Detect backspace and del on "input" event?

event.key === "Backspace"

More recent and much cleaner: use event.key. No more arbitrary number codes!

input.addEventListener('keydown', function(event) {
    const key = event.key; // const {key} = event; ES6+
    if (key === "Backspace" || key === "Delete") {
        return false;
    }
});

Mozilla Docs

Supported Browsers

Use .onkeydown and cancel the removing with return false;. Like this:

var input = document.getElementById('myInput');

input.onkeydown = function() {
    var key = event.keyCode || event.charCode;

    if( key == 8 || key == 46 )
        return false;
};

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Or with jQuery, because you added a jQuery tag to your question:

jQuery(function($) {
  var input = $('#myInput');
  input.on('keydown', function() {
    var key = event.keyCode || event.charCode;

    if( key == 8 || key == 46 )
        return false;
  });
});

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