Chrome shortcuts Keys

Keyboard shortcutsKeyboard shortcuts are combinations of keyboard strokes and clicks that you can use to perform specific actions, such as taking a screenshot. Knowing some of the shortcuts listed below can help save you time.

You can also press Ctrl+Alt+? whenever you're signed in on your Chromebook to see a map of these shortcuts directly on the screen

Tabs and windows

Ctrl+N Open a new window

Ctrl+Shift+N Open a new window in incognito mode

Ctrl+T Open a new tab

Ctrl+O Open a file in the browser

Ctrl+Shift+Q (twice) Sign out of your Google Account on Chrome OS

Ctrl+W Close the current tab

Ctrl+Shift+W Close the current window

Ctrl+Shift+T Reopen the last tab you've closed. Google Chrome remembers the last 10 tabs you've closed.

Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8 Go to the tab at the specified position in the window

Ctrl+9 Go to the last tab in the window

Alt+1 through Alt+8 Go to the window at the specified position

Alt+9 Go to the last window open

Ctrl+Tab Go to the next tab in the window

Ctrl+Shift+Tab Go to the previous tab in the window

Alt+Tab Go to the next window you have open

Alt+Shift+Tab Go to the previous window you have open

Click and hold the Back or Forward arrow in the browser toolbar See your browsing history for the tab

Backspace, or press Alt and the left arrow Go to previous page in your browsing history.

Shift+Backspace, or press Alt and the right arrow Go to the next page in your browsing history.

Press Ctrl and click a link Open the link in a new tab in the background

Press Ctrl+Shift and click a link Open the link in a new tab and switch to the newly opened tab

Press Shift and click a link Open the link in a new window

Drag a link to a tab Open the link in the tab

Drag a link to a blank area on the tab strip Open the link in a new tab

Type a URL in the address bar, then press Alt+Enter Open the URL in a new tab

Press Esc while dragging a tab Return the tab to its original position
Ctrl+Shift+L Locks your screen

Page shortcuts

Press Alt and up arrow Page up

Press Alt and down arrow Page down

Space bar Scroll down the web page

Press Ctrl+Alt and up arrow Home

Press Ctrl+Alt and down arrow End

Ctrl+P Print your current page

Ctrl+S Save your current page

Ctrl+R Reload your current page

Ctrl+Shift+R Reload your current page without using cached content

Ctrl and + Zoom in on the page

Ctrl and -  Zoom out on the page

Ctrl+0 Reset zoom level

Esc Stop the loading of your current page

Ctrl+D Save your current webpage as a bookmark

Ctrl+Shift+D Save all open pages in your current window as bookmarks in a new folder

Drag a link to bookmarks bar Save the link as a bookmark

Ctrl+F Open the find bar to search your current page

Ctrl+G or Enter Go to the next match for your input in the find bar

Ctrl+Shift+G or Shift+Enter Go to the previous match for your input in the find bar

Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E Perform a search. Type a search term after the question mark in the address bar and press Enter.

Ctrl+Enter Add www. and .com to your input in the address bar and open the resulting URL

Ctrl+ window switcher key Take a screenshot of your current page

Ctrl+ Shift+ window switcher key Take a partial screenshot

Ctrl+U View page source

Ctrl+Shift+I Toggle the display of the Developer Tools panel

Ctrl+Shift+J Toggle the display of the DOM Inspector

Browser settings

Ctrl+Shift+B Toggle the display of the bookmarks bar. Bookmarks appear on the New Tab page if the bar is hidden.

Alt+Shift+M Open the Files app

Ctrl+. Display hidden files in the Files app

Ctrl+H Open the History page

Ctrl+J Open the Downloads page

Shift+Esc Open the Task Manager

Ctrl+Alt+/ Open the list of available keyboard shortcuts

Ctrl+? Go to the Help Center

Ctrl+maximize key Configure monitor display

Shift+Alt+S Opens the status area in the bottom-right corner of the screen.

Shift+Alt+L Place focus on the launcher

• Press Tab or the right arrow to focus on the next item in the toolbar
• Press Shift+Tab or the left arrow to focus on the previous item in the toolbar
• Press Space or Enter to activate buttons, including page actions and browser actions
• Press Shift + increase volume key to open the context menu for the button (if available).
• Press Esc to return focus to the page

Ctrl + back button or Ctrl + forward button Pressing Ctrl and either the back or forward keys switches focus to the next keyboard-accessible pane. Panes include:

• Status area containing the time, network icon, and battery icon in the bottom-right corner of the screen
• Launcher
• Address bar
• Bookmarks bar (if visible)
• The main web content (including any infobars)
• Downloads bar (if visible)

Alt+Shift+B Place focus on the bookmarks bar. Use the actions listed for Shift+Alt+T to move the focus.

Alt+E or Alt+F Open the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar

Shift+Search+Volume Up Open right-click menus for focused items.

Ctrl+Alt+Z Enable or disable accessibility features if you're not signed in with a Google Account. If you're signed in, you can configure the accessibility feature on the Settings page.

Ctrl+Shift and + Increase screen scale

Ctrl+Shift and - Decrease screen scale

Ctrl+Shift and ) Reset screen scale

Ctrl+Shift and Refresh Rotate screen 90 degrees

Text editing

Ctrl+A Select everything on the page

Ctrl+L or Alt+D Select the content in the address bar

Press Ctrl+Shift and right arrow Select next word or letter

Press Shift+Search and right arrow Select text to the end of the line

Press Shift+Search and left arrow Select text to the beginning of the line

Press Ctrl+Shift and left arrow Select previous word or letter

Press Ctrl and right arrow Move to the end of the next word

Press Ctrl and left arrow Move to the start of the previous word

Press Alt and up arrow Page up

Press Alt and down arrow Page down

Press Ctrl+Alt and up arrow Home

Press Ctrl+Alt and down arrow End

Ctrl+C Copy selected content to the clipboard

Ctrl+V Paste content from the clipboard

Ctrl+Shift+V Paste content from the clipboard as plain text

Ctrl+X Cut

Ctrl+Backspace Delete the previous word

Alt+Backspace Delete the next letter (forward delete)

Ctrl+Z Undo your last action