diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 15e8a95..4ef32f2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.12.2] - 2026-08-17 [Changes][v0.12.2]
+
+### Features
+
+- **Common word-deletion hotkeys**: Bind `Ctrl+Backspace` to [`TextArea::delete_word`] and `Ctrl+Delete` to [`TextArea::delete_next_word`] in the default key map, matching the de-facto terminal/editor convention (readline, VS Code, opencode).
+
 ## [0.12.1] - 2026-07-10 [Changes][v0.12.1]
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f60208f..6cc9f0f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "tui-textarea-2"
 homepage = "https://github.com/srothgan/tui-textarea#readme"
 repository = "https://github.com/srothgan/tui-textarea"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/tui-textarea-2/latest/tui_textarea/"
-version = "0.12.1"
+version = "0.12.2"
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.88.0" # for Ratatui 0.30 split crates
 authors = ["Simon Peter Rothgang <simonrothgang@icloud.com>", "rhysd <lin90162@yahoo.co.jp>"]
diff --git a/src/textarea.rs b/src/textarea.rs
index 4e7b3cc..c9ba1fa 100644
--- a/src/textarea.rs
+++ b/src/textarea.rs
@@ -480,6 +480,12 @@ impl<'a> TextArea<'a> {
                 ctrl: false,
                 alt: true,
                 ..
+            }
+            | Input {
+                key: Key::Backspace,
+                ctrl: true,
+                alt: false,
+                ..
             } => self.delete_word(),
             Input {
                 key: Key::Delete,
@@ -492,6 +498,12 @@ impl<'a> TextArea<'a> {
                 ctrl: false,
                 alt: true,
                 ..
+            }
+            | Input {
+                key: Key::Delete,
+                ctrl: true,
+                alt: false,
+                ..
             } => self.delete_next_word(),
             Input {
                 key: Key::Char('n'),
@@ -3294,4 +3306,95 @@ mod tests {
 
         assert!(panic.is_err());
     }
+
+    fn key_input(key: Key, ctrl: bool, alt: bool) -> Input {
+        Input {
+            key,
+            ctrl,
+            alt,
+            shift: false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn ctrl_backspace_deletes_word_before_cursor() {
+        let mut textarea = TextArea::from(["aaa bbb ccc"]);
+        textarea.move_cursor(CursorMove::End);
+
+        assert!(textarea.input(key_input(Key::Backspace, true, false)));
+
+        assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["aaa bbb "]);
+        assert_eq!(textarea.cursor(), (0, 8));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn ctrl_backspace_at_whitespace_skips_run_and_deletes_previous_word() {
+        let mut textarea = TextArea::from(["aaa   bbb"]);
+        textarea.move_cursor(CursorMove::End);
+
+        textarea.input(key_input(Key::Backspace, true, false));
+
+        assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["aaa   "]);
+        assert_eq!(textarea.cursor(), (0, 6));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn ctrl_delete_deletes_word_after_cursor() {
+        let mut textarea = TextArea::from(["aaa bbb ccc"]);
+
+        assert!(textarea.input(key_input(Key::Delete, true, false)));
+
+        assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), [" bbb ccc"]);
+        assert_eq!(textarea.cursor(), (0, 0));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn ctrl_delete_at_end_of_word_deletes_next_word() {
+        let mut textarea = TextArea::from(["aaa bbb ccc"]);
+        textarea.move_cursor(CursorMove::Jump(0, 4));
+
+        assert!(textarea.input(key_input(Key::Delete, true, false)));
+
+        assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["aaa  ccc"]);
+        assert_eq!(textarea.cursor(), (0, 4));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn plain_backspace_still_deletes_single_char() {
+        let mut textarea = TextArea::from(["aaa bbb"]);
+        textarea.move_cursor(CursorMove::End);
+
+        assert!(textarea.input(key_input(Key::Backspace, false, false)));
+
+        assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["aaa bb"]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn plain_delete_still_deletes_single_char() {
+        let mut textarea = TextArea::from(["aaa bbb"]);
+
+        assert!(textarea.input(key_input(Key::Delete, false, false)));
+
+        assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["aa bbb"]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn alt_backspace_still_deletes_word() {
+        let mut textarea = TextArea::from(["aaa bbb ccc"]);
+        textarea.move_cursor(CursorMove::End);
+
+        assert!(textarea.input(key_input(Key::Backspace, false, true)));
+
+        assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["aaa bbb "]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn ctrl_w_still_deletes_word() {
+        let mut textarea = TextArea::from(["aaa bbb ccc"]);
+        textarea.move_cursor(CursorMove::End);
+
+        assert!(textarea.input(key_input(Key::Char('w'), true, false)));
+
+        assert_eq!(textarea.lines(), ["aaa bbb "]);
+    }
 }