With how popular Google Chrome is, you’re probably pretty familiar with how to use it to cruise around the web. But did you know Chrome has a ton of keyboard shortcuts that let you access its most important features instantly?
Whether you want to zip around tabs or avoid digging through menus, keyboard shortcuts will get you there quickly. Here’s a list of handy Google Chrome keyboard shortcuts you must know.
The Google Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet
| Windows/Linux Shortcut | Mac Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Navigating Tabs and Windows | ||
| Ctrl + N | Cmd + N | Open new window |
| Ctrl + Shift + N | Cmd + Shift + N | Open new incognito window |
| Ctrl + T | Cmd + T | Open new tab |
| Ctrl + W | Cmd + W | Close current tab |
| Ctrl + Shift + W | Cmd + Shift + W | Close current window |
| Ctrl + Shift + T | Cmd + Shift + T | Reopen last closed tab |
| Ctrl + 1 — Ctrl + 8 | Cmd + 1 — Cmd + 8 | Switch to tab 1-8 |
| Ctrl + 9 | Cmd + 9 | Switch to last tab |
| Ctrl +Tab | Cmd + Option + Right | Move to next tab |
| Ctrl + Shift + Tab | Cmd + Option + Left | Move to prior tab |
| Ctrl + Click | Cmd + Click | Open link in a new tab |
| Ctrl + Shift + Click | Cmd + Shift + Click | Open link in a new tab and switch to it immediately |
| Shift + Click | Shift + Click | Open link in a new window |
| Alt + Left | Cmd + [ | Go back one page |
| Alt + Right | Cmd + ] | Go forward one page |
| Alt + Home | Cmd + Shift + H | Open your homepage in the current tab |
| Ctrl + Shift + Q | Cmd + Q | Quit Chrome |
| General Chrome Functions | ||
| Ctrl + P | Cmd + P | Open Print dialog |
| Ctrl + S | Cmd + S | Save the current webpage |
| Ctrl + R | Cmd + R | Refresh the page |
| Ctrl + Shift + R | Cmd + Shift + R | Refresh the page without loading cache |
| Esc | Esc | Stop page from loading |
| Ctrl + O | Cmd + O | Open a file |
| Ctrl + H | Cmd + Y | View History |
| Ctrl + J | Cmd + Shift + J | Open Downloads |
| Ctrl + D | Cmd + D | Bookmark current page |
| Ctrl + Shift + D | Cmd + Shift + D | Bookmark all open tabs |
| Ctrl + Shift + B | Cmd + Shift + B | Toggle bookmarks bar |
| Alt + E | Open Chrome’s menu | |
| Ctrl + Shift + O | Cmd + Option + B | Open Bookmark Manager |
| Search + Esc | Open Chrome Task Manager | |
| Ctrl + U | Cmd + Option + U | View page source |
| Ctrl + Shift + J | Cmd + Option + I | Open the Developer Tools panel |
| Ctrl + Shift + Del | Cmd + Shift + Delete | Open Clear Browsing Data menu |
| Ctrl + Shift + M | Cmd + Shift + M | Open Users menu to log in as someone else |
| Webpage Navigation | ||
| Ctrl + Plus (+) | Cmd + Plus (+) | Zoom in |
| Ctrl + Minus (-) | Cmd + Minus (-) | Zoom out |
| Ctrl + 0 (Zero) | Cmd + 0 (Zero) | Reset zoom to 100% |
| F11 | Cmd + Ctrl + F | Toggle full-screen mode |
| Ctrl + F | Cmd + F | Search the current page |
| Space | Space | Move down the page |
| Shift + Space | Shift + Space | Move up the page |
| Home | Cmd + Up | Go to top of current page |
| End | Cmd + Down | Go to bottom of current page |
| Ctrl + L | Cmd + L | Select all text in the address bar |
| Miscellaneous | ||
| Ctrl + Enter | Cmd + Enter | Add “www.” and “.com” to text in the address bar and open page |
| Ctrl + K | Cmd + Option + F | Moves cursor to the address bar to perform a Google search |
| Shift + Alt + B | Highlight bookmarks bar; use arrows to navigate | |
| Shift + Alt + T | Highlight the icons in the address bar row | |
| Alt + Click | Option + Click | Download the target of a link |
| Alt + Space + N | Maximize current window | |
| Alt + Space + X | Cmd + M | Minimize current window |
| F1 | Open Chrome help | |
| Alt + Shift + I | Open a form to send feedback on Chrome | |
| Text Editing | ||
| Ctrl + Backspace | Option + Delete | Delete previous word |
| Ctrl + Alt + Backspace | Option + Fn + Delete | Delete next word |
| Ctrl + A | Cmd + A | Select all |
| Ctrl + Right/Left | Option + Right/Left | Move the cursor to the next/previous word |
| Ctrl + Shift + Right/Left | Option + Shift + Right/Left | Select next/previous word |
| Ctrl + Shift + End/Home | Command + Shift + Right/Left | Select all text to the end/beginning of the current line |
| Ctrl + End/Home | Cmd + Down/Up | Jump to the end/beginnning of a text field/document |
| Ctrl + C | Cmd + C | Copy |
| Ctrl + X | Cmd + X | Cut |
| Ctrl + V | Cmd + V | Paste |
| Ctrl + Shift + V | Cmd + Shift + V | Paste without formatting |
| Ctrl + Z | Cmd + Z | Undo |
| Ctrl + Y | Cmd + Shift + Z | Redo |
Hopefully, you learned some new shortcuts from this list! Now you don’t have to dig through so many lists of options and click around wildly to navigate tabs. Of course, not all of them are useful for everyone, so pick a few and try them first. A lot of them are common across many apps (like the shortcuts for Save and Open), so those ones should be pretty easy to remember.
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