diff --git a/browser/main/Detail/MarkdownNoteDetail.js b/browser/main/Detail/MarkdownNoteDetail.js
index f7f18d4cf..c35127baa 100755
--- a/browser/main/Detail/MarkdownNoteDetail.js
+++ b/browser/main/Detail/MarkdownNoteDetail.js
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ class MarkdownNoteDetail extends React.Component {
       const reversedType = this.state.editorType === 'SPLIT' ? 'EDITOR_PREVIEW' : 'SPLIT'
       this.handleSwitchMode(reversedType)
     })
+    ee.on('hotkey:deletenote', this.handleDeleteNote.bind(this))
     ee.on('code:generate-toc', this.generateToc)
   }
 
@@ -295,6 +296,10 @@ class MarkdownNoteDetail extends React.Component {
     })
   }
 
+  handleDeleteNote () {
+    this.handleTrashButtonClick()
+  }
+
   handleClearTodo () {
     const { note } = this.state
     const splitted = note.content.split('\n')
diff --git a/browser/main/lib/ConfigManager.js b/browser/main/lib/ConfigManager.js
index 33cab7aac..2a660ccf4 100644
--- a/browser/main/lib/ConfigManager.js
+++ b/browser/main/lib/ConfigManager.js
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ export const DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
   amaEnabled: true,
   hotkey: {
     toggleMain: OSX ? 'Command + Alt + L' : 'Super + Alt + E',
-    toggleMode: OSX ? 'Command + Option + M' : 'Ctrl + M'
+    toggleMode: OSX ? 'Command + Alt + M' : 'Ctrl + M',
+    deleteNote: OSX ? 'Command + Shift + Backspace' : 'Ctrl + Shift + Backspace'
   },
   ui: {
     language: 'en',
diff --git a/browser/main/lib/shortcut.js b/browser/main/lib/shortcut.js
index a6f331964..93e33c9b8 100644
--- a/browser/main/lib/shortcut.js
+++ b/browser/main/lib/shortcut.js
@@ -3,5 +3,8 @@ import ee from 'browser/main/lib/eventEmitter'
 module.exports = {
   'toggleMode': () => {
     ee.emit('topbar:togglemodebutton')
+  },
+  'deleteNote': () => {
+    ee.emit('hotkey:deletenote')
   }
 }
diff --git a/browser/main/modals/PreferencesModal/HotkeyTab.js b/browser/main/modals/PreferencesModal/HotkeyTab.js
index 1c40a13ae..9f9649572 100644
--- a/browser/main/modals/PreferencesModal/HotkeyTab.js
+++ b/browser/main/modals/PreferencesModal/HotkeyTab.js
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ class HotkeyTab extends React.Component {
     const { config } = this.state
     config.hotkey = {
       toggleMain: this.refs.toggleMain.value,
-      toggleMode: this.refs.toggleMode.value
+      toggleMode: this.refs.toggleMode.value,
+      deleteNote: this.refs.deleteNote.value
     }
     this.setState({
       config
@@ -127,6 +128,17 @@ class HotkeyTab extends React.Component {
               />
             </div>
           </div>
+          <div styleName='group-section'>
+            <div styleName='group-section-label'>{i18n.__('Delete Note')}</div>
+            <div styleName='group-section-control'>
+              <input styleName='group-section-control-input'
+                onChange={(e) => this.handleHotkeyChange(e)}
+                ref='deleteNote'
+                value={config.hotkey.deleteNote}
+                type='text'
+              />
+            </div>
+          </div>
           <div styleName='group-control'>
             <button styleName='group-control-leftButton'
               onClick={(e) => this.handleHintToggleButtonClick(e)}
diff --git a/locales/en.json b/locales/en.json
index 2c07b119d..2cca89a94 100644
--- a/locales/en.json
+++ b/locales/en.json
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@
 	"Hotkeys": "Hotkeys",
 	"Show/Hide Boostnote": "Show/Hide Boostnote",
 	"Toggle Editor Mode": "Toggle Editor Mode",
+  "Delete Note": "Delete Note",
 	"Restore": "Restore",
 	"Permanent Delete": "Permanent Delete",
 	"Confirm note deletion": "Confirm note deletion",
diff --git a/locales/fr.json b/locales/fr.json
index 0523d6203..fa4a526e4 100644
--- a/locales/fr.json
+++ b/locales/fr.json
@@ -154,5 +154,6 @@
 	"Convert textual arrows to beautiful signs. ⚠ This will interfere with using HTML comments in your Markdown.": "Convertir des flèches textuelles en jolis signes. ⚠ Cela va interferérer avec les éventuels commentaires HTML dans votre Markdown.",
 	"⚠ You have pasted a link referring an attachment that could not be found in the storage location of this note. Pasting links referring attachments is only supported if the source and destination location is the same storage. Please Drag&Drop the attachment instead! ⚠": "⚠ Vous avez collé un lien qui référence une pièce-jointe qui n'a pas pu être récupéré dans le dossier de stockage de la note. Coller des liens qui font référence à des pièces-jointes ne fonctionne que si la source et la destination et la même. Veuillez plutôt utiliser du Drag & Drop ! ⚠",
 	"Enable smart table editor": "Activer l'intelligent éditeur de tableaux",
-	"Snippet Default Language": "Langage par défaut d'un snippet"
+	"Snippet Default Language": "Langage par défaut d'un snippet",
+  "Delete Note": "Supprimer la note"
 }