--- title: "What is the most useless key on a QWERTY keyboard?" description: "What is the most useless key on a QWERTY keyboard?" author: "Mukul Goenka" published: 2022-05-11 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97302/what-is-the-most-useless-key-on-a-qwerty-keyboard category: "troubleshooting" tags: ["troubleshooting", "keyboard"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # What is the most useless key on a QWERTY keyboard? What is the most useless key on a [QWERTY](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97297/is-it-worth-it-to-switch-from-qwerty-to-dvorak-typing) [keyboard](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2052/microsoft-discontinues-swiftkey-keyboard-on-ios-devices)? ## Answers ### Answer by Hitesh Vohra ![What is the most useless key on a QWERTY keyboard?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/8a350520-b08e-44fd-aec2-0efb58e92cd6/images/e20130d9-9f7c-44ca-b452-4125453b7a1d.jpeg) **\** - **The Scroll lock**, which is used to switch between scrolling and non-scrolling modes, is generally the most worthless key. Insert, Pause/Break, Menu, Tilde/Squiggly, and various function keys are among the others. F1, F2, Cap lock, F3, F6, F7, F9, and F12 are the keys to use. - the menu key is one of the most underutilised keys on the keyboard. The key's purpose is to make it easier for computer users to open a context menu from the keyboard. This function is simple to carry out with the mouse. Unless the mouse lacks the standard right-mouse button, which is uncommon, the menu key on the keyboard is useless for most users. - One of the most underutilised keys on a conventional keyboard is the insert key. The key was created to assist computer users in switching between two text-entry modes on a word processor. Many people, on the other hand, hardly utilise the button when operating their laptops. \ **Read More: [What is the crop factor in camera?](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97310/what-is-the-crop-factor-in-camera)** --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97302/what-is-the-most-useless-key-on-a-qwerty-keyboard Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.