diff --git a/ui-tui/src/__tests__/textInputLineKill.test.ts b/ui-tui/src/__tests__/textInputLineKill.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..09c22f7466f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui-tui/src/__tests__/textInputLineKill.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+import { isLineKillModifier } from '../components/textInput.js'
+
+// Cmd+Backspace should kill to the line boundary, but the modifier it is
+// distinguished by matters a great deal. `isActionMod` is the wrong test:
+//   - on macOS it accepts `key.meta`, and hermes-ink reports Option as
+//     `meta` — so Option+Backspace (delete-word, the macOS standard) would
+//     silently become "delete the whole line".
+//   - on Linux/Windows it is `key.ctrl`, and Ctrl+Backspace is delete-word
+//     there in readline, VS Code, browsers, and Windows Terminal.
+// Only the kitty CSI-u / modifyOtherKeys `super` bit means Cmd.
+
+const key = (over: Partial<{ ctrl: boolean; meta: boolean; super: boolean }> = {}) => ({
+  ctrl: false,
+  meta: false,
+  super: false,
+  ...over
+})
+
+describe('isLineKillModifier', () => {
+  it('accepts the super bit (Cmd via kitty CSI-u / modifyOtherKeys)', () => {
+    expect(isLineKillModifier(key({ super: true }))).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('accepts super even when the terminal also sets a benign ctrl bit', () => {
+    // VS Code/Cursor forward Cmd chords as CSI-u with super + ctrl set.
+    expect(isLineKillModifier(key({ ctrl: true, super: true }))).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('rejects meta so Option+Backspace stays delete-word on macOS', () => {
+    expect(isLineKillModifier(key({ meta: true }))).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('rejects ctrl so Ctrl+Backspace stays delete-word on Linux/Windows', () => {
+    expect(isLineKillModifier(key({ ctrl: true }))).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('rejects an unmodified keypress', () => {
+    expect(isLineKillModifier(key())).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('treats a missing super field as absent rather than truthy', () => {
+    expect(isLineKillModifier({ ctrl: false, meta: false })).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/components/textInput.tsx b/ui-tui/src/components/textInput.tsx
index 9d35bbdf133..6fafe03b57b 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/components/textInput.tsx
+++ b/ui-tui/src/components/textInput.tsx
@@ -321,6 +321,24 @@ export function resolveCursorLayout(display: string, cur: number, curRefCurrent:
   return cursorLayout(display, curRefCurrent, columns)
 }
 
+/**
+ * True when a Backspace / ForwardDelete keystroke should kill to the line
+ * boundary rather than delete a single word.
+ *
+ * Only the *super* bit qualifies. It is tempting to reuse `isActionMod`,
+ * but that accepts `key.meta` on macOS — and hermes-ink reports Option as
+ * `meta`, so Option+Backspace (delete-word, the macOS standard) would be
+ * swallowed. On Linux/Windows `isActionMod` is `key.ctrl`, and
+ * Ctrl+Backspace is delete-word there too. `super` is set only by kitty
+ * CSI-u / xterm modifyOtherKeys, where it unambiguously means Cmd.
+ *
+ * Terminals that instead rewrite Cmd+Backspace to Ctrl+U are handled by
+ * the `isMacActionFallback` kill-to-start path, not by this predicate.
+ */
+export function isLineKillModifier(key: { ctrl: boolean; meta: boolean; super?: boolean }): boolean {
+  return key.super === true
+}
+
 /**
  * Pure computation for the fast-echo backspace bypass: given the
  * current value/cursor (already validated by `canFastBackspaceShape`),
@@ -1198,7 +1216,12 @@ export function TextInput({
         v = v.slice(0, range.start) + v.slice(range.end)
         c = range.start
       } else if (k.backspace && c > 0) {
-        if (wordMod) {
+        if (isLineKillModifier(k)) {
+          // Cmd+Backspace — kill backward to start of line, matching the
+          // Ctrl+U (unix-line-discard) path below.
+          v = v.slice(c)
+          c = 0
+        } else if (wordMod) {
           const t = wordLeft(v, c)
           v = v.slice(0, t) + v.slice(c)
           c = t
@@ -1222,7 +1245,10 @@ export function TextInput({
           c = t
         }
       } else if (delFwd && c < v.length) {
-        if (wordMod) {
+        if (isLineKillModifier(k)) {
+          // Cmd+ForwardDelete — kill to end of line, matching Ctrl+K.
+          v = v.slice(0, c)
+        } else if (wordMod) {
           const t = wordRight(v, c)
           v = v.slice(0, c) + v.slice(t)
         } else {