links that I lost now.

Seriously?! Returning my brand new Android tablet as we speak..

i have search everwhere too find an app which can help me to do this simple action. but no one did...i'd like the system group to do it someday, it's important to me. and i think it's important to most of android user

Its close to two years and Google still do not think that its a priority & a fix is needed .... very surprising. Its the basic feature wich is a MUST.

I hate myself and my phone every day due to the lack of undo. Please provide it ASAP!

Same for me, expecting undo/redo

It is a deal breaker. it's a basic and  very handy function which any intelligent device must have.
As a developer I don't see any reason why this function hasn't been implemented...

Accidentaly deleted contact number while editing once again... Luckily had a backup

Designed for humans? Really? Humans make mistakes and need undo! I can't believe you guys.

It's incredible! A thing that is in ur lives since MS-DOS, you don't implement in Android. Bad, very bad...

It is such a pain to "undo" auto correction. Also it is pain in the ass to holding backspace forever. I do not know what is the big deal with not adding a undo feature in today's OS.

I'm looking for this option from time to time waiting for this development.
It should not be that hard. We all make mistakes when typing.

Lack of an undo function should be considered a serious ommission in a modern smartphone's OS. Should be incorporated at OS level and available in all text entry fields. Even the iPhone has it.

The number of times I've been missing an undo while text editing. Please, Google, do this before Apple patents it!

A great amount of my time is spent writing.

Since the mid 1980's my devices have all had both UNDO and CANCEL capability.

ICS is beautiful but the lack of two basic UI functions forces me with regret back to iOS.

As much as I admire Android the ability to produce my final product is paramount.

obviously we need an undo bc in real life mistakes happen.
but computers help us create this fantasy....where we can go back in time
versioning is the biggest thing EVER in technology nowadays.
im coming from iphone where the shake to undo is lovely.
give us something like that
or point us in the right direction towards developing it.

Need this feature badly. Implement it Google developers. Thanks.

Voting YES!!

Hold down backspace key to remove some words. Backspace key switches from deleting characters to deleting whole words after a few seconds. Erase half of what was just written. Be mad.

Google please. This is such a simple and NECESSARY feature. Listen to your consumers. Please and thank you!

Please get undo option into the OS. It's critical edit feature. Thank you!

Folk, great work on the OS, but has this enhancement (Undo) really been on the table for nearly 2 years now?? :-) Don't mean to seem insensitive to your existing backlog (which I'm sure is quite lengthy; nonetheless, again, great job on the OS!), but implementing this feature would equate to a HUGE time saver for your customers, and a potential big win for your team!
Let's get this prioritized a little higher up the chain folks...PLEASE! :-)
Thanks!
Keep up the great work!

un believable there is no undo in Android operating system. Wow bitch short sighted here I can tell you that. Hey hope the update for the undo come soon or I think I'm going to trade in for an iPod are off whatever you want to talk about anything but this. I gotta make sure I want all my friends about this so they don't get screwed over like I have been so many times with this no 1 do when especially were using touched uh keep Ayden all the rest of the stuff undo is a no brainer.

is idiotism when there is no undo key in Android edit-fields

undo please!

I have an iphone and an android phone (asus padfone), I found android os to be really cool, but not till I stumbled upon not having the undo feature, i think it's a very essential feature. so I'm voting YES! Please add to the next update.

Undo feature would be extremely useful.

Need undo for text edition. If I have accidentally deleted a bunch of text, but I would like to be able to Undo. Shake in iOS. Thanks!

Please please pleeeease, create that "undo", A LOT of us need it!

... it creates a lot of frustration being without this feature. Many and again many times I did by mistake or mostly because some txt input (youtube browser for instint) are to be almost impossible to write something and make some adjustement later on...

Please add undo feature this should have been a basic feature

+1 pretty please! should be upgraded to major from a user perspective.

If you need help to implement a Undo feature, just talk to all of us, and we can help you to resolve it.

Undo! Undo! Undo!
I searched for it for two weeks. Didn't find... :(

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Please add undo!! It's just absurd not to have it. Just readjusting the way you are holding the phone can cause you to inadvertently highlight and delete large chunks of text (I don't know how, but it just happened to me.) If you are going to have text entry on a touch screen phone, you simply have to have UNDO.

Thank you!

Also, margins are almost non-existent which makes selecting a complete line of text really difficult.

I find it borderline negligent of Android (Google) for not get their act together on this. It's been YEARS NOW. if they can't implement this by their next release... I say: BUY AN IPAD OR A WINDOWS 8 DEVICE. It's seemingly such an obvious everyday task. People have begging for this for years.

I am dumbfounded as I just made transition from iOS (shake undo.)  To Droid OS (your screwed:no rudimentary undo.)  Thank you Peter this is negligent and just cost me a lot of money and time.  I have every apple device and wanted to try something else so I got a xoom,droid tab, nexus 7, and galaxy s3.  My apple stuff has had few issues, my Mac Pro had some trouble and they sent me another Apple TV to compensate my time.  My nexxus has broken twice now in 2 monthes and Google wont do anything!  They tell me to take it back and I did the first time and now I just am really disappointed.  I got the iPad 3 and honestly was perferring the nexxus 7 for certain things.  It wont even respond to any touch again, I hope google will maybe respond and I will update this comment, but I am not holding my breath Ive already delt with countless rude salespeople over the phone pissed about having to do customer service duties and not sell me something (though they still try.)  I shall keep all posted and hopefully someday soon we can undo our deletes!
Jay

WHA WHA WHAAAT???? NO UNDO???????? WTF is going on here? how can such a basic thing be missing in adroid after so many versions and despite its open nature?

how have CM (or touchwiz or sense, etc.) devs not added an undo feature to their rom, so that google can use that code to add to android?

can it REALLY be that hard???????

WHA WHA WHAAAT???? NO UNDO???????? WTF is going on here? how can such a basic thing be missing in adroid after so many versions and despite its open nature?

how have CM (or touchwiz or sense, etc.) devs not added an undo feature to their rom, so that google can use that code to add to android?

can it REALLY be that hard???????

WHA WHA WHAAAT???? NO UNDO???????? WTF is going on here? how can such a basic thing be missing in adroid after so many versions and despite its open nature?

how have CM (or touchwiz or sense, etc.) devs not added an undo feature to their rom, so that google can use that code to add to android?

can it REALLY be that hard???????

Need Undo. Actually need Multiple Undo. What is this? 1979? Please add this feature. This is more important that Google Maps or Navigation I'm loosing too much work because I'll select text to replace, start typing, and the wrong text will get replaced.

the undo feature would be nice. a redo feature also would be nice of course  :)
thank you android developers for the android OS.
love

PLS PLS PLS, how do you undo? I swear I thought I lived in the new millenia. Well, POOH, I just lost an entire text that took me 1hr to type, due to accidentally pushing paste {Since there is no text displayed, just icons in edit mode. And no I am not a new user, I have had my phone for cpl months, with ICS oper sys. Just sometimes get icons confused due to not using this operating system long enough to operate my device in an "autopilot' type of manner.} So I accidentally pushed paste instead of copy. GREAT, pooh this is so unfortunate...And worst part is, I own an iphone also, and it has shake to edit n undo n redo, and does it HOWEVER MANY TIMES you need it to keep redoing or undoing, NO limit. I Knew I should've typed it on my iphone. Im honestly not going to be able to use my android phone til this feature that is so simple and so 1980s capable, is added. Unfortunate and pooh is all I can say bc I love my Galaxy Note! Not for long tho...IPHONE IT IS :( BC typing is NUMBER 1 on list of most impt & Most used antics when operating/using any device.

Agree with 4 comments I quickly scanned, all stating that this is not good as we've just newly switched from iphones and this is the first sign we get. :( First horrible sign that is btw. Also agree that google bigwigs are prob using iphones. ;) And also agree that with the drag n drop feature being so touchy, or out-of-whack, or mind-of-its-own sometimes, which no windows phone or iphone is, yet with that touchy outta-whack "feature" this is the only operating system without the undo/Redo feature, whereas other Phones/Operating systems aren't touchy and still have undo for "just in case typing errors". And, to think that this voting enabled petition was started over a year ago, with several ICS operating system updates and let alone the new Jelly Bean OS, how is it within over a year of requesting it there has been no answer nor action taken place yet? Love you android, please answer your 250 customers!

Is it sad to say that I wish I could go in there and help get this answered/implemented on demand for all of you bc I feel so bad hearing your stories, and would like to stand up and say "No I will not 'sit down and wait my turn', I know there's million other ppl standing in line asking for the same thing; I'm here for them too not just me! Duh!" So, with that said, is it not Sad to say, or know, that I care more about their customers than they do...???  ?  ?  ?  ?.?.?.? ;(

undo is a must-have (not a nice-to-have) for a touch-screen mobile device. About the hardest thing to do reliably on a smart phone is enter text with the on-screen keyboard, and it's also the most error prone. IMO, undo is most important to recover from a delete/backspace that ended up taking a sentence, rather than just a few letters or a word.

WOW... I am absolutely astonished that such an important thing is clearly ignored since 2010... Developers should be ashamed.

PLEASE add an "UNDO" edit feature!

Undo is giga must-have.

Regards

Iphone has undo. Android doesn't = FAIL