# Backspace in empty editor accumulates history checkpoints

**URL:** https://discuss.prosemirror.net/t/backspace-in-empty-editor-accumulates-history-checkpoints/6345
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**Created:** [April 12, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://discuss.prosemirror.net/t/backspace-in-empty-editor-accumulates-history-checkpoints/6345 "2024-04-12T00:27:10Z")
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### Author: ![prosed](https://discuss.prosemirror.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@prosed](https://discuss.prosemirror.net/u/prosed)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://discuss.prosemirror.net/t/backspace-in-empty-editor-accumulates-history-checkpoints/6345/1 "2024-04-12T00:27:10Z")

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Is this behavior avoidable? It seems to be inherent to `prosemirror-history`.

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### Author: ![marijn](https://discuss.prosemirror.net/user_avatar/discuss.prosemirror.net/marijn/32/15_2.png) [@marijn](https://discuss.prosemirror.net/u/marijn)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2024, 9:09am UTC](https://discuss.prosemirror.net/t/backspace-in-empty-editor-accumulates-history-checkpoints/6345/2 "2024-04-12T09:09:55Z")

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I don’t see anything changing about the history state when I backspace in an empty editor. (In fact, no transactions are generated at all.)