>One simple example. Click to select, press the Delete key to delete. Works pretty much everywhere. But no, Blender wants you to press X Both of these examples

>One simple example. Click to select, press the Delete key to delete. Works pretty much everywhere. But no, Blender wants you to press X Both of these examples work as you'd expect in Blender 2.8+. You may want to try out a new version of the software.