diff --git a/TLORA_PAGER_SHORTCUTS.md b/TLORA_PAGER_SHORTCUTS.md
index 27e225d..031126a 100644
--- a/TLORA_PAGER_SHORTCUTS.md
+++ b/TLORA_PAGER_SHORTCUTS.md
@@ -65,9 +65,12 @@ Hold **Fn (Alt)** for numbers/symbols instead:
   Real momentary Shift, just like a normal keyboard.
 - **Hold Fn (Alt), then press Shift**: while you're editing a text field,
   toggles **Caps Lock** on/off — stays uppercase until you repeat the chord.
-  Anywhere else (not editing a field), the same chord instead jumps straight
-  to the **Home** screen.
+  Anywhere else (not editing a field), the chord does nothing.
 - Shift alone, tapped with nothing else, does nothing (as expected).
+- **Hold Fn (Alt), then press Backspace**: jumps straight to the **Home**
+  screen — works everywhere, including while you're actively editing a field
+  (unlike Alt+Shift above, this one isn't context-dependent). Doesn't delete
+  a character or trigger the plain-Backspace gestures below.
 
 ### Special keys
 
@@ -157,7 +160,8 @@ dimmable brightness curve.
 | Fn tap alone | Next field |
 | Hold Shift + letter | Momentary uppercase |
 | Fn + Shift (editing a field) | Toggle Caps Lock |
-| Fn + Shift (not editing a field) | Jump to Home |
+| Fn + Shift (not editing a field) | Nothing |
+| Fn + Backspace (anywhere) | Jump to Home |
 | Fn + Space | Enter accent picker |
 | @ + letters (composer) | Auto-focuses the mention list — no Fn+Space needed |
 | Enter | Select / send / message action menu |
diff --git a/src/helpers/input/PagerKeyboard.cpp b/src/helpers/input/PagerKeyboard.cpp
index fad94d1..e357368 100644
--- a/src/helpers/input/PagerKeyboard.cpp
+++ b/src/helpers/input/PagerKeyboard.cpp
@@ -41,15 +41,21 @@ static constexpr char s_symbolMap[KB_ROWS][KB_COLS] = {
 // Shift-key semantics) — held Alt THEN a Shift press instead chords into
 // Alt+Shift, reported via s_alt_shift_chord_pending. What that chord DOES is
 // a UI-level decision (UITask.cpp): Caps Lock toggle while editing a text
-// field, or jump Home otherwise — this driver has no idea which field (if
-// any) is focused, so it only reports the chord, it doesn't act on it (see
-// pagerKeyboardConsumeAltShiftChord()/pagerKeyboardToggleCaps()). Note: Alt
-// (row2,col0) and Shift (row2,col8) share row2, and row0/row1 col8 are
-// 'o'/'l' — holding Alt+Shift+O or Alt+Shift+L all three at once will
-// phantom-ghost a 'q'/'a' at the row2/col0 intersection (classic
-// diode-less-matrix 3-key rectangle, no software fix possible); harmless in
-// practice since the intended gesture is hold-Alt-tap-Shift-release-both,
-// not holding all three simultaneously.
+// field, no-op otherwise — this driver has no idea which field (if any) is
+// focused, so it only reports the chord, it doesn't act on it (see
+// pagerKeyboardConsumeAltShiftChord()/pagerKeyboardToggleCaps()). Held Alt
+// THEN a Backspace press similarly chords into Alt+Backspace
+// (s_alt_backspace_chord_pending) — unlike Alt+Shift this one has a single,
+// context-independent effect (jump Home, everywhere, including mid-edit),
+// so it's just as driver-agnostic to report but never conditional at the UI
+// layer. Note: Alt (row2,col0) and Shift (row2,col8) share row2, and
+// row0/row1 col8 are 'o'/'l' — holding Alt+Shift+O or Alt+Shift+L all three
+// at once will phantom-ghost a 'q'/'a' at the row2/col0 intersection
+// (classic diode-less-matrix 3-key rectangle, no software fix possible);
+// harmless in practice since the intended gesture is
+// hold-Alt-tap-Shift-release-both, not holding all three simultaneously.
+// Backspace (row2,col9) sits one column over from Shift, so Alt+Backspace
+// doesn't share this exact ghosting risk with any base-layer letter.
 static constexpr uint8_t kAltPos       = 2 * KB_COLS + 0; // row2,col0 ('\0' in both layers)
 static constexpr uint8_t kShiftPos     = 2 * KB_COLS + 8; // row2,col8 ('\0' in both layers)
 static constexpr uint8_t kBackspacePos = 2 * KB_COLS + 9; // row2,col9 ('\0' in both layers)
@@ -63,6 +69,7 @@ static bool s_alt_tap_pending = false;  // Alt pressed+released with nothing els
 static bool s_caps = false;
 static bool s_shift_held = false;   // momentary Shift, mirrors s_backspace_held/s_space_held
 static bool s_alt_shift_chord_pending = false;   // one-shot, see pagerKeyboardConsumeAltShiftChord()
+static bool s_alt_backspace_chord_pending = false;   // one-shot, see pagerKeyboardConsumeAltBackspaceChord()
 static bool s_backspace_held = false;
 static bool s_space_held = false;
 
@@ -128,7 +135,19 @@ void pagerKeyboardPoll() {
       }
       continue;
     }
-    if (code == kBackspacePos) { s_backspace_held = pressed; if (pressed) ringPush('\b'); continue; }
+    if (code == kBackspacePos) {
+      if (pressed) {
+        // Alt+Backspace is a distinct chord (jump Home, everywhere -- see
+        // pagerKeyboardConsumeAltBackspaceChord()), not a delete: suppress
+        // both the '\b' ring-push AND s_backspace_held, so the plain-
+        // Backspace hold gestures (back / unlock) never also see this press.
+        if (s_alt) s_alt_backspace_chord_pending = true;
+        else       { s_backspace_held = true; ringPush('\b'); }
+      } else {
+        s_backspace_held = false;
+      }
+      continue;
+    }
     if (code == kSpacePos) { s_space_held = pressed; if (pressed) ringPush(' '); continue; }
     if (!pressed) continue;   // base/symbol keys only emit on press
 
@@ -182,4 +201,10 @@ bool pagerKeyboardConsumeAltShiftChord() {
 
 void pagerKeyboardToggleCaps() { s_caps = !s_caps; }
 
+bool pagerKeyboardConsumeAltBackspaceChord() {
+  if (!s_alt_backspace_chord_pending) return false;
+  s_alt_backspace_chord_pending = false;
+  return true;
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/helpers/input/PagerKeyboard.h b/src/helpers/input/PagerKeyboard.h
index d726db8..774e552 100644
--- a/src/helpers/input/PagerKeyboard.h
+++ b/src/helpers/input/PagerKeyboard.h
@@ -56,10 +56,12 @@ void pagerKeyboardMarkAltUsed();
  *  symbol-layer or Alt+turn hold. Consumes the pending flag on read. */
 bool pagerKeyboardConsumeAltTap();
 
-/** True while Backspace is physically held (raw state, mirrors
- *  pagerKeyboardAltHeld()). A press still immediately ring-pushes '\b' as
- *  before; this is for callers that want to detect a long hold separately
- *  (e.g. UITask's press-and-hold "back" gesture). */
+/** True while Backspace is physically held WITHOUT Alt (raw state, mirrors
+ *  pagerKeyboardAltHeld()). A plain press still immediately ring-pushes '\b'
+ *  as before; this is for callers that want to detect a long hold separately
+ *  (e.g. UITask's press-and-hold "back" gesture). Alt+Backspace is a
+ *  different gesture entirely (see pagerKeyboardConsumeAltBackspaceChord())
+ *  and never sets this or ring-pushes '\b'. */
 bool pagerKeyboardBackspaceHeld();
 
 /** True while Space is physically held (raw state, mirrors
@@ -80,4 +82,12 @@ bool pagerKeyboardConsumeAltShiftChord();
  *  above only applying while a text field is actually being edited. */
 void pagerKeyboardToggleCaps();
 
+/** One-shot: true exactly once after Alt(Fn)+Backspace is chorded (Backspace
+ *  pressed while Alt is held) — jumps Home, everywhere (editing a field or
+ *  not), unlike the Alt+Shift chord above. Suppresses the normal Backspace
+ *  press entirely: no '\b' ring-push, and pagerKeyboardBackspaceHeld() never
+ *  reports held for this press, so it can't also fire the plain-Backspace
+ *  hold-to-back/hold-to-unlock gestures. Consumes the pending flag on read. */
+bool pagerKeyboardConsumeAltBackspaceChord();
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/ui-touch/UITask.cpp b/src/ui-touch/UITask.cpp
index 2ac5013..932fe82 100644
--- a/src/ui-touch/UITask.cpp
+++ b/src/ui-touch/UITask.cpp
@@ -31177,18 +31177,35 @@ static void updatePagerAltTapNext() {
 }
 
 // Alt(Fn)+Shift chord (PagerKeyboard.cpp only reports it, since the driver has
-// no UI visibility): while actually editing a text field, toggle Caps Lock
-// (the field is where "Caps Lock" means anything); everywhere else — no field
-// focused, or a field merely bound but nav focus has moved off it (same "ta"
-// derivation handleHwKey() uses) — jump straight Home instead, since Caps
-// Lock silently flipping with no field to see it in was reported as
-// surprising/purposeless outside of typing.
+// no UI visibility): toggles Caps Lock while actually editing a text field
+// (the field is where "Caps Lock" means anything) and is a deliberate no-op
+// everywhere else (Home-jump duty moved to Alt+Backspace below, so there's no
+// longer a reason to make this chord do anything outside a field — Caps Lock
+// silently flipping with no field to see it in was reported as
+// surprising/purposeless before this split).
 static void updatePagerAltShiftChord() {
   if (!pagerKeyboardConsumeAltShiftChord()) return;
   lv_obj_t* ta_focused = lv_keyboard_get_textarea(g_lv.keyboard);
   lv_obj_t* ta = (ta_focused && s_nav_group && lv_group_get_focused(s_nav_group) == ta_focused) ? ta_focused : nullptr;
-  if (ta) pagerKeyboardToggleCaps();
-  else    navGoToMainTab(HOME_TAB_INDEX);
+  if (!ta) return;
+  pagerKeyboardToggleCaps();
+  if (g_lv.task) g_lv.task->noteUserInput();
+}
+
+// Alt(Fn)+Backspace chord: jump straight Home, unconditionally -- unlike
+// Alt+Shift above, this one is NOT context-dependent (works whether or not a
+// field is being edited, per explicit request). Fires instead of a normal
+// Backspace press: PagerKeyboard.cpp suppresses the '\b' ring-push and the
+// hold-to-back/hold-to-unlock tracking entirely for an Alt-held Backspace
+// press, so there's no double-action to guard against here.
+static void updatePagerAltBackspaceChord() {
+  if (!pagerKeyboardConsumeAltBackspaceChord()) return;
+  // The accent/@-mention pickers live on lv_layer_top(), outside the tab
+  // content navGoToMainTab() switches away from -- close them explicitly
+  // first so a stray overlay doesn't keep floating over the Home screen.
+  accentBoxHide();
+  mentionBoxHide();
+  navGoToMainTab(HOME_TAB_INDEX);
   if (g_lv.task) g_lv.task->noteUserInput();
 }
 
@@ -42834,11 +42851,12 @@ void UITask::loop() {
       if (pagerKeyboardReadKey() <= 0) break;
       any = true;
     }
-    // Discard any Alt tap / Alt+Shift chord picked up while idle-dimmed -- it
-    // must not fire updatePagerAltTapNext()'s NEXT / updatePagerAltShiftChord()'s
-    // toggle-or-Home the instant the screen wakes.
+    // Discard any Alt tap / Alt+Shift / Alt+Backspace chord picked up while
+    // idle-dimmed -- none of them may fire (NEXT / Caps toggle / jump Home)
+    // the instant the screen wakes.
     pagerKeyboardConsumeAltTap();
     pagerKeyboardConsumeAltShiftChord();
+    pagerKeyboardConsumeAltBackspaceChord();
     // Hard-locked: an ordinary keypress must NOT wake/unlock -- only holding
     // Backspace does (updatePagerBackspaceUnlockHold, already polled above).
     if (any && !g_lv.task->isManualLock()) g_lv.task->wakeScreen();
@@ -42850,6 +42868,7 @@ void UITask::loop() {
     }
     updatePagerAltTapNext();
     updatePagerAltShiftChord();
+    updatePagerAltBackspaceChord();
     updatePagerBackspaceHold(now);
     updatePagerSpaceHold(now);
   }