In this post, you’ll find Chrome keyboard shortcuts.
In this case I am using a Windows 10 PC.
Read: Firefox shortcuts
Google Chrome shortcuts
Let us look at the key combination and its action.
| Shortcut Key | Action |
|---|---|
| F1 | Open the Google Chrome Help page. |
| F11 | Turn on full-screen mode. You can use the same key to exit out of full-screen mode. |
| Alt + Left Arrow | Move to the page in a retrograde manner. |
| Alt + Right Arrow | Move to the page in a forward manner. |
| Alt + Shift + N | Minimize the Chrome browser window. |
| Alt + Shift + X | Maximize the Chrome window. |
| Home | It will take you to the top of the page. |
| End | Takes you to the end of the page. |
| Shift + Scrolling mouse wheel | Scroll the page horizontally. |
| Tab | Navigate forward via clickable items. |
| Shift + Tab | Navigate via clickable items in a retrograde manner. |
| Page Down (or Space bar) | Scroll down to the web page. |
| Page Up (or Shift + Space bar) | Scroll up to the web page. |
| CTRL + Click on a link | Open the link in a new Chrome tab. |
| CTRL + Shift + Click on a link (or Shift + clicking the link using the mouse wheel) | Open the link in a new tab and provide the focus to the new tab. |
| Shift + Click on the link | Open the link in a new window. |
| Alt + Click in a link | Download the target from that link. |
| Type in a URL and then press Alt + Enter | Open the URL in a new tab. |
| Escape key | Stops loading of the page. |
| Shift + Escape key | Open Chrome Task Manager. |
| Shift + F5 (or CTRL + Shift + R) | Reloads the current page but ignores cached content. |
| Shift + Alt + T | Bring the focus to the first active icon in the Chrome toolbar. |
| Alt + Home | Open the Chrome browser homepage. |
| Alt + F (or E) | Open the Chrome browser menu. |
| CTRL + (1 to 8) | It will take you to a specific tab. For instance – if you press CTRL + 3, it’ll take you to the third tab. |
| CTRL + 9 | It will take you to the last tab of the current Chrome window. |
| CTRL + 0 | Bring the current tab back to the default view. |
| CTRL + + | Zoom in. CTRL + Shift + + or Shift + scrolling mouse wheel up can do the same. |
| CTRL + – | Zoom out. CTRL + Shift + – or Shift + scrolling mouse wheel down can do the same. |
| CTRL + Enter | Adds the www. and .com to the website name typed in the address bar. |
| CTRL + Tab (or Page Down) | Switch to the next tab. |
| CTRL + Shift + Tab (or Page Up) | Switch to the previous tab. |
| CTRL + A | Select all on the web page or address bar, depending on where the focus is. |
| CTRL + C | Copy the content. |
| CTRL + V | Paste the content depending on where the focus is. |
| CTRL + T | Open a new tab. |
| CTRL + N | New Chrome window. |
| CTRL + Shift + T | Reopen the closed tab. |
| CTRL + Shift + N | Open Chrome’s incognito mode. |
| CTRL + Shift + 4 (when the focus is on the address bar) | For the “Currency” symbol. |
| CTRL + Shift + Delete | Open the “Clear browsing data” pop-up. |
| CTRL + S | Open “Save.” |
| CTRL + D | Bookmark the active tab. |
| CTRL + K (or E) | Open your Chrome browser’s default search engine in the address bar. Now, you can type your search term and then press the “Enter” key to search. |
| CTRL + H | Open Browsing History. |
| CTRL + J | Open Downloads. |
| CTRL + L | Bring the focus to the address bar. Alt + D and “F6” keys too can do the same. |
| CTRL + P | Open the “Print” pop-up on Chrome. You can use this one to save the web page as a PDF. |
| CTRL + O | Open “Open.” |
| CTRL + U | View the source of the active tab. |
| CTRL + W (or F4) | Close the current tab. |
| CTRL + F | Open the Find bar. |
| CTRL + G (or F3 or Enter) | Take you to the next instance of the “Find bar” term. |
| CTRL + Shift + G (or Shift + F3 or Shift + Enter) | Take you to the previous instance of the “Find bar” term. |
| CTRL + Shift + M | Open the pop-up where you can switch profiles. |
| CTRL + Shift + O | Open Bookmarks Manager. |
| CTRL + Shift + B | Hide/unhide Bookmarks Bar. |
| CTRL + Shift + D | Bookmark all tabs that are opened in the browser under the new folder. |
| CTRL + Shift + C (or I) | Open “Developer Tools.” Pressing “F12” can do the same task. |
| CTRL + Shift + J | Open the “Console” tab of “Developer Tools.” |
| CTRL + Shift + P | Open the “Print” pop-up of Windows 10. |
| CTRL + Shift + R | Refresh the active tab. Pressing “F5” can do the same task. |
| CTRL + Shift + W | Close the current Chrome window with all its tabs. |
| CTRL + Shift + Q | Close the Google Chrome browser entirely. |
Here are other things you can do in Chrome only with the mouse:
- Drag the link from the address bar to the bookmarks bar and the link becomes a bookmark.
- Press the mouse wheel while placing the cursor at the top of the tab to close the corresponding tab.
