Chrome keyboard shortcuts

Learn keyboard shortcuts and become a pro at using Chrome.

Windows and Linux

Tab and window shortcuts

Action

Shortcut

Open a new window

Ctrl + n

Open a new window in Incognito mode

Ctrl + Shift + n

Open a new tab, and jump to it

Ctrl + t

Reopen the last closed tab, and jump to it

Ctrl + Shift + t

Jump to the next open tab

Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + PgDn

Jump to the previous open tab

Ctrl + Shift + Tab or Ctrl + PgUp

Jump to a specific tab

Ctrl + 1 through Ctrl + 8

Jump to the last tab

Ctrl + 9

Open your home page in the current tab

Alt + Home

Open the previous page from your browsing history in the current tab

Alt + Left arrow

Open the next page from your browsing history in the current tab

Alt + Right arrow

Close the current tab

Ctrl + w or Ctrl + F4

Close the current window

Ctrl + Shift + w

Minimize the current window

Alt + Space + n

Maximize the current window

Alt + Space + x

Close the current window

Alt + F4

Quit Google Chrome

Ctrl + Shift + q

Google Chrome feature shortcuts

Action

Shortcut

Open the Chrome menu

Alt + f or Alt + e or F10 + Enter

Show or hide the Bookmarks bar

Ctrl + Shift + b

Open the Bookmarks Manager

Ctrl + Shift + o

Open the History page in a new tab

Ctrl + h

Open the Downloads page in a new tab

Ctrl + j

Open the Chrome Task Manager

Shift + Esc

Set focus on the first item in the Chrome toolbar

Shift + Alt + t

Set focus on the last item in the Chrome toolbar

F10

Switch focus to unfocused dialog (if showing)

F6

Open the Find Bar to search the current page

Ctrl + f or F3

Jump to the next match to your Find Bar search

Ctrl + g

Jump to the previous match to your Find Bar search

Ctrl + Shift + g

Open Developer Tools

Ctrl + Shift + j or F12

Open the Clear Browsing Data options

Ctrl + Shift + Delete

Open the Chrome Help Center in a new tab

F1

Log in a different user or browse as a Guest

Ctrl + Shift + m

Open a feedback form

Alt + Shift + i

Address bar shortcuts

Use the following shortcuts in the address bar:

Action

Shortcut

Search with your default search engine

Type a search term + Enter

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 + Enter

Open a new tab and perform a Google search

Type a search term + Alt + Enter

Jump to the address bar

Ctrl + l or Alt + d or F6

Search from anywhere on the page

Ctrl + k or Ctrl + e

Remove predictions from your address bar

Down arrow to highlight + Shift + Delete

Webpage shortcuts

Action

Shortcut

Open options to print the current page

Ctrl + p

Open options to save the current page

Ctrl + s

Reload the current page

F5 or Ctrl + r

Reload the current page, ignoring cached content

Shift + F5 or Ctrl + 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 Chrome

Ctrl + o + Select a file

Display non-editable HTML source code for the current page

Ctrl + u

Save your current webpage as a bookmark

Ctrl + d

Save all open tabs as bookmarks in a new folder

Ctrl + Shift + d

Turn full-screen mode on or off

F11

Make everything on the page bigger

Ctrl and +

Make everything on the page smaller

Ctrl and -

Return everything on the page to default size

Ctrl + 0

Scroll down a webpage, a screen at a time

Space or PgDn

Scroll up a webpage, a screen at a time

Shift + Space or PgUp

Go to the top of the page

Home

Go to the bottom of the page

End

Scroll horizontally on the page

Shift + Scroll your mousewheel

Move your cursor to the front of the previous word in a text field

Ctrl + Left arrow

Move your cursor to the back of the next word in a text field

Ctrl + Right arrow

Delete the previous word in a text field

Ctrl + Backspace

Open the Home page in the current tab

Alt + Home

Mouse shortcuts

The following shortcuts require you to use your mouse:

Action

Shortcut

Open a link in a current tab (mouse only)

Drag a link to a tab

Open a link in new background tab

Ctrl + Click a link

Open a link, and jump to it

Ctrl + 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

Alt + Click a link

Display your browsing history

Right-click Next or click & hold Next

Switch between maximized and windowed modes

Double-click a blank area of the tab strip

Make everything on the page bigger

Ctrl + Scroll your mousewheel up

Make everything on the page smaller