diff --git a/src/main/configStore.ts b/src/main/configStore.ts
index d0aa8e13..26321c63 100644
--- a/src/main/configStore.ts
+++ b/src/main/configStore.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const defaultKeyBindings: KeyBinding[] = [
   { keys: 'c', action: 'captureSnapshot' },
   { keys: 'i', action: 'setCutStart' },
   { keys: 'o', action: 'setCutEnd' },
-  { keys: 'backspace', action: 'removeCurrentSegment' },
+  { keys: 'backspace', action: 'removeCurrentCutpoint' },
   { keys: 'd', action: 'cleanupFilesDialog' },
   { keys: 'b', action: 'splitCurrentSegment' },
   { keys: 'r', action: 'increaseRotation' },
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/App.tsx b/src/renderer/src/App.tsx
index 65b61630..131253d0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/App.tsx
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ function App() {
   }, [isFileOpened]);
 
   const {
-    cutSegments, cutSegmentsHistory, createSegmentsFromKeyframes, shuffleSegments, detectBlackScenes, detectSilentScenes, detectSceneChanges, removeCutSegment, invertAllSegments, fillSegmentsGaps, combineOverlappingSegments, combineSelectedSegments, shiftAllSegmentTimes, alignSegmentTimesToKeyframes, updateSegOrder, updateSegOrders, reorderSegsByStartTime, addSegment, setCutStart, setCutEnd, labelSegment, splitCurrentSegment, focusSegmentAtCursor, createNumSegments, createFixedDurationSegments, createFixedByteSizedSegments, createRandomSegments, haveInvalidSegs, currentSegIndexSafe, currentCutSeg, inverseCutSegments, clearSegments, clearSegColorCounter, loadCutSegments, isSegmentSelected, setCutTime, setCurrentSegIndex, labelSelectedSegments, deselectAllSegments, selectAllSegments, selectOnlyCurrentSegment, toggleCurrentSegmentSelected, invertSelectedSegments, removeSelectedSegments, setDeselectedSegmentIds, selectSegmentsByLabel, selectSegmentsByExpr, selectAllMarkers, mutateSegmentsByExpr, toggleSegmentSelected, selectOnlySegment, selectedSegments, selectedSegmentsOrInverse, nonFilteredSegmentsOrInverse, segmentsToExport, duplicateCurrentSegment, duplicateSegment, updateSegAtIndex, findSegmentsAtCursor, maybeCreateFullLengthSegment,
+    cutSegments, cutSegmentsHistory, createSegmentsFromKeyframes, shuffleSegments, detectBlackScenes, detectSilentScenes, detectSceneChanges, removeSegment, invertAllSegments, fillSegmentsGaps, combineOverlappingSegments, combineSelectedSegments, shiftAllSegmentTimes, alignSegmentTimesToKeyframes, updateSegOrder, updateSegOrders, reorderSegsByStartTime, addSegment, setCutStart, setCutEnd, labelSegment, splitCurrentSegment, focusSegmentAtCursor, createNumSegments, createFixedDurationSegments, createFixedByteSizedSegments, createRandomSegments, haveInvalidSegs, currentSegIndexSafe, currentCutSeg, inverseCutSegments, clearSegments, clearSegColorCounter, loadCutSegments, isSegmentSelected, setCutTime, setCurrentSegIndex, labelSelectedSegments, deselectAllSegments, selectAllSegments, selectOnlyCurrentSegment, toggleCurrentSegmentSelected, invertSelectedSegments, removeSelectedSegments, setDeselectedSegmentIds, selectSegmentsByLabel, selectSegmentsByExpr, selectAllMarkers, mutateSegmentsByExpr, toggleSegmentSelected, selectOnlySegment, selectedSegments, selectedSegmentsOrInverse, nonFilteredSegmentsOrInverse, segmentsToExport, duplicateCurrentSegment, duplicateSegment, updateSegAtIndex, findSegmentsAtCursor, maybeCreateFullLengthSegment,
   } = useSegments({ filePath, workingRef, setWorking, setProgress, videoStream: activeVideoStream, fileDuration, getRelevantTime, maxLabelLength, checkFileOpened, invertCutSegments, segmentsToChaptersOnly, timecodePlaceholder, parseTimecode, appendFfmpegCommandLog, fileDurationNonZero, mainFileMeta });
 
   const { getEdlFilePath, projectFileSavePath, getProjectFileSavePath } = useSegmentsAutoSave({ autoSaveProjectFile, storeProjectInWorkingDir, filePath, customOutDir, cutSegments });
@@ -2025,7 +2025,8 @@ function App() {
       batchOpenNextFile: () => batchFileJump(1, true),
       batchOpenSelectedFile,
       closeBatch,
-      removeCurrentSegment: () => removeCutSegment(currentSegIndexSafe),
+      removeCurrentSegment: () => removeSegment(currentSegIndexSafe, true),
+      removeCurrentCutpoint: () => removeSegment(currentSegIndexSafe),
       undo: () => cutSegmentsHistory.back(),
       redo: () => cutSegmentsHistory.forward(),
       labelCurrentSegment: () => { labelSegment(currentSegIndexSafe); return false; },
@@ -2100,7 +2101,7 @@ function App() {
     };
 
     return ret;
-  }, [toggleLoopSelectedSegments, pause, timelineToggleComfortZoom, captureSnapshot, captureSnapshotAsCoverArt, setCutStart, setCutEnd, cleanupFilesDialog, splitCurrentSegment, focusSegmentAtCursor, increaseRotation, goToTimecode, jumpCutStart, jumpCutEnd, jumpTimelineStart, jumpTimelineEnd, batchOpenSelectedFile, closeBatch, addSegment, duplicateCurrentSegment, onExportPress, extractCurrentSegmentFramesAsImages, extractSelectedSegmentsFramesAsImages, reorderSegsByStartTime, invertAllSegments, fillSegmentsGaps, combineOverlappingSegments, combineSelectedSegments, createFixedDurationSegments, createNumSegments, createFixedByteSizedSegments, createRandomSegments, alignSegmentTimesToKeyframes, shuffleSegments, clearSegments, toggleSegmentsList, toggleStreamsSelector, extractAllStreams, convertFormatBatch, concatBatch, toggleCaptureFormat, toggleStripAudio, toggleStripThumbnail, askStartTimeOffset, deselectAllSegments, selectAllSegments, selectOnlyCurrentSegment, editCurrentSegmentTags, toggleCurrentSegmentSelected, invertSelectedSegments, removeSelectedSegments, tryFixInvalidDuration, shiftAllSegmentTimes, toggleMuted, copySegmentsToClipboard, handleShowStreamsSelectorClick, openFilesDialog, openDirDialog, toggleSettings, createSegmentsFromKeyframes, toggleWaveformMode, toggleShowThumbnails, toggleShowKeyframes, showIncludeExternalStreamsDialog, toggleFullscreenVideo, selectAllMarkers, checkFileOpened, cutSegments, seekRel, keyboardSeekAccFactor, togglePlay, play, userChangePlaybackRate, keyboardNormalSeekSpeed, keyboardSeekSpeed2, keyboardSeekSpeed3, seekRelPercent, seekClosestKeyframe, shortStep, jumpSeg, zoomRel, batchFileJump, removeCutSegment, currentSegIndexSafe, cutSegmentsHistory, labelSegment, toggleLastCommands, userHtml5ifyCurrentFile, toggleKeyframeCut, setPlaybackVolume, closeFileWithConfirm, openSendReportDialogWithState, detectBlackScenes, detectSilentScenes, detectSceneChanges]);
+  }, [toggleLoopSelectedSegments, pause, timelineToggleComfortZoom, captureSnapshot, captureSnapshotAsCoverArt, setCutStart, setCutEnd, cleanupFilesDialog, splitCurrentSegment, focusSegmentAtCursor, increaseRotation, goToTimecode, jumpCutStart, jumpCutEnd, jumpTimelineStart, jumpTimelineEnd, batchOpenSelectedFile, closeBatch, addSegment, duplicateCurrentSegment, onExportPress, extractCurrentSegmentFramesAsImages, extractSelectedSegmentsFramesAsImages, reorderSegsByStartTime, invertAllSegments, fillSegmentsGaps, combineOverlappingSegments, combineSelectedSegments, createFixedDurationSegments, createNumSegments, createFixedByteSizedSegments, createRandomSegments, alignSegmentTimesToKeyframes, shuffleSegments, clearSegments, toggleSegmentsList, toggleStreamsSelector, extractAllStreams, convertFormatBatch, concatBatch, toggleCaptureFormat, toggleStripAudio, toggleStripThumbnail, askStartTimeOffset, deselectAllSegments, selectAllSegments, selectOnlyCurrentSegment, editCurrentSegmentTags, toggleCurrentSegmentSelected, invertSelectedSegments, removeSelectedSegments, tryFixInvalidDuration, shiftAllSegmentTimes, toggleMuted, copySegmentsToClipboard, handleShowStreamsSelectorClick, openFilesDialog, openDirDialog, toggleSettings, createSegmentsFromKeyframes, toggleWaveformMode, toggleShowThumbnails, toggleShowKeyframes, showIncludeExternalStreamsDialog, toggleFullscreenVideo, selectAllMarkers, checkFileOpened, cutSegments, seekRel, keyboardSeekAccFactor, togglePlay, play, userChangePlaybackRate, keyboardNormalSeekSpeed, keyboardSeekSpeed2, keyboardSeekSpeed3, seekRelPercent, seekClosestKeyframe, shortStep, jumpSeg, zoomRel, batchFileJump, removeSegment, currentSegIndexSafe, cutSegmentsHistory, labelSegment, toggleLastCommands, userHtml5ifyCurrentFile, toggleKeyframeCut, setPlaybackVolume, closeFileWithConfirm, openSendReportDialogWithState, detectBlackScenes, detectSilentScenes, detectSceneChanges]);
 
   const getKeyboardAction = useCallback((action: MainKeyboardAction) => mainActions[action], [mainActions]);
 
@@ -2553,7 +2554,7 @@ function App() {
                       segmentAtCursor={segmentAtCursor}
                       addSegment={addSegment}
                       onDuplicateSegmentClick={duplicateSegment}
-                      removeCutSegment={removeCutSegment}
+                      removeSegment={removeSegment}
                       onRemoveSelected={removeSelectedSegments}
                       toggleSegmentsList={toggleSegmentsList}
                       splitCurrentSegment={splitCurrentSegment}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/SegmentList.tsx b/src/renderer/src/SegmentList.tsx
index dc212976..eec6d93d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/SegmentList.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/SegmentList.tsx
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ const Segment = memo(({
   getFrameCount: GetFrameCount,
   updateSegOrder: UseSegments['updateSegOrder'],
   onClick: (i: number) => void,
-  onRemovePress: UseSegments['removeCutSegment'],
+  onRemovePress: UseSegments['removeSegment'],
   onRemoveSelected: UseSegments['removeSelectedSegments'],
   onLabelSelectedSegments: UseSegments['labelSelectedSegments'],
   onReorderPress: (i: number) => Promise<void>,
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ function SegmentList({
   updateSegOrder,
   updateSegOrders,
   addSegment,
-  removeCutSegment,
+  removeSegment,
   onRemoveSelected,
   onLabelSegment,
   currentCutSeg,
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ function SegmentList({
   updateSegOrder: UseSegments['updateSegOrder'],
   updateSegOrders: UseSegments['updateSegOrders'],
   addSegment: UseSegments['addSegment'],
-  removeCutSegment: UseSegments['removeCutSegment'],
+  removeSegment: UseSegments['removeSegment'],
   onRemoveSelected: UseSegments['removeSelectedSegments'],
   onLabelSegment: UseSegments['labelSegment'],
   currentCutSeg: UseSegments['currentCutSeg'],
@@ -377,8 +377,8 @@ function SegmentList({
             size={24}
             style={{ ...buttonBaseStyle, background: cutSegments.length >= 2 ? currentSegColor : neutralButtonColor }}
             role="button"
-            title={`${t('Remove segment')} ${currentSegIndex + 1}`}
-            onClick={() => removeCutSegment(currentSegIndex)}
+            title={t('Remove cutpoint from segment {{segmentNumber}}', { segmentNumber: currentSegIndex + 1 })}
+            onClick={() => removeSegment(currentSegIndex)}
           />
 
           {!invertCutSegments && !simpleMode && (
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ function SegmentList({
                   onClick={onSegClick}
                   addSegment={addSegment}
                   onRemoveSelected={onRemoveSelected}
-                  onRemovePress={removeCutSegment}
+                  onRemovePress={removeSegment}
                   onReorderPress={onReorderSegs}
                   onLabelPress={onLabelSegment}
                   jumpSegStart={jumpSegStart}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/KeyboardShortcuts.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/KeyboardShortcuts.tsx
index cf54bfd0..26c0b7ce 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/KeyboardShortcuts.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/KeyboardShortcuts.tsx
@@ -316,6 +316,10 @@ const KeyboardShortcuts = memo(({
         name: t('Add cut segment'),
         category: segmentsAndCutpointsCategory,
       },
+      removeCurrentCutpoint: {
+        name: t('Remove current segment cutpoint'),
+        category: segmentsAndCutpointsCategory,
+      },
       removeCurrentSegment: {
         name: t('Remove current segment'),
         category: segmentsAndCutpointsCategory,
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/hooks/useSegments.ts b/src/renderer/src/hooks/useSegments.ts
index 255d2792..5a173d8e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/hooks/useSegments.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/hooks/useSegments.ts
@@ -231,17 +231,26 @@ function useSegments({ filePath, workingRef, setWorking, setProgress, videoStrea
       if (newSegments.length === 0) {
         // when removing the last segments, we start over
         clearSegColorCounter();
-        return [];
       }
       return newSegments;
     });
   }, [clearSegColorCounter, safeSetCutSegments]);
 
-  const removeCutSegment = useCallback((index: number) => {
+  const removeSegment = useCallback((index: number, wholeSegment?: true) => {
     const seg = cutSegments[index];
     if (seg == null) return;
-    removeSegments([seg.segId]);
-  }, [cutSegments, removeSegments]);
+    if (wholeSegment || seg.end == null) {
+      // remove whole segment
+      removeSegments([seg.segId]);
+    } else {
+      // remove end cut point first
+      safeSetCutSegments((existingSegments) => existingSegments.map((existingSegment, i) => (
+        i === index ? {
+          ...existingSegment,
+          end: undefined,
+        } : existingSegment)));
+    }
+  }, [cutSegments, removeSegments, safeSetCutSegments]);
 
   const inverseCutSegments = useMemo(() => {
     if (haveInvalidSegs || !isDurationValid(fileDuration)) return [];
@@ -739,7 +748,7 @@ function useSegments({ filePath, workingRef, setWorking, setProgress, videoStrea
     detectBlackScenes,
     detectSilentScenes,
     detectSceneChanges,
-    removeCutSegment,
+    removeSegment,
     invertAllSegments,
     fillSegmentsGaps,
     combineOverlappingSegments,
diff --git a/types.ts b/types.ts
index 4e17e5d9..91944843 100644
--- a/types.ts
+++ b/types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export type KeyboardAction = 'addSegment' | 'togglePlayResetSpeed' | 'togglePlayNoResetSpeed' | 'reducePlaybackRate' | 'reducePlaybackRateMore' | 'increasePlaybackRate' | 'increasePlaybackRateMore' | 'timelineToggleComfortZoom' | 'seekPreviousFrame' | 'seekNextFrame' | 'captureSnapshot' | 'setCutStart' | 'setCutEnd' | 'removeCurrentSegment' | 'cleanupFilesDialog' | 'splitCurrentSegment' | 'focusSegmentAtCursor' | 'increaseRotation' | 'goToTimecode' | 'seekBackwards' | 'seekBackwards2' | 'seekBackwards3' | 'seekBackwardsPercent' | 'seekBackwardsPercent' | 'seekBackwardsKeyframe' | 'jumpCutStart' | 'seekForwards' | 'seekForwards2' | 'seekForwards3' | 'seekForwardsPercent' | 'seekForwardsPercent' | 'seekForwardsKeyframe' | 'jumpCutEnd' | 'jumpTimelineStart' | 'jumpTimelineEnd' | 'jumpFirstSegment' | 'jumpPrevSegment' | 'jumpSeekFirstSegment' | 'jumpSeekPrevSegment' | 'timelineZoomIn' | 'timelineZoomIn' | 'batchPreviousFile' | 'jumpLastSegment' | 'jumpNextSegment' | 'jumpSeekLastSegment' | 'jumpSeekNextSegment' | 'timelineZoomOut' | 'timelineZoomOut' | 'batchNextFile' | 'batchOpenSelectedFile' | 'batchOpenPreviousFile' | 'batchOpenNextFile' | 'undo' | 'undo' | 'redo' | 'redo' | 'copySegmentsToClipboard' | 'copySegmentsToClipboard' | 'toggleFullscreenVideo' | 'labelCurrentSegment' | 'export' | 'toggleKeyboardShortcuts' | 'closeActiveScreen' | 'increaseVolume' | 'decreaseVolume' | 'toggleMuted' | 'detectBlackScenes' | 'detectSilentScenes' | 'detectSceneChanges' | 'toggleLastCommands' | 'play' | 'pause' | 'reloadFile' | 'html5ify' | 'togglePlayOnlyCurrentSegment' | 'toggleLoopOnlyCurrentSegment' | 'toggleLoopStartEndOnlyCurrentSegment' | 'toggleLoopSelectedSegments' | 'editCurrentSegmentTags' | 'duplicateCurrentSegment' | 'reorderSegsByStartTime' | 'invertAllSegments' | 'fillSegmentsGaps' | 'shiftAllSegmentTimes' | 'alignSegmentTimesToKeyframes' | 'createSegmentsFromKeyframes' | 'createFixedDurationSegments' | 'createNumSegments' | 'createFixedByteSizedSegments' | 'createRandomSegments' | 'shuffleSegments' | 'combineOverlappingSegments' | 'combineSelectedSegments' | 'clearSegments' | 'toggleSegmentsList' | 'selectOnlyCurrentSegment' | 'deselectAllSegments' | 'selectAllSegments' | 'toggleCurrentSegmentSelected' | 'invertSelectedSegments' | 'removeSelectedSegments' | 'toggleStreamsSelector' | 'extractAllStreams' | 'showStreamsSelector' | 'showIncludeExternalStreamsDialog' | 'captureSnapshotAsCoverArt' | 'extractCurrentSegmentFramesAsImages' | 'extractSelectedSegmentsFramesAsImages' | 'convertFormatBatch' | 'convertFormatCurrentFile' | 'fixInvalidDuration' | 'closeBatch' | 'concatBatch' | 'toggleKeyframeCutMode' | 'toggleCaptureFormat' | 'toggleStripAudio' | 'toggleStripThumbnail' | 'setStartTimeOffset' | 'toggleWaveformMode' | 'toggleShowThumbnails' | 'toggleShowKeyframes' | 'toggleSettings' | 'openSendReportDialog' | 'openFilesDialog' | 'openDirDialog' | 'exportYouTube' | 'closeCurrentFile' | 'quit' | 'selectAllMarkers';
+export type KeyboardAction = 'addSegment' | 'togglePlayResetSpeed' | 'togglePlayNoResetSpeed' | 'reducePlaybackRate' | 'reducePlaybackRateMore' | 'increasePlaybackRate' | 'increasePlaybackRateMore' | 'timelineToggleComfortZoom' | 'seekPreviousFrame' | 'seekNextFrame' | 'captureSnapshot' | 'setCutStart' | 'setCutEnd' | 'removeCurrentSegment' | 'removeCurrentCutpoint' | 'cleanupFilesDialog' | 'splitCurrentSegment' | 'focusSegmentAtCursor' | 'increaseRotation' | 'goToTimecode' | 'seekBackwards' | 'seekBackwards2' | 'seekBackwards3' | 'seekBackwardsPercent' | 'seekBackwardsPercent' | 'seekBackwardsKeyframe' | 'jumpCutStart' | 'seekForwards' | 'seekForwards2' | 'seekForwards3' | 'seekForwardsPercent' | 'seekForwardsPercent' | 'seekForwardsKeyframe' | 'jumpCutEnd' | 'jumpTimelineStart' | 'jumpTimelineEnd' | 'jumpFirstSegment' | 'jumpPrevSegment' | 'jumpSeekFirstSegment' | 'jumpSeekPrevSegment' | 'timelineZoomIn' | 'timelineZoomIn' | 'batchPreviousFile' | 'jumpLastSegment' | 'jumpNextSegment' | 'jumpSeekLastSegment' | 'jumpSeekNextSegment' | 'timelineZoomOut' | 'timelineZoomOut' | 'batchNextFile' | 'batchOpenSelectedFile' | 'batchOpenPreviousFile' | 'batchOpenNextFile' | 'undo' | 'undo' | 'redo' | 'redo' | 'copySegmentsToClipboard' | 'copySegmentsToClipboard' | 'toggleFullscreenVideo' | 'labelCurrentSegment' | 'export' | 'toggleKeyboardShortcuts' | 'closeActiveScreen' | 'increaseVolume' | 'decreaseVolume' | 'toggleMuted' | 'detectBlackScenes' | 'detectSilentScenes' | 'detectSceneChanges' | 'toggleLastCommands' | 'play' | 'pause' | 'reloadFile' | 'html5ify' | 'togglePlayOnlyCurrentSegment' | 'toggleLoopOnlyCurrentSegment' | 'toggleLoopStartEndOnlyCurrentSegment' | 'toggleLoopSelectedSegments' | 'editCurrentSegmentTags' | 'duplicateCurrentSegment' | 'reorderSegsByStartTime' | 'invertAllSegments' | 'fillSegmentsGaps' | 'shiftAllSegmentTimes' | 'alignSegmentTimesToKeyframes' | 'createSegmentsFromKeyframes' | 'createFixedDurationSegments' | 'createNumSegments' | 'createFixedByteSizedSegments' | 'createRandomSegments' | 'shuffleSegments' | 'combineOverlappingSegments' | 'combineSelectedSegments' | 'clearSegments' | 'toggleSegmentsList' | 'selectOnlyCurrentSegment' | 'deselectAllSegments' | 'selectAllSegments' | 'toggleCurrentSegmentSelected' | 'invertSelectedSegments' | 'removeSelectedSegments' | 'toggleStreamsSelector' | 'extractAllStreams' | 'showStreamsSelector' | 'showIncludeExternalStreamsDialog' | 'captureSnapshotAsCoverArt' | 'extractCurrentSegmentFramesAsImages' | 'extractSelectedSegmentsFramesAsImages' | 'convertFormatBatch' | 'convertFormatCurrentFile' | 'fixInvalidDuration' | 'closeBatch' | 'concatBatch' | 'toggleKeyframeCutMode' | 'toggleCaptureFormat' | 'toggleStripAudio' | 'toggleStripThumbnail' | 'setStartTimeOffset' | 'toggleWaveformMode' | 'toggleShowThumbnails' | 'toggleShowKeyframes' | 'toggleSettings' | 'openSendReportDialog' | 'openFilesDialog' | 'openDirDialog' | 'exportYouTube' | 'closeCurrentFile' | 'quit' | 'selectAllMarkers';
 
 export interface KeyBinding {
   keys: string,