diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/first-character/index.js b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/first-character/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65e00f690
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/first-character/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+import assert from 'assert'
+
+export default function (state) {
+  const { document, selection } = state
+  const texts = document.getTexts()
+  const first = texts.first()
+  const range = selection.merge({
+    anchorKey: first.key,
+    anchorOffset: 1,
+    focusKey: first.key,
+    focusOffset: 1
+  })
+
+  const next = state
+    .transform()
+    .moveTo(range)
+    .deleteBackward()
+    .apply()
+
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    next.selection.toJS(),
+    range.moveBackward().toJS()
+  )
+
+  return next
+}
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/first-character/input.yaml b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/first-character/input.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1be31e90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/first-character/input.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+nodes:
+  - kind: block
+    type: paragraph
+    nodes:
+      - kind: text
+        ranges:
+          - text: word
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/first-character/output.yaml b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/first-character/output.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9414f68ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/first-character/output.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+nodes:
+  - kind: block
+    type: paragraph
+    nodes:
+      - kind: text
+        ranges:
+          - text: ord
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/join-blocks/index.js b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/join-blocks/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f3bc0221
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/join-blocks/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+
+import assert from 'assert'
+
+export default function (state) {
+  const { document, selection } = state
+  const texts = document.getTexts()
+  const first = texts.first()
+  const second = texts.last()
+  const range = selection.merge({
+    anchorKey: second.key,
+    anchorOffset: 0,
+    focusKey: second.key,
+    focusOffset: 0
+  })
+
+  const next = state
+    .transform()
+    .moveTo(range)
+    .deleteBackward()
+    .apply()
+
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    next.selection.toJS(),
+    range.merge({
+      anchorKey: first.key,
+      anchorOffset: first.length,
+      focusKey: first.key,
+      focusOffset: first.length
+    }).toJS()
+  )
+
+  return next
+}
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/join-blocks/input.yaml b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/join-blocks/input.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4960c06f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/join-blocks/input.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+nodes:
+  - kind: block
+    type: paragraph
+    nodes:
+      - kind: text
+        ranges:
+          - text: word
+  - kind: block
+    type: paragraph
+    nodes:
+      - kind: text
+        ranges:
+          - text: another
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/join-blocks/output.yaml b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/join-blocks/output.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d5aad120
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/join-blocks/output.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+nodes:
+  - kind: block
+    type: paragraph
+    nodes:
+      - kind: text
+        ranges:
+          - text: wordanother
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/join-nested-blocks/index.js b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/join-nested-blocks/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f3bc0221
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/join-nested-blocks/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+
+import assert from 'assert'
+
+export default function (state) {
+  const { document, selection } = state
+  const texts = document.getTexts()
+  const first = texts.first()
+  const second = texts.last()
+  const range = selection.merge({
+    anchorKey: second.key,
+    anchorOffset: 0,
+    focusKey: second.key,
+    focusOffset: 0
+  })
+
+  const next = state
+    .transform()
+    .moveTo(range)
+    .deleteBackward()
+    .apply()
+
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    next.selection.toJS(),
+    range.merge({
+      anchorKey: first.key,
+      anchorOffset: first.length,
+      focusKey: first.key,
+      focusOffset: first.length
+    }).toJS()
+  )
+
+  return next
+}
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/join-nested-blocks/input.yaml b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/join-nested-blocks/input.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87b381f13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/join-nested-blocks/input.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+
+nodes:
+  - kind: block
+    type: quote
+    nodes:
+      - kind: block
+        type: paragraph
+        nodes:
+          - kind: text
+            ranges:
+              - text: word
+      - kind: block
+        type: paragraph
+        nodes:
+          - kind: text
+            ranges:
+              - text: another
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/join-nested-blocks/output.yaml b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/join-nested-blocks/output.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45d48e74b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/join-nested-blocks/output.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+nodes:
+  - kind: block
+    type: quote
+    nodes:
+      - kind: block
+        type: paragraph
+        nodes:
+          - kind: text
+            ranges:
+              - text: wordanother
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/last-character/index.js b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/last-character/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..826bfdb99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/last-character/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+import assert from 'assert'
+
+export default function (state) {
+  const { document, selection } = state
+  const texts = document.getTexts()
+  const first = texts.first()
+  const range = selection.merge({
+    anchorKey: first.key,
+    anchorOffset: first.length,
+    focusKey: first.key,
+    focusOffset: first.length
+  })
+
+  const next = state
+    .transform()
+    .moveTo(range)
+    .deleteBackward()
+    .apply()
+
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    next.selection.toJS(),
+    range.moveBackward().toJS()
+  )
+
+  return next
+}
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/last-character/input.yaml b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/last-character/input.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1be31e90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/last-character/input.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+nodes:
+  - kind: block
+    type: paragraph
+    nodes:
+      - kind: text
+        ranges:
+          - text: word
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/last-character/output.yaml b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/last-character/output.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..870bf02c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/last-character/output.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+nodes:
+  - kind: block
+    type: paragraph
+    nodes:
+      - kind: text
+        ranges:
+          - text: wor
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/middle-character/index.js b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/middle-character/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bafbd0ec4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/middle-character/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+import assert from 'assert'
+
+export default function (state) {
+  const { document, selection } = state
+  const texts = document.getTexts()
+  const first = texts.first()
+  const range = selection.merge({
+    anchorKey: first.key,
+    anchorOffset: 2,
+    focusKey: first.key,
+    focusOffset: 2
+  })
+
+  const next = state
+    .transform()
+    .moveTo(range)
+    .deleteBackward()
+    .apply()
+
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    next.selection.toJS(),
+    range.moveBackward().toJS()
+  )
+
+  return next
+}
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/middle-character/input.yaml b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/middle-character/input.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1be31e90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/middle-character/input.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+nodes:
+  - kind: block
+    type: paragraph
+    nodes:
+      - kind: text
+        ranges:
+          - text: word
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/middle-character/output.yaml b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/middle-character/output.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b82be33b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/middle-character/output.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+nodes:
+  - kind: block
+    type: paragraph
+    nodes:
+      - kind: text
+        ranges:
+          - text: wrd
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/start-of-document/index.js b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/start-of-document/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed0874b4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/start-of-document/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+import assert from 'assert'
+
+export default function (state) {
+  const { document, selection } = state
+  const texts = document.getTexts()
+  const first = texts.first()
+  const range = selection.merge({
+    anchorKey: first.key,
+    anchorOffset: 0,
+    focusKey: first.key,
+    focusOffset: 0
+  })
+
+  const next = state
+    .transform()
+    .moveTo(range)
+    .deleteBackward()
+    .apply()
+
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    next.selection.toJS(),
+    range.toJS()
+  )
+
+  return next
+}
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/start-of-document/input.yaml b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/start-of-document/input.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1be31e90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/start-of-document/input.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+nodes:
+  - kind: block
+    type: paragraph
+    nodes:
+      - kind: text
+        ranges:
+          - text: word
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/start-of-document/output.yaml b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/start-of-document/output.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1be31e90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-backward/start-of-document/output.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+nodes:
+  - kind: block
+    type: paragraph
+    nodes:
+      - kind: text
+        ranges:
+          - text: word
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/end-of-document/index.js b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/end-of-document/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e2cf6f52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/end-of-document/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+import assert from 'assert'
+
+export default function (state) {
+  const { document, selection } = state
+  const texts = document.getTexts()
+  const first = texts.first()
+  const range = selection.merge({
+    anchorKey: first.key,
+    anchorOffset: first.length,
+    focusKey: first.key,
+    focusOffset: first.length
+  })
+
+  const next = state
+    .transform()
+    .moveTo(range)
+    .deleteForward()
+    .apply()
+
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    next.selection.toJS(),
+    range.collapseToStart().toJS()
+  )
+
+  return next
+}
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/end-of-document/input.yaml b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/end-of-document/input.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1be31e90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/end-of-document/input.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+nodes:
+  - kind: block
+    type: paragraph
+    nodes:
+      - kind: text
+        ranges:
+          - text: word
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/end-of-document/output.yaml b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/end-of-document/output.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1be31e90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/end-of-document/output.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+nodes:
+  - kind: block
+    type: paragraph
+    nodes:
+      - kind: text
+        ranges:
+          - text: word
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/first-character/index.js b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/first-character/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4901aead
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/first-character/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+import assert from 'assert'
+
+export default function (state) {
+  const { document, selection } = state
+  const texts = document.getTexts()
+  const first = texts.first()
+  const range = selection.merge({
+    anchorKey: first.key,
+    anchorOffset: 0,
+    focusKey: first.key,
+    focusOffset: 0
+  })
+
+  const next = state
+    .transform()
+    .moveTo(range)
+    .deleteForward()
+    .apply()
+
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    next.selection.toJS(),
+    range.collapseToStart().toJS()
+  )
+
+  return next
+}
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/first-character/input.yaml b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/first-character/input.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1be31e90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/first-character/input.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+nodes:
+  - kind: block
+    type: paragraph
+    nodes:
+      - kind: text
+        ranges:
+          - text: word
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/first-character/output.yaml b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/first-character/output.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9414f68ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/first-character/output.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+nodes:
+  - kind: block
+    type: paragraph
+    nodes:
+      - kind: text
+        ranges:
+          - text: ord
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/join-blocks/index.js b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/join-blocks/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e2cf6f52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/join-blocks/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+import assert from 'assert'
+
+export default function (state) {
+  const { document, selection } = state
+  const texts = document.getTexts()
+  const first = texts.first()
+  const range = selection.merge({
+    anchorKey: first.key,
+    anchorOffset: first.length,
+    focusKey: first.key,
+    focusOffset: first.length
+  })
+
+  const next = state
+    .transform()
+    .moveTo(range)
+    .deleteForward()
+    .apply()
+
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    next.selection.toJS(),
+    range.collapseToStart().toJS()
+  )
+
+  return next
+}
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/join-blocks/input.yaml b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/join-blocks/input.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4960c06f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/join-blocks/input.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+nodes:
+  - kind: block
+    type: paragraph
+    nodes:
+      - kind: text
+        ranges:
+          - text: word
+  - kind: block
+    type: paragraph
+    nodes:
+      - kind: text
+        ranges:
+          - text: another
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/join-blocks/output.yaml b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/join-blocks/output.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d5aad120
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/join-blocks/output.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+nodes:
+  - kind: block
+    type: paragraph
+    nodes:
+      - kind: text
+        ranges:
+          - text: wordanother
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/join-nested-blocks/index.js b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/join-nested-blocks/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e2cf6f52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/join-nested-blocks/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+import assert from 'assert'
+
+export default function (state) {
+  const { document, selection } = state
+  const texts = document.getTexts()
+  const first = texts.first()
+  const range = selection.merge({
+    anchorKey: first.key,
+    anchorOffset: first.length,
+    focusKey: first.key,
+    focusOffset: first.length
+  })
+
+  const next = state
+    .transform()
+    .moveTo(range)
+    .deleteForward()
+    .apply()
+
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    next.selection.toJS(),
+    range.collapseToStart().toJS()
+  )
+
+  return next
+}
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/join-nested-blocks/input.yaml b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/join-nested-blocks/input.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87b381f13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/join-nested-blocks/input.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+
+nodes:
+  - kind: block
+    type: quote
+    nodes:
+      - kind: block
+        type: paragraph
+        nodes:
+          - kind: text
+            ranges:
+              - text: word
+      - kind: block
+        type: paragraph
+        nodes:
+          - kind: text
+            ranges:
+              - text: another
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/join-nested-blocks/output.yaml b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/join-nested-blocks/output.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45d48e74b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/join-nested-blocks/output.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+nodes:
+  - kind: block
+    type: quote
+    nodes:
+      - kind: block
+        type: paragraph
+        nodes:
+          - kind: text
+            ranges:
+              - text: wordanother
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/last-character/index.js b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/last-character/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..259861362
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/last-character/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+import assert from 'assert'
+
+export default function (state) {
+  const { document, selection } = state
+  const texts = document.getTexts()
+  const first = texts.first()
+  const range = selection.merge({
+    anchorKey: first.key,
+    anchorOffset: first.length - 1,
+    focusKey: first.key,
+    focusOffset: first.length - 1
+  })
+
+  const next = state
+    .transform()
+    .moveTo(range)
+    .deleteForward()
+    .apply()
+
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    next.selection.toJS(),
+    range.collapseToStart().toJS()
+  )
+
+  return next
+}
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/last-character/input.yaml b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/last-character/input.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1be31e90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/last-character/input.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+nodes:
+  - kind: block
+    type: paragraph
+    nodes:
+      - kind: text
+        ranges:
+          - text: word
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/last-character/output.yaml b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/last-character/output.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..870bf02c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/last-character/output.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+nodes:
+  - kind: block
+    type: paragraph
+    nodes:
+      - kind: text
+        ranges:
+          - text: wor
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/middle-character/index.js b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/middle-character/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63cf05561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/middle-character/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+import assert from 'assert'
+
+export default function (state) {
+  const { document, selection } = state
+  const texts = document.getTexts()
+  const first = texts.first()
+  const range = selection.merge({
+    anchorKey: first.key,
+    anchorOffset: 1,
+    focusKey: first.key,
+    focusOffset: 1
+  })
+
+  const next = state
+    .transform()
+    .moveTo(range)
+    .deleteForward()
+    .apply()
+
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    next.selection.toJS(),
+    range.collapseToStart().toJS()
+  )
+
+  return next
+}
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/middle-character/input.yaml b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/middle-character/input.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1be31e90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/middle-character/input.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+nodes:
+  - kind: block
+    type: paragraph
+    nodes:
+      - kind: text
+        ranges:
+          - text: word
diff --git a/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/middle-character/output.yaml b/test/transforms/fixtures/delete-forward/middle-character/output.yaml
new file mode 100644
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+
+nodes:
+  - kind: block
+    type: paragraph
+    nodes:
+      - kind: text
+        ranges:
+          - text: wrd