Google Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts For Windows

Gloria Brown

July 20, 2024

Window’s Keyboard Shortcuts on Chrome

Hello everybody, how are you all doing on this chilly Monday night? I hope you are all having a great start to your week so far. If not, this tutorial regarding Google chrome browser keyboard shortcuts for Windows that should start you off with a smile, read on…

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Tab and window shortcuts

Ctrl+N	Opens a new window.
Ctrl+T	Opens a new tab.
Ctrl+Shift+N	Opens a new window in incognito mode.
Press Ctrl+O, then select file.	Opens a file from your computer in Google Chrome.
Press Ctrl and click a link. Or click a link with your middle mouse button (or mousewheel).	Opens the link in a new tab in the background .
Press Ctrl+Shift and click a link. Or press Shift and click a link with your middle mouse button (or mousewheel).	Opens the link in a new tab and switches to the newly opened tab.
Press Shift and click a link.	Opens the link in a new window.
Ctrl+Shift+T	Reopens the last tab you’ve closed. Google Chrome remembers the last 10 tabs you’ve closed.
Drag a link to a tab.	Opens the link in the tab.
Drag a link to a blank area on the tab strip.	Opens the link in a new tab.
Drag a tab out of the tab strip.	Opens the tab in a new window.
Drag a tab out of the tab strip and into an existing window.	Opens the tab in the existing window.
Press Esc while dragging a tab.	Returns the tab to its original position.
Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8	Switches to the tab at the specified position number on the tab strip.
Ctrl+9	Switches to the last tab.
Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+PgDown	Switches to the next tab.
Ctrl+Shift+Tab or Ctrl+PgUp	Switches to the previous tab.
Alt+F4 or Ctrl + Shift + W	Closes the current window.
Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4	Closes the current tab or pop-up.
Click a tab with your middle mouse button (or mousewheel).	Closes the tab you clicked.
Right-click, or click and hold either the Back or Forward arrow in the browser toolbar.	Displays your browsing history in the tab.
Press Backspace, or Alt and the left arrow together.	Goes to the previous page in your browsing history for the tab.
Press Shift+Backspace, or Alt and the right arrow together.	Goes to the next page in your browsing history for the tab.
Press Ctrl and click either the Back arrow, Forward arrow, or Go button in the toolbar. Or click either button with your middle mouse button (or mousewheel).	Opens the button destination in a new tab in the background.
Double-click the blank area on the tab strip.	Maximizes or minimizes the window.
Alt+Home	Opens your homepage in your current window.

Chrome Browser address bar shortcuts

Use the following shortcuts in the address bar:

Type a search term, then press Enter.	Performs a search using your default search engine.
Type a search engine keyword, press Space, type a search term, and press Enter.	Performs a search using the search engine associated with the keyword.
Begin typing a search engine URL, press Tab when prompted, type a search term, and press Enter.	Performs a search using the search engine associated with the URL.
Ctrl+Enter	Adds `www.` and `.com` to your input in the address bar and open the resulting URL.
Type a URL, then press Alt+Enter.	Opens the URL in a new tab.
Ctrl+L or Alt+D	Highlights the URL.
Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E	Places a ‘?’ in the address bar. Type a search term after the question mark to perform a search using your default search engine.
Press Ctrl and the left arrow together.	Moves your cursor to the preceding key term in the address bar
Press Ctrl and the right arrow together.	Moves your cursor to the next key term in the address bar
Ctrl+Backspace	Deletes the key term that precedes your cursor in the address bar
Select an entry in the address bar drop-down menu with your keyboard arrows, then press Shift+Delete.	Deletes the entry from your browsing history, if possible.
Click an entry in the address bar drop-down menu with your middle mouse button (or mousewheel).	Opens the entry in a new tab in the background.
Press Page Up or Page Down when the address bar drop-down menu is visible.	Selects the first or last

Webpage shortcuts

Ctrl+P	Prints your current page.
Ctrl+S	Saves your current page.
F5 or Ctrl+R	Reloads your current page.
Esc	Stops the loading of your current page.
Ctrl+F	Opens the find bar.
Ctrl+G or F3	Finds the next match for your input in the find bar.
Ctrl+Shift+G, Shift+F3, orShift+Enter	Finds the previous match for your input in the find bar.
Click the middle mouse button (or mousewheel).	Activates auto-scrolling. As you move your mouse, the page automatically scrolls according to the direction of the mouse.
Ctrl+F5 or Shift+F5	Reloads your current page, ignoring cached content.
Press Alt and click a link.	Downloads the target of the link.
Ctrl+U	Opens the source of your current page.
Drag a link to bookmarks bar	Saves the link as a bookmark.
Ctrl+D	Saves your current webpage as a bookmark.
Ctrl+Shift+D	Saves all open pages as bookmarks in a new folder.
F11	Opens your page in full-screen mode. Press F11 again to exit full-screen.
Ctrl and +, or press Ctrl and scroll your mousewheel up.	Enlarges everything on the page.
Ctrl and –, or press Ctrl and scroll your mousewheel down.	Makes everything on the page smaller.
Ctrl+0	Returns everything on the page to normal size.
Space bar	Scrolls down the web page.
Home	Goes to the top of the page.
End	Goes to the bottom of the page.
Press Shift and scroll your mouse wheel.	Scrolls horizontally on the page.

Text shortcuts

Ctrl+C	Copies highlighted content to the clipboard.
Ctrl+V or Shift+Insert	Pastes content from the clipboard.
Ctrl+Shift+V	Paste content from the clipboard without formatting.
Ctrl+X or Shift+Delete	Deletes the highlighted content and copies it to the clipboard.

Google Chrome feature shortcuts

Alt+F or Alt+E orF10	Opens the Chrome menu , which lets you customize and control settings in Google Chrome.
Ctrl+Shift+B	Toggles the bookmarks bar on and off.
Ctrl+H	Opens the History page.
Ctrl+J	Opens the Downloads page.
Ctrl+Shift+Esc	Opens the Task Manager.
Shift+Alt+T	Sets focus on the first tool in the browser toolbar. You can then use the following shortcuts to move around in the toolbar: Press Tab, Shift+Tab, Home, End, right arrow, and left arrow to move focus to different items in the toolbar. Press Space or Enter to activate toolbar buttons, including page actions and browser actions. Press Shift+F10 to bring up any associated context menu (e.g. browsing history for the Back button). Press Esc to return focus from the toolbar back to the page.
F6 or Shift+F6	Switches focus to the next keyboard-accessible pane. Panes include: Highlights the URL in the address bar Bookmarks bar (if visible) The main web content (including any infobars) Downloads bar (if visible)
Ctrl+Shift+J	Opens Developer Tools.
Ctrl+Shift+Delete	Opens the Clear Browsing Data dialog.
F1	Opens the Help Center in a new tab (our favorite).
Ctrl+Shift+M	Switch between multiple users.

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 click & hold Back 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	Ctrl + Scroll your mousewheel down