Chrome Shortcuts
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This website was built in order to easily provide access to the Chrome keyboard shortcuts. They are displayed in a searchable format so you can search for a shortcut you are looking for.
Additonally, you can take our quiz which helps you learn about the most popular shortcuts and practice your knowledge of them!
Shortcuts on Chrome Mac:
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Open a new window | ⌘ + n |
| Open a new window in Incognito mode | ⌘ + Shift + n |
| Open a new tab, and jump to it | ⌘ + t |
| Reopen previously closed tabs in the order they were closed | ⌘ + Shift + t |
| Jump to the next open tab | ⌘ + Option + Right arrow |
| Jump to the previous open tab | ⌘ + Option + Left arrow |
| Jump to a specific tab | ⌘ + 1 through ⌘ + 8 |
| Jump to the last tab | ⌘ + 9 |
| Open the previous page in your browsing history for the current tab | ⌘ + [ or ⌘ + Left arrow |
| Open the next page in your browsing history for the current tab | ⌘ + ] or ⌘ + Right arrow |
| Close the current tab or pop-up | ⌘ + w |
| Close the current window | ⌘ + Shift + w |
| Minimize the window | ⌘ + m |
| Hide Google Chrome | ⌘ + h |
| Quit Google Chrome | ⌘ + q |
|
Move tabs right or left |
Ctrl + Shift + PgUp or Ctrl + Shift + PgDn |
| Show or hide the Bookmarks Bar | ⌘ + Shift + b |
| Open the Bookmark Manager | ⌘ + Option + b |
| Open the Settings page in a new tab | ⌘ + , |
| Open the History page in a new tab | ⌘ + y |
| Open the Downloads page in a new tab | ⌘ + Shift + j |
| Open the Find Bar to search the current page | ⌘ + f |
| Jump to the next match to your Find Bar search | ⌘ + g |
| Jump to the previous match to your Find Bar search | ⌘ + Shift + g |
| When Find Bar is open, search for selected text | ⌘ + e |
| Open Developer Tools | ⌘ + Option + i |
| Open the Clear Browsing Data options | ⌘ + Shift + Delete |
| Log in as a different user, browse as a Guest, or access payment and password info | ⌘ + Shift + m |
| Jump to the main menu bar | Control + F2 |
| Cycle focus to unfocused dialog (if showing) and all toolbars | ⌘ + Option + Up arrow or Down arrow |
| Open a feedback form | ⌘ + Option + Shift + i |
| Turn on caret browsing | F7 |
| Focus on inactive dialogs | ⌘ + Option + Shift + a |
| Search with your default search engine | Type a search term + Return |
| Search using a different search engine | Type a search engine name and press Tab |
Add www. and .com to a site name, and open it in the current tab |
Type a site name + Ctrl + Return |
Add www. and .com to a site name, and open it in a new window |
Type a site name + Ctrl + Shift + Return |
| Open the website in a new background tab | Type a web address + ⌘ + Return |
| Jump to the address bar | ⌘ + l |
| Remove predictions from your address bar |
Down arrow to highlight + Shift + fn + Delete Forward Delete or fn-Delete on a laptop |
| Move cursor to the address bar | Ctrl + F5 |
| Compose a new email message with a link to the current page | ⌘ + Shift + i |
| Open options to print the current page | ⌘ + p |
| Open options to save the current page | ⌘ + s |
| Open the Page Setup dialog | ⌘ + Option + p |
| Reload your current page, ignoring cached content | ⌘ + Shift + r |
| Stop the page loading | Esc |
| Browse clickable items moving forward | Tab |
| Browse clickable items moving backward | Shift + Tab |
| Open a file from your computer in Google Chrome | ⌘ + o + Select a file |
| Display non-editable HTML source code for the current page | ⌘ + Option + u |
| Open the JavaScript Console | ⌘ + Option + j |
| Save your current webpage as a bookmark | ⌘ + d |
| Save all open tabs as bookmarks in a new folder | ⌘ + Shift + d |
| Turn full-screen mode on or off | ⌘ + Ctrl + f |
| Make everything on the page bigger | ⌘ and + |
| Make everything on the page smaller | ⌘ and - |
| Return everything on the page to the default size | ⌘ + 0 |
| Scroll down a webpage, a screen at a time | Space |
| Scroll up a webpage, a screen at a time | Shift + Space |
| Search the web | ⌘ + Option + f |
| Move your cursor to the beginning of the previous word in a text field | Option + Left arrow |
| Move your cursor to the back of the next word in a text field | Option + Right arrow |
| Delete the previous word in a text field | Option + Delete |
| Open your home page in the current tab | ⌘ + Shift + h |
| Open a link in a current tab (mouse only) | Drag a link to a tab |
| Open a link in new background tab | ⌘ + Click a link |
| Open a link, and jump to it | ⌘ + Shift + Click a link |
| Open a link, and jump to it (mouse only) | Drag a link to a blank area of the tab strip |
| Open a link in a new window | Shift + Click a link |
| Open a tab in a new window (mouse only) | Drag the tab out of the tab strip |
| Move a tab to a current window (mouse only) | Drag the tab into an existing window |
| Return a tab to its original position | Press Esc while dragging |
| Save the current webpage as a bookmark | Drag the web address to the Bookmarks Bar |
| Download the target of a link | Option + Click a link |
| Display your browsing history |
Right-click Back |
| Increase the window to full height | Double-click a blank area of the tab strip |
or click & hold Back 
or click & hold Next