# \[Suggestion\] Hotkeys to cancel unit queues **URL:** \ **Category:** II - Discussion\ **Created:** [February 28, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/suggestion-hotkeys-to-cancel-unit-queues/72733 "2020-02-28T21:54:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LocalRain35657](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/localrain35657/32/29270_2.png) [@LocalRain35657](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/LocalRain35657)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/suggestion-hotkeys-to-cancel-unit-queues/72733/1 "2020-02-28T21:54:36Z")
I quit playing league of legends and start playing Aoe2de as a competitive game recently. As a player I want to keep improving myself. The first function can let me focus on other important aspects rather than just keep on clicking cancel. The second function can let me replay my rank matches more efficiently and find out my mistakes I made so I can improve quicker rather than just speed up and wait. Aoe2de will be a great competitive game if these features are added and become another famous competitive game just like league of lengends. ---
**Author:** ![phoenix1089](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/phoenix1089/32/33841_2.png) [@phoenix1089](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/phoenix1089)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/suggestion-hotkeys-to-cancel-unit-queues/72733/2 "2020-02-28T23:08:59Z")
yeah would be great… a massive pain to hunt down erroneous build queues as it is… ---
**Author:** ![confrag](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/confrag/32/29498_2.png) [@confrag](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/confrag)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 6:24am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/suggestion-hotkeys-to-cancel-unit-queues/72733/3 "2020-03-08T06:24:06Z")
Instead of having to move mouse in the part of the UI and click on the icon for a set amount of times, add a hotkey to cancel unit production. Hotkeys could address - Removing one unit from the queue - Removing one unit from the queue right after the one that is currently being produced - Removing all units from the queue ---
**Author:** ![bigbossbro08](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/bigbossbro08/32/29254_2.png) [@bigbossbro08](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/bigbossbro08)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/suggestion-hotkeys-to-cancel-unit-queues/72733/4 "2020-03-08T07:50:43Z")
This is the QoL suggestion that we need instead of auto-queue or auto-scout in the forums. ---
**Author:** ![confrag](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/confrag/32/29498_2.png) [@confrag](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/confrag)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/suggestion-hotkeys-to-cancel-unit-queues/72733/5 "2020-03-08T08:43:28Z")
To add I think it’s possible to do with a modifier Key 1 - Remove one unit from queue Shift + Key 1 - Remove all units from queue Key 2 - Remove one unit after the currently produced one from queue Shift + Key 2 - Remove all units after the currently produced one from queue I can do this without a hotkey. Store mouse position, move mouse to the unit queue location, press left click X times, move mouse back to original location. Logitech LUA or something like AHK can do this, but I don’t think they’re looked upon favorably in online play. ---
**Author:** ![PacificWheel208](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/pacificwheel208/32/29244_2.png) [@PacificWheel208](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/PacificWheel208)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/suggestion-hotkeys-to-cancel-unit-queues/72733/6 "2020-03-08T15:19:30Z")
I’d like to see shift+click to remove all of one type from queue. This would be in line with shift+click to select all of one type within a selection. ---
**Author:** ![HerianB](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/herianb/32/55781_2.png) [@HerianB](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/HerianB)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/suggestion-hotkeys-to-cancel-unit-queues/72733/7 "2020-03-09T00:18:27Z")
I’ve discussed this feature on this post: > [@Remove five units at once from queue using shift+click](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/remove-five-units-at-once-from-queue-using-shift-click/72278): > > If you press shift while you click on a unit portrait or press it’s hotkey, you add 5 units to que queue instead of only one. It saves a lot of clicking and helps a lot when producing from multiple military buildings during trash wars. My suggestion is to also allow the player to remove 5 units from the queue while pressing shift and clicking on the portraits. Imagine you’re playing as britons, archery range filled with archers on queue during feudal. Upon hitting castle, you will want to quick… It seens people are not against it. ---
**Author:** ![fliger5](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/fliger5/32/29912_2.png) [@fliger5](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/fliger5)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/suggestion-hotkeys-to-cancel-unit-queues/72733/8 "2020-03-29T10:28:31Z")
It buggers me that there is still no hotkey to cancel a queue, be it individually or all buildings at once. If you google search it, you find numerous threads with people having the same problem. It shouldn’t be too hard to implement, should it? Because the situations where you need it just appears too often. Imagine the enemy is spamming cavalry, so you are spamming Halberdiers. Suddenly he switches to Champions but you still have 15 Halberdiers in queue in EACH barrack. Assuming you have 8+ barracks and now also want to build Champions, you either have the choice to keep producing Halberdiers and lose a lot of ground until finally the Champions hit the end of the queue, OR select every single barrack and left click on every single Halberdier… “Well don’t queue up 15 times the same unit”… haha yea easily said but practice requires my focus elsewhere and I can’t spend my time with queuing up new units. ---
**Author:** ![Darkness01101](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/darkness01101/32/214966_2.png) [@Darkness01101](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Darkness01101)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/suggestion-hotkeys-to-cancel-unit-queues/72733/9 "2020-03-29T16:18:00Z")
> [@\[Suggestion\] Hotkeys to cancel unit queues](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/suggestion-hotkeys-to-cancel-unit-queues/73560/6): > > It buggers me that there is still no hotkey to cancel a queue, be it individually or all buildings at once. If you google search it, you find numerous threads with people having the same problem. It shouldn’t be too hard to implement, should it? If you magnifying glass search this forum, too, you’ll find various threads where people already have the same problem. Better to resurrect one of those threads and comment than start a new thread, imo. For example, a quick search yielded these threads. You could probably find more… > [@\[Suggestion\] Hotkeys to cancel unit queues](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/suggestion-hotkeys-to-cancel-unit-queues/73560): > > Instead of having to move mouse in the part of the UI and click on the icon for a set amount of times, add a hotkey to cancel unit production. Hotkeys could address Removing one unit from the queue Removing one unit from the queue right after the one that is currently being produced Removing all units from the queue > [@\[QoL-Suggestion\] Cancelling from global build que](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/qol-suggestion-cancelling-from-global-build-que/73738): > > Currently, if one misclicks a unit or technology, they first need to left-click its icon from the build que to Go To relevant building, then click again from the buildings local que in order to cancel building/researching it. Right-clicking any unit/tech icon on the global build que has no function, this could be an added QoL feature to cancel building those units. It would be useful in scenarios when hitting the pop-cap as well, of deleting qued units when there is no population space for the… > [@\[Suggestion\] Hotkeys to cancel unit queues](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/when-will-aoe2de-add-shift-cancel-units-queuing-and-replay-timeline-function/72733): > > I quit playing league of legends and start playing Aoe2de as a competitive game recently. As a player I want to keep improving myself. The first function can let me focus on other important aspects rather than just keep on clicking cancel. The second function can let me replay my rank matches more efficiently and find out my mistakes I made so I can improve quicker rather than just speed up and wait. Aoe2de will be a great competitive game if these features are added and become another famous co… ---
**Author:** ![JeonALPHAe](https://forums.ageofempires.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b38774/32.png) [@JeonALPHAe](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/JeonALPHAe)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/suggestion-hotkeys-to-cancel-unit-queues/72733/10 "2020-03-10T18:58:18Z")
Currently, if one misclicks a unit or technology, they first need to left-click its icon from the build que to Go To relevant building, then click again from the buildings local que in order to cancel building/researching it. Right-clicking any unit/tech icon on the global build que has no function, this could be an added QoL feature to cancel building those units. It would be useful in scenarios when hitting the pop-cap as well, of deleting qued units when there is no population space for them. ---
**Author:** ![JeonALPHAe](https://forums.ageofempires.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b38774/32.png) [@JeonALPHAe](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/JeonALPHAe)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/suggestion-hotkeys-to-cancel-unit-queues/72733/11 "2020-03-10T19:00:16Z")
[[Suggestion] Hotkeys to cancel unit queues](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/suggestion-hotkeys-to-cancel-unit-queues/73560) apparently similar suggestion already exists, albeit slightly different. Demand for this feature still remains. ---
**Author:** ![Hardform](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/hardform/32/31304_2.png) [@Hardform](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Hardform)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/suggestion-hotkeys-to-cancel-unit-queues/72733/12 "2020-03-10T20:49:51Z")
I’ve actually tried many times clicking on the global queue to cancel techs or units, to no avail. xD Would be a nice feature indeed. Although, if you have enough buildings, not all queues are showing up there anyways. ---
**Author:** ![RoomOfTheEvil](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/roomoftheevil/32/29255_2.png) [@RoomOfTheEvil](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/RoomOfTheEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/suggestion-hotkeys-to-cancel-unit-queues/72733/13 "2020-05-09T12:52:51Z")
I completely agree with this suggestion. It only has advantages. ---
**Author:** ![SC2HongKong](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/sc2hongkong/32/77433_2.png) [@SC2HongKong](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/SC2HongKong)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 5:30am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/suggestion-hotkeys-to-cancel-unit-queues/72733/14 "2020-06-09T05:30:37Z")
ya, i need ESC to cancel build and Tech training like SC2 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![ArshiaAghaei](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/arshiaaghaei/32/52335_2.png) [@ArshiaAghaei](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/ArshiaAghaei)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 9:40am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/suggestion-hotkeys-to-cancel-unit-queues/72733/15 "2020-06-09T09:40:08Z")
> [@KinGorSC](#): > > i need ESC to cancel build and Tech training like SC2 ESC brings up the menu, so no But any other button is fine I guess ---
**Author:** ![JeonALPHAe](https://forums.ageofempires.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b38774/32.png) [@JeonALPHAe](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/JeonALPHAe)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/suggestion-hotkeys-to-cancel-unit-queues/72733/16 "2020-07-09T18:24:00Z")
@Developers any acknowledgement or progress after a few months?