how to unindent in vim without leaving edit mode?

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I'm writing a lot of python code recently, and i used the tab-to-space mode in vim. I was just wondering how would i unindent in vim without leaving edit mode for example after i finished if...: block. Normally I can just type << to unindent, but it takes too many keystorkes, anyone have a better idea?

Vim Solutions

Solution 1 - Vim

Type Ctrl-D on your keyboard, removes one tabstop at a time, works for space-replaced tabs.

Solution 2 - Vim

In Vim in Linux you can unindent multiple lines by using V to select your first line. Press the down arrow to select multiple lines. Then type < to unindent all of the lines.

If you want to indent, type > instead

Solution 3 - Vim

Backspace will remove one level of indent at a time.

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