diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/BasicMessageComposer.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/BasicMessageComposer.tsx
index 055e597fb5..f81ace036e 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/BasicMessageComposer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/BasicMessageComposer.tsx
@@ -499,7 +499,9 @@ export default class BasicMessageEditor extends React.Component<IProps, IState>
             handled = true;
         } else if (event.key === Key.BACKSPACE || event.key === Key.DELETE) {
             this.formatBarRef.current.hide();
-            handled = this.fakeDeletion(event.key === Key.BACKSPACE);
+            if (!event.ctrlKey && !event.metaKey) {
+                handled = this.fakeDeletion(event.key === Key.BACKSPACE);
+            }
         }
 
         if (handled) {