diff --git a/LibGUI/GTextEditor.cpp b/LibGUI/GTextEditor.cpp
index 63ad6ed1de..035173290e 100644
--- a/LibGUI/GTextEditor.cpp
+++ b/LibGUI/GTextEditor.cpp
@@ -188,9 +188,19 @@ void GTextEditor::keydown_event(GKeyEvent& event)
 
     if (!event.modifiers() && event.key() == KeyCode::Key_Backspace) {
         if (m_cursor.column() > 0) {
+            // Backspace within line
             current_line().remove(m_cursor.column() - 1);
             set_cursor(m_cursor.line(), m_cursor.column() - 1);
         }
+        if (m_cursor.column() == 0 && m_cursor.line() != 0) {
+            // Erase at column 0; merge with previous line
+            auto& previous_line = *m_lines[m_cursor.line() - 1];
+            int previous_length = previous_line.length();
+            previous_line.append(current_line().characters(), current_line().length());
+            m_lines.remove(m_cursor.line());
+            update();
+            set_cursor(m_cursor.line() - 1, previous_length);
+        }
         return;
     }
 
@@ -343,6 +353,14 @@ int GTextEditor::Line::width(const Font& font) const
     return font.glyph_width('x') * length();
 }
 
+void GTextEditor::Line::append(const char* characters, int length)
+{
+    int old_length = m_text.size() - 1;
+    m_text.resize(m_text.size() + length);
+    memcpy(m_text.data() + old_length, characters, length);
+    m_text.last() = 0;
+}
+
 void GTextEditor::Line::append(char ch)
 {
     insert(length(), ch);
diff --git a/LibGUI/GTextEditor.h b/LibGUI/GTextEditor.h
index 5c16cf04a8..5964df624b 100644
--- a/LibGUI/GTextEditor.h
+++ b/LibGUI/GTextEditor.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ private:
         void prepend(char);
         void insert(int index, char);
         void remove(int index);
+        void append(const char*, int);
 
     private:
         // NOTE: This vector is null terminated.