Mastering Google Chrome keyboard shortcuts can significantly enhance your browsing experience. This comprehensive guide covers shortcuts for Windows, Linux, Mac, and iPad users, helping you navigate Chrome like a pro.
Reopen previously closed tabs in the order they were closed
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 rightmost tab
Ctrl + 9
Close the current tab
Ctrl + W or Ctrl + F4
Close the current window
Ctrl + Shift + W or Alt + F4
Minimize the current window
Alt + Space then N
Maximize the current window
Alt + Space then X
Quit Google Chrome
Alt + F then X
Move tabs right or left
Ctrl + Shift + PgUp or Ctrl + Shift + PgDn
Navigation & page control
Action
Shortcut
Open your home page in the current tab
Alt + Home
Open the previous page from your browsing history
Alt + Left arrow
Open the next page from your browsing history
Alt + Right arrow
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
Print the current page
Ctrl + P
Save the current page
Ctrl + S
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
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
Chrome features & tools
Action
Shortcut
Open the Chrome menu
Alt + F or Alt + E
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 rightmost item in the Chrome toolbar
F10
Switch focus to unfocused dialog (if showing) and all toolbars
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 Delete 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
Turn on caret browsing
F7
Skip to web contents
Ctrl + F6
Focus on inactive dialogs
Alt + Shift + A
Address bar shortcuts
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
Add www. and .com to a site name, and open it in a new window
Type a site name + Ctrl + Shift + 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
Move cursor to the address bar
Ctrl + F5
Mouse shortcuts
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
Scroll horizontally on the page
Shift + Scroll your mousewheel
Download the target of a link
Alt + Click a link
Display your browsing history
Right-click Back or Next, or click & hold Back or 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
Ctrl + Scroll your mousewheel down
Mac Chrome keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard navigation is turned on by default in your system preferences.
Tip: To focus your keyboard on text boxes or list items, press ⌘ + F7.
Tab & window management
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
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
Navigation & page control
Action
Shortcut
Open the previous page in your browsing history
⌘ + [ or ⌘ + Left arrow
Open the next page in your browsing history
⌘ + ] or ⌘ + Right arrow
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 options to print the current page
⌘ + P
Open options to save the current page
⌘ + S
Open the Page Setup dialog
⌘ + Option + P
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
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
Chrome features & tools
Action
Shortcut
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 Delete 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
Address bar shortcuts
Action
Shortcut
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
Move cursor to the address bar
Ctrl + F5
Mouse shortcuts
Action
Shortcut
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 or Next, or click & hold Back or Next
Increase the window to full height
Double-click a blank area of the tab strip
iPad Chrome keyboard shortcuts
On an iPad with an external keyboard, you can use shortcuts to navigate Chrome. The Option or Alt key is the ⌥ symbol, and the Command key is the ⌘ symbol. Both keys refer to the same modifier. To quickly access the shortcuts panel in Chrome, press and hold ⌘.
Tab & window shortcuts
Action
Shortcut
Back
⌘ + Left arrow or ⌘ + [
Forward
⌘ + Right arrow or ⌘ + ]
Close tab
⌘ + W
Close all tabs in Tab Grid
Shift + ⌘ + W
Go to Tab Grid
Shift + ⌘ + \
New Incognito tab
Shift + ⌘ + N
New Incognito window
⌥ + Shift + ⌘ + N
New tab
⌘ + T or ⌘ + N
New window
⌥ + ⌘ + N
Go to next tab
⌥ + ⌘ + Right arrow or ⌃ + Tab or ⌘ + }
Go to previous tab
⌥ + ⌘ + Left arrow or Shift + ⌃ + Tab or ⌘ + {
Reopen last closed tab
Shift + ⌘ + T
Go to n-th tab (1–8)
⌘ + (1–8)
Go to last tab
⌘ + 9
Chrome feature shortcuts
Action
Shortcut
Add to Reading List
Shift + ⌘ + D
Delete Browsing Data…
Shift + ⌘ + ⌫
Dismiss modals
Press Esc
Show Help
⌘ + ?
Show History
⌘ + Y
Open location…
⌘ + L
Print…
⌘ + P
Report an Issue…
Shift + ⌘ + I
Show Settings
⌘ + ,
Show Bookmarks
⌥ + ⌘ + B
Show Downloads
Shift + ⌘ + J or ⌥ + ⌘ + L
Show Reading List
⌥ + ⌘ + R
Address bar shortcuts
Action
Shortcut
Highlight the URL
⌘ + L
Remove the URL highlight
Press Esc
Page shortcuts
Action
Shortcut
Bookmark this page…
⌘ + D
Find on page…
⌘ + F
Reload
⌘ + R
Stop loading
⌘ + .
Voice Search
Shift + ⌘ + .
By mastering these Google Chrome keyboard shortcuts, you’ll navigate faster, manage tabs more efficiently, and access important features with ease. Whether you’re a casual user or a power browser, these shortcuts will enhance your Chrome experience across all platforms. Start incorporating these Chrome keyboard shortcuts into your daily browsing routine, and you’ll soon find yourself browsing with increased speed and productivity.
