diff --git a/src/plugins/terminal/terminalconstants.h b/src/plugins/terminal/terminalconstants.h
index f53484d28ed..648dba5fe7b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/terminal/terminalconstants.h
+++ b/src/plugins/terminal/terminalconstants.h
@@ -18,5 +18,7 @@ constexpr char MOVECURSORWORDRIGHT[] = "Terminal.MoveCursorWordRight";
 constexpr char CLEAR_TERMINAL[] = "Terminal.ClearTerminal";
 constexpr char TOGGLE_KEYBOARD_LOCK[] = "Terminal.ToggleKeyboardLock";
 constexpr char SELECTALL[] = "Terminal.SelectAll";
+constexpr char DELETE_WORD_LEFT[] = "Terminal.DeleteWordLeft";
+constexpr char DELETE_LINE_LEFT[] = "Terminal.DeleteLineLeft";
 
 } // namespace Terminal::Constants
diff --git a/src/plugins/terminal/terminalwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/terminal/terminalwidget.cpp
index 3ca0cfd8d25..835a0495777 100644
--- a/src/plugins/terminal/terminalwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/terminal/terminalwidget.cpp
@@ -313,6 +313,16 @@ void TerminalWidget::setupActions()
     selectAllAction.addOnTriggered(this, &TerminalWidget::selectAll);
     m_selectAll = make_registered(selectAllAction);
 
+    ActionBuilder deleteWordLeft(this, Constants::DELETE_WORD_LEFT);
+    deleteWordLeft.setContext(m_context);
+    deleteWordLeft.addOnTriggered(this, [this]() { writeToPty("\x17"); });
+    m_deleteWordLeft = make_registered(deleteWordLeft);
+
+    ActionBuilder deleteLineLeft(this, Constants::DELETE_LINE_LEFT);
+    deleteLineLeft.setContext(m_context);
+    deleteLineLeft.addOnTriggered(this, [this]() { writeToPty("\x15"); });
+    m_deleteLineLeft = make_registered(deleteLineLeft);
+
     // Ctrl+Q, the default "Quit" shortcut, is a useful key combination in a shell.
     // It can be used in combination with Ctrl+S to pause a program, and resume it with Ctrl+Q.
     // So we unlock the EXIT command only for macOS where the default is Cmd+Q to quit.
@@ -692,6 +702,16 @@ void TerminalWidget::initActions(QObject *parent)
     moveCursorWordRightAction.setText(Tr::tr("Move Cursor Word Right"));
     moveCursorWordRightAction.setContext(context);
     moveCursorWordRightAction.setDefaultKeySequence({QKeySequence("Alt+Right")});
+
+    ActionBuilder deleteWordLeft(parent, Constants::DELETE_WORD_LEFT);
+    deleteWordLeft.setText(Tr::tr("Delete Word Left"));
+    deleteWordLeft.setContext(context);
+    deleteWordLeft.setDefaultKeySequence({QKeySequence("Alt+Backspace")});
+
+    ActionBuilder deleteLineLeft(parent, Constants::DELETE_LINE_LEFT);
+    deleteLineLeft.setText(Tr::tr("Delete Line Left"));
+    deleteLineLeft.setContext(context);
+    deleteLineLeft.setDefaultKeySequence({QKeySequence("Ctrl+Backspace")});
 }
 
 void TerminalWidget::unlockGlobalAction(const Utils::Id &commandId)
diff --git a/src/plugins/terminal/terminalwidget.h b/src/plugins/terminal/terminalwidget.h
index 351ae457205..473f6bfb0b6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/terminal/terminalwidget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/terminal/terminalwidget.h
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ private:
     RegisteredAction m_selectAll;
     RegisteredAction m_moveCursorWordLeft;
     RegisteredAction m_moveCursorWordRight;
+    RegisteredAction m_deleteWordLeft;
+    RegisteredAction m_deleteLineLeft;
 
     Internal::ShortcutMap m_shortcutMap;