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Keyboard and mouse shortcuts

Keyboard and mouse shortcuts are combinations of keyboard strokes and mouse clicks that you can use
to perform specific actions. Knowing some of the Google Chrome shortcuts listed below can help save you
time.

Keyboard and mouse shortcut guide intro

Keyboard and mouse shortcuts are combinations of keyboard strokes and mouse
clicks that you can use to perform specific actions. Knowing some of the Google
Chrome shortcuts listed below can help save you time.

Windows keyboard shortcuts

Tab and window shortcuts

Ctrl+N Opens a new window.

Ctrl+T Opens a new tab.
Opens a new window in
Ctrl+Shift+N
incognito mode.
Opens a file from your
Press Ctrl+O, then select file.
computer in Google Chrome.
Press Ctrl and click a link. Or
click a link with your middle Opens the link in a new tab in
mouse button (or the background .
mousewheel).
Press Ctrl+Shift and click a
Opens the link in a new tab
link. Or press Shift and click a
and switches to the newly
link with your middle mouse
opened tab.
button (or mousewheel).
Opens the link in a new
Press Shift and click a link.
window.
Reopens the last tab you've
closed. Google Chrome
Ctrl+Shift+T
remembers the last 10 tabs
you've closed.
Drag a link to a tab. Opens the link in the tab.

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Drag a link to a blank area on
Opens the link in a new tab.
the tab strip.
Opens the tab in a new
Drag a tab out of the tab strip.
window.
Drag a tab out of the tab strip Opens the tab in the existing
and into an existing window. window.
Press Esc while dragging a Returns the tab to its original
tab. position.
Switches to the tab at the
Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8 specified position number on
the tab strip.
Ctrl+9 Switches to the last tab.
Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+PgDown Switches to the next tab.
Ctrl+Shift+Tab or Ctrl+PgUp Switches to the previous tab.
Alt+F4 Closes the current window.
Closes the current tab or pop-
Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4
up.
Click a tab with your middle
mouse button (or Closes the tab you clicked.
mousewheel).
Right-click, or click and hold
Displays your browsing history
either the Back or Forward
in the tab.
arrow in the browser toolbar.
Goes to the previous page in
Press Backspace, or Alt and
your browsing history for the
the left arrow together.
tab.
Press Shift+Backspace, or
Goes to the next page in your
Alt and the right arrow
browsing history for the tab.
together.
Press Ctrl and click either the
Back arrow, Forward arrow, or
Go button in the toolbar. Or Opens the button destination in
click either button with your a new tab in the background.
middle mouse button (or
mousewheel).
Double-click the blank area on Maximizes or minimizes the
the tab strip. window.
Opens your homepage in your
Alt+Home
current window.

Google Chrome feature shortcuts

Opens the Tools menu, which

Alt+F lets you customize and control
settings in Google Chrome.
Toggles the bookmarks bar on
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Ctrl+Shift+B
and off.
Ctrl+H Opens the History page.
Ctrl+J Opens the Downloads page.
Shift+Esc Opens the Task Manager.
Sets focus on the first tool in
the browser toolbar. You can
then use the following
shortcuts to move around in the
toolbar:
Press Tab, Shift+Tab,
Home, End, right
arrow, and left arrow
to move focus to
different items in the
toolbar.
Press Space or Enter
to activate toolbar
buttons, including page
actions and browser
actions.
Shift+Alt+T
Press Shift+F10 to
bring up any associated
context menu (e.g.
browsing history for the
Back button).
Press Esc to return
focus from the toolbar
back to the page.
Press F6 or Shift+F6 to
switch focus to the next
keyboard-accessible
pane, where panes
include the main web
content, toolbar, and
bookmarks bar (if
visible).
Ctrl+Shift+J Opens Developer Tools.
Opens the Clear Browsing Data
Ctrl+Shift+Delete
dialog.
Opens the Help Center in a
F1
new tab (our favorite).

Address bar shortcuts

Use the following shortcuts in the address bar:

Type a search term, then press Performs a search using your

Enter. default search engine.
Type a search engine keyword, Performs a search using the
press Space, type a search search engine associated with

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term, and press Enter. the keyword.
Begin typing a search engine
Performs a search using the
URL, press Tab when
search engine associated with
prompted, type a search term,
the URL.
and press Enter.
Adds www. and .com to your
Ctrl+Enter input in the address bar and
open the resulting URL.
Type a URL, then press
Opens the URL in a new tab.
Alt+Enter.
F6 or Ctrl+L or Alt+D Highlights the URL.
Places a '?' in the address bar.
Type a search term after the
Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E question mark to perform a
search using your default
search engine.
Moves your cursor to the
Press Ctrl and the left arrow
preceding key term in the
together.
address bar
Press Ctrl and the right arrow Moves your cursor to the next
together. key term in the address bar
Deletes the key term that
Ctrl+Backspace precedes your cursor in the
address bar
Select an entry in the address
bar drop-down menu with your Deletes the entry from your
keyboard arrows, then press browsing history, if possible.
Shift+Delete.
Click an entry in the address
bar drop-down menu with your Opens the entry in a new tab in
middle mouse button (or the background.
mousewheel).
Press Page Up or Page
Selects the first or last entry in
Down when the address bar
the drop-down menu.
drop-down menu is visible.

Webpage shortcuts

Ctrl+P Prints your current page.

Ctrl+S Saves your current page.
F5 or Ctrl+R Reloads your current page.
Stops the loading of your
Esc
current page.
Ctrl+F Opens the find bar.
Finds the next match for your
Ctrl+G or F3
input in the find bar.

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Ctrl+Shift+G, Shift+F3, or Finds the previous match for
Shift+Enter your input in the find bar.
Activates auto-scrolling. As
you move your mouse, the
Click the middle mouse button
page automatically scrolls
(or mousewheel).
according to the direction of the
mouse.
Reloads your current page,
Ctrl+F5 or Shift+F5
ignoring cached content.
Downloads the target of the
Press Alt and click a link.
link.
Opens the source of your
Ctrl+U
current page.
Drag a link to bookmarks bar Saves the link as a bookmark.
Saves your current webpage as
Ctrl+D
a bookmark.
Saves all open pages as
Ctrl+Shift+D
bookmarks in a new folder.
Opens your page in full-screen
F11 mode. Press F11 again to exit
full-screen.
Ctrl and +, or press Ctrl and Enlarges everything on the
scroll your mousewheel up. page.
Ctrl and -, or press Ctrl and Makes everything on the page
scroll your mousewheel down. smaller.
Returns everything on the page
Ctrl+0
to normal size.
Space bar Scrolls down the web page.
Home Goes to the top of the page.
Goes to the bottom of the
End
page.
Press Shift and scroll your Scrolls horizontally on the
mousewheel. page.

Text shortcuts

Copies highlighted content to

Ctrl+C
the clipboard.
Pastes content from the
Ctrl+V or Shift+Insert
clipboard.
Paste content from the
Ctrl+Shift+V
clipboard without formatting.
Deletes the highlighted content
Ctrl+X or Shift+Delete
and copies it to the clipboard.

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Mac keyboard shortcuts

Tab and window shortcuts

⌘ -N Opens a new window.

⌘ -T Opens a new tab.
Opens a new window in
⌘ -Shift-N
incognito mode.
Opens a file from your
Press ⌘ -O, then select file.
computer in Google Chrome.
Press ⌘ and click a link. Or
click a link with your middle Opens the link in a new tab in
mouse button (or the background .
mousewheel).
Press ⌘ -Shift and click a link.
Opens the link in a new tab
Or press Shift and click a link
and switches to the newly
with your middle mouse button
opened tab.
(or mousewheel).
Opens the link in a new
Press Shift and click a link.
window.
Reopens the last tab you've
closed. Google Chrome
⌘ -Shift-T
remembers the last 10 tabs
you've closed.
Opens the tab in a new
Drag a tab out of the tab strip.
window.
Drag a tab out of the tab strip Opens the tab in the existing
and into an existing window. window.
Press ⌘ -Option and the right
Switches to the next tab.
arrow together.
Press ⌘ -Option and the left
Switches to the previous tab.
arrow together.
Closes the current tab or pop-
⌘ -W
up.
⌘ -Shift-W Closes the current window.
Click and hold either the Back
Displays your browsing history
or Forward arrow in the browser
in the tab.
toolbar.
Goes to the previous page in
Press Delete or ⌘ -[ your browsing history for the
tab.
Goes to the next page in your
Press Shift-Delete or ⌘ -]
browsing history for the tab.

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Press Shift while clicking the
+ button in the top left corner of Maximizes the window.
the window.
⌘ -M Minimizes the window.
⌘ -H Hides Google Chrome.
⌘ -Option-H Hides all other windows.
⌘ -Q Closes Google Chrome.

Google Chrome feature shortcuts

Toggles the bookmarks bar on

⌘ -Shift-B
and off.
⌘ -Option-B Opens the bookmark manager.
⌘ -, Opens the Preferences dialog.
⌘ -Y Opens the History page.
⌘ -Shift-J Opens the Downloads page.
Opens the Clear Browsing Data
⌘ -Shift-Delete
dialog.

Address bar shortcuts

Use the following shortcuts in the address bar:

Type a search term, then press Performs a search using your

Enter. default search engine.
Type a search engine keyword, Performs a search using the
press Space, type a search search engine associated with
term, and press Enter. the keyword.
Begin typing a search engine
Performs a search using the
URL, press Tab when
search engine associated with
prompted, type a search term,
the URL.
and press Enter.
Type a URL, then press ⌘ - Opens the URL in a new
Enter. background tab.
⌘ -L Highlights the URL.
Places a '?' in the address bar.
Type a search term after the
⌘ -Option-F question mark to perform a
search using your default
search engine.
Moves your cursor to the
Press Option and the left
preceding key term in the
arrow together.
address bar
Press Option and the right Moves your cursor to the next
arrow together. key term in the address bar
Press Shift-Option and the left Highlights the preceding key

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arrow together. term in the address bar
Press Shift-Option and the Highlights the next key term in
right arrow together. the address bar
Deletes the key term that
⌘ -Delete precedes your cursor in the
address bar
Press Page Up or Page Selects the previous or next
Down in the addess bar menu. entry in the menu.

Webpage shortcuts

⌘ -P Prints your current page.

⌘ -Shift-P Opens the Page Setup dialog.
⌘ -S Saves your current page.
⌘ -Shift-I Emails your current page.
⌘ -R Reloads your current page.
Stops loading of your current
⌘ -,
page.
⌘ -F Opens the find bar.
Finds the next match for your
⌘ -G
input in the find bar.
Finds the previous match for
⌘ -Shift-G or Shift-Enter
your input in the find bar.
⌘ -E Uses selection for find
⌘ -J Jumps to selection
⌘ -Option-I Opens Developer Tools.
⌘ -Option-J Opens the JavaScript Console.
Opens the source of your
⌘ -Option-U
current page.
Downloads the target of the
Press Option and click a link.
link.
Drag a link to the bookmarks
Saves the link as a bookmark.
bar.
Saves your current webpage as
⌘ -D
a bookmark.
Saves all open tabs as
⌘ -Shift-D
bookmarks in a new folder.
Opens your page in full-screen
⌘ -Shift-F mode. Press ⌘ -Shift-F again
to exit full-screen.
Enlarges everything on the
⌘ -+
page.
Makes everything on the page
⌘ and -
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⌘ and -
smaller.
Returns everything on the page
⌘ -0
to normal size.
Opens your home page in your
⌘ -Shift-H
current tab.
Space bar Scrolls down the web page.
⌘ -Option-F Searches the web.

Text shortcuts

Copies highlighted content to

⌘ -C
the clipboard.
Copies the URL of the page
⌘ -Option-C
you're viewing to the clipboard.
Pastes content from the
⌘ -V
clipboard.
Pastes content without source
⌘ -Shift-Option-V
formatting.
Deletes the highlighted content
⌘ -X or Shift-Delete
and copies it to the clipboard.
⌘ -Z Reverts your last action.
⌘ -Shift-Z Repeats your last action.
Deletes highlighted content and
⌘ -X
saves it to your clipboard (cut).
Selects all the text on your
⌘ -A
current page.
Opens the Spelling and
⌘ -:
Grammar dialog.
Checks your current page for
⌘ -;
spelling and grammar

Linux keyboard shortcuts

Tab and window shortcuts

Ctrl+N Opens a new window.

Ctrl+T Opens a new tab.
Opens a new window in
Ctrl+Shift+N
incognito mode.
Opens a file from your
Press Ctrl+O, then select file.
computer in Google Chrome.

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Press Ctrl and click a link. Or
click a link with your middle Opens the link in a new tab in
mouse button (or the background .
mousewheel).
Press Ctrl+Shift and click a
Opens the link in a new tab
link. Or press Shift and click a
and switches to the newly
link with your middle mouse
opened tab.
button (or mousewheel).
Opens the link in a new
Press Shift and click a link.
window.
Reopens the last tab you've
closed. Google Chrome
Ctrl+Shift+T
remembers the last 10 tabs
you've closed.
Drag a link to a tab. Opens the link in the tab.
Drag a link to a blank area on
Opens the link in a new tab.
the tab strip.
Opens the tab in a new
Drag a tab out of the tab strip.
window.
Drag a tab out of the tab strip Opens the tab in the existing
and into an existing window. window.
Press Esc while dragging a Returns the tab to its original
tab. position.
Switches to the tab at the
Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8 specified position number on
the tab strip.
Ctrl+9 Switches to the last tab.
Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+PgDown Switches to the next tab.
Ctrl+Shift+Tab or Ctrl+PgUp Switches to the previous tab.
Ctrl+Shift+Q Closes Google Chrome.
Closes the current tab or pop-
Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4
up.
Click a tab with your middle
mouse button (or Closes the tab you clicked.
mousewheel).
Right-click, or click and hold
Displays your browsing history
either the Back or Forward
in the tab.
arrow in the browser toolbar.
Goes to the previous page in
Press Alt and the left arrow
your browsing history for the
together.
tab.
Press Alt and the right arrow Goes to the next page in your
together. browsing history for the tab.
Click either the Back arrow,
Forward arrow, or Go button in
Opens the button destination in
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Opens the button destination in
the toolbar with your middle
a new tab in the background.
mouse button (or
mousewheel).
Double-click the blank area on Maximizes or minimizes the
the tab strip. window.

Google Chrome feature shortcuts

Opens the Tools menu, which

Alt+F lets you customize and control
settings in Google Chrome.
Toggles the bookmarks bar on
Ctrl+Shift+B
and off.
Ctrl+H Opens the History page.
Ctrl+J Opens the Downloads page.
Shift+Esc Opens the Task Manager.
Ctrl+Shift+J Opens Developer Tools.
Opens the Clear Browsing Data
Ctrl+Shift+Delete
dialog.
Opens the Help Center in a
F1
new tab (our favorite).

Address bar shortcuts

Use the following shortcuts in the address bar:

Type a search term, then press Performs a search using your

Enter. default search engine.
Type a search engine keyword, Performs a search using the
press Space, type a search search engine associated with
term, and press Enter. the keyword.
Begin typing a search engine
Performs a search using the
URL, press Tab when
search engine associated with
prompted, type a search term,
the URL.
and press Enter.
Ctrl+L Highlights the URL.
Places a '?' in the address bar.
Type a search term after the
Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E question mark to perform a
search using your default
search engine.
Moves your cursor to the
Press Ctrl+Shift and the left
preceding key term in the
arrow together.
address bar
Press Ctrl+Shift and the right Moves your cursor to the next
arrow together. key term in the address bar
Deletes the key term that
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Ctrl+Backspace precedes your cursor in the
address bar
Select an entry in the address
bar drop-down menu with your Deletes the entry from your
keyboard arrows, then press browsing history, if possible.
Shift+Delete.
Click an entry in the address
bar drop-down menu with your Opens the entry in a new tab in
middle mouse button (or the background.
mousewheel).
Press Page Up or Page
Selects the first or last entry in
Down when the address bar
the drop-down menu.
drop-down menu is visible.

Webpage shortcuts

Ctrl+P Prints your current page.

Ctrl+S Saves your current page.
Ctrl+R Reloads your current page.
Stops the loading of your
Esc
current page.
Ctrl+F Opens the find bar.
Finds the next match for your
Ctrl+G or Enter
input in the find bar.
Finds the previous match for
Ctrl+Shift+G or Shift+Enter
your input in the find bar.
Downloads the target of the
Press Alt and click a link.
link.
Opens the source of your
Ctrl+U
current page.
Drag a link to bookmarks bar Saves the link as a bookmark.
Saves your current webpage as
Ctrl+D
a bookmark.
Saves all open pages as
Ctrl+Shift+D
bookmarks in a new folder.
Opens your page in full-screen
F11 mode. Press F11 again to exit
full-screen.
Ctrl and +, or press Ctrl and Enlarges everything on the
scroll your mousewheel up. page.
Ctrl and -, or press Ctrl and Makes everything on the page
scroll your mousewheel down. smaller.
Returns everything on the page
Ctrl+0
to normal size.
Space bar Scrolls down the web page.

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Home Goes to the top of the page.
Goes to the bottom of the
End
page.

Text shortcuts

Copies highlighted content to

Ctrl+C
the clipboard.
Pastes content from the
Ctrl+V or Shift+Insert
clipboard.
Paste content from the
Ctrl+Shift+V
clipboard without formatting.
Deletes the highlighted content
Ctrl+X or Shift+Delete
and copies it to the clipboard.

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