diff --git a/tabby-terminal/src/api/baseTerminalTab.component.ts b/tabby-terminal/src/api/baseTerminalTab.component.ts
index 06c4f43a80..33dc415db1 100644
--- a/tabby-terminal/src/api/baseTerminalTab.component.ts
+++ b/tabby-terminal/src/api/baseTerminalTab.component.ts
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ export class BaseTerminalTabComponent<P extends BaseTerminalProfile> extends Bas
                     break
                 case 'delete-previous-word':
                     this.forEachFocusedTerminalPane(tab => {
-                        tab.sendInput('\x1b\x7f')
+                        tab.sendInput('\u0017')
                     })
                     break
                 case 'delete-next-word':