diff --git a/PSReadLine/BasicEditing.cs b/PSReadLine/BasicEditing.cs
index 91dcefc0..2af9dccd 100644
--- a/PSReadLine/BasicEditing.cs
+++ b/PSReadLine/BasicEditing.cs
@@ -115,19 +115,31 @@ public static void ForwardDeleteLine(ConsoleKeyInfo? key = null, object arg = nu
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Like BackwardKillLine - deletes text from the point to the start of the line,
+        /// Like BackwardKillLine - deletes text from the point to the start of the buffer,
+        /// but does not put the deleted text in the kill ring.
+        public static void BackwardDeleteBuffer(ConsoleKeyInfo? key = null, object arg = null)
+        {
+            BackwardDeleteSubstring(0, BackwardDeleteBuffer);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Like BackwardKillLine - deletes text from the point to the start of the logical line,
         /// but does not put the deleted text in the kill ring.
         /// </summary>
         public static void BackwardDeleteLine(ConsoleKeyInfo? key = null, object arg = null)
         {
             var position = GetBeginningOfLinePos(_singleton._current);
+            BackwardDeleteSubstring(position, BackwardDeleteLine);
+        }
 
+        private static void BackwardDeleteSubstring(int position, Action<ConsoleKeyInfo?, object> instigator = null)
+        {
             if (_singleton._current > position)
             {
                 var count = _singleton._current - position;
 
                 _clipboard.Record(_singleton._buffer, position, count);
-                _singleton.SaveEditItem(EditItemDelete.Create(_clipboard, position, BackwardDeleteLine));
+                _singleton.SaveEditItem(EditItemDelete.Create(_clipboard, position, instigator));
                 _singleton._buffer.Remove(position, count);
                 _singleton._current = position;
                 _singleton.Render();
diff --git a/PSReadLine/KeyBindings.cs b/PSReadLine/KeyBindings.cs
index edd049a5..80f7af28 100644
--- a/PSReadLine/KeyBindings.cs
+++ b/PSReadLine/KeyBindings.cs
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ void SetDefaultWindowsBindings()
                 { Keys.CtrlY,                  MakeKeyHandler(Redo,                      "Redo") },
                 { Keys.CtrlZ,                  MakeKeyHandler(Undo,                      "Undo") },
                 { Keys.CtrlBackspace,          MakeKeyHandler(BackwardKillWord,          "BackwardKillWord") },
-                { Keys.CtrlHome,               MakeKeyHandler(BackwardDeleteLine,        "BackwardDeleteLine") },
+                { Keys.CtrlHome,               MakeKeyHandler(BackwardDeleteBuffer,      "BackwardDeleteBuffer") },
                 { Keys.CtrlRBracket,           MakeKeyHandler(GotoBrace,                 "GotoBrace") },
                 { Keys.CtrlAltQuestion,        MakeKeyHandler(ShowKeyBindings,           "ShowKeyBindings") },
                 { Keys.AltPeriod,              MakeKeyHandler(YankLastArg,               "YankLastArg") },
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ public static KeyHandlerGroup GetDisplayGrouping(string function)
             case nameof(AcceptAndGetNext):
             case nameof(AcceptLine):
             case nameof(AddLine):
+            case nameof(BackwardDeleteBuffer):
             case nameof(BackwardDeleteChar):
             case nameof(BackwardDeleteLine):
             case nameof(BackwardDeleteWord):
diff --git a/PSReadLine/KeyBindings.vi.cs b/PSReadLine/KeyBindings.vi.cs
index e7772955..34fe959a 100644
--- a/PSReadLine/KeyBindings.vi.cs
+++ b/PSReadLine/KeyBindings.vi.cs
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ private void SetDefaultViBindings()
                 { Keys.CtrlSpace,       MakeKeyHandler(PossibleCompletions,    "PossibleCompletions") },
                 { Keys.Tab,             MakeKeyHandler(ViTabCompleteNext,      "ViTabCompleteNext") },
                 { Keys.ShiftTab,        MakeKeyHandler(ViTabCompletePrevious,  "ViTabCompletePrevious") },
-                { Keys.CtrlU,           MakeKeyHandler(BackwardDeleteLine,     "BackwardDeleteLine") },
+                { Keys.CtrlU,           MakeKeyHandler(BackwardDeleteBuffer,   "BackwardDeleteBuffer") },
                 { Keys.CtrlV,           MakeKeyHandler(Paste,                  "Paste") },
                 { Keys.CtrlC,           MakeKeyHandler(CancelLine,             "CancelLine") },
                 { Keys.CtrlL,           MakeKeyHandler(ClearScreen,            "ClearScreen") },
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ private void SetDefaultViBindings()
                 { Keys.CtrlZ,           MakeKeyHandler(Undo,                   "Undo") },
                 { Keys.CtrlBackspace,   MakeKeyHandler(BackwardKillWord,       "BackwardKillWord") },
                 { Keys.CtrlEnd,         MakeKeyHandler(ForwardDeleteLine,      "ForwardDeleteLine") },
-                { Keys.CtrlHome,        MakeKeyHandler(BackwardDeleteLine,     "BackwardDeleteLine") },
+                { Keys.CtrlHome,        MakeKeyHandler(BackwardDeleteBuffer,   "BackwardDeleteBuffer") },
                 { Keys.CtrlRBracket,    MakeKeyHandler(GotoBrace,              "GotoBrace") },
                 { Keys.F3,              MakeKeyHandler(CharacterSearch,        "CharacterSearch") },
                 { Keys.ShiftF3,         MakeKeyHandler(CharacterSearchBackward,"CharacterSearchBackward") },
@@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ private void SetDefaultViBindings()
                 { Keys.CtrlC,           MakeKeyHandler(CancelLine,           "CancelLine") },
                 { Keys.CtrlL,           MakeKeyHandler(ClearScreen,          "ClearScreen") },
                 { Keys.CtrlT,           MakeKeyHandler(SwapCharacters,       "SwapCharacters") },
-                { Keys.CtrlU,           MakeKeyHandler(BackwardDeleteLine,   "BackwardDeleteLine") },
+                { Keys.CtrlU,           MakeKeyHandler(BackwardDeleteBuffer, "BackwardDeleteBuffer") },
                 { Keys.CtrlW,           MakeKeyHandler(BackwardDeleteWord,   "BackwardDeleteWord") },
                 { Keys.CtrlY,           MakeKeyHandler(Redo,                 "Redo") },
                 { Keys.CtrlZ,           MakeKeyHandler(Undo,                 "Undo") },
                 { Keys.CtrlBackspace,   MakeKeyHandler(BackwardKillWord,     "BackwardKillWord") },
                 { Keys.CtrlEnd,         MakeKeyHandler(ForwardDeleteLine,    "ForwardDeleteLine") },
-                { Keys.CtrlHome,        MakeKeyHandler(BackwardDeleteLine,   "BackwardDeleteLine") },
+                { Keys.CtrlHome,        MakeKeyHandler(BackwardDeleteBuffer, "BackwardDeleteBuffer") },
                 { Keys.CtrlRBracket,    MakeKeyHandler(GotoBrace,            "GotoBrace") },
                 { Keys.F3,              MakeKeyHandler(CharacterSearch,      "CharacterSearch") },
                 { Keys.ShiftF3,         MakeKeyHandler(CharacterSearchBackward, "CharacterSearchBackward") },
diff --git a/PSReadLine/PSReadLineResources.resx b/PSReadLine/PSReadLineResources.resx
index 920a7ab3..60174699 100644
--- a/PSReadLine/PSReadLineResources.resx
+++ b/PSReadLine/PSReadLineResources.resx
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@
   <data name="BackwardCharDescription" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Move the cursor back one character</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="BackwardDeleteBufferDescription" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Delete text from the cursor to the start of the input</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="BackwardDeleteCharDescription" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Delete the character before the cursor</value>
   </data>