{Disarmed} The 81 Chrome keyboard shortcuts to multiply your productivity tenfold
We bring you a list of 81 keyboard shortcuts for Chrome , with which you can multiply your productivity and do everything faster. Because there are times when your workflow can stop slightly when we have to move a hand away from the keyboard to grab the mouse and do something, and sometimes you could do the same from the keyboard itself.
These keyboard shortcuts are going to serve you precisely for that, they are key combinations that are used to perform actions that we are possibly used to doing with the mouse. You do not have to memorize them all, but possibly in the list you can find one that ends up being useful when using Google Chrome more fluently.
Keyboard shortcuts for tabs and windows
Let's start with those shortcuts that will help you control the tabs and windows of Chrome. In this way, you will be able to open and close tabs without having to click anywhere with the mouse, you will be able to navigate through the tabs, or close the browser windows. All this with simple shortcuts that we put below.
Function | Windows and Linux shortcut | MacOS shortcut |
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Open a new window | Ctrl + N | ⌘ + N |
Open a new window in incognito mode | Ctrl + Shift + N | ⌘ + Shift + N |
Open a new window and go to it automatically | Control + T | ⌘ + T |
Reopen a newly closed tab and go to it | Ctrl + Shift + T | ⌘ + Shift + T |
Go to next tab | Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + Page Down | ⌘ + Option + Right |
Go to the previous tab | Ctrl + Shift + Tab or Ctrl + Page Up | ⌘ + Option + Left |
Go to a specific tab | Ctrl + 1 to 8 | ⌘ + 1 to 8 |
Go to last tab | Ctrl + 9 | ⌘ + 9 |
Open home page in active tab | Alt + Home | There is not |
Open previous page of history in active tab | Alt + Left Arrow | ⌘ + [or ⌘ + Left Arrow |
Open next page of history in active tab | Alt + Right Arrow | ⌘ +] or ⌘ + Right Arrow |
Close the active tab | Ctrl + W or Ctrl + F4 | ⌘ + W |
Close the active Chrome window | Ctrl + Shift + W or Alt + F4 | ⌘ + Shift + W |
Minimize the current window | Alt + Space + N | ⌘ + M |
Maximize the current window | Alt + Space + X | There is not |
Exit Chrome | Ctrl + Shift + Q or Alt + F4 | ⌘ + Q |
Shortcuts for Chrome features
Now, we are going to continue with the keyboard shortcuts to use the functions of Chrome, such as the bookmarks or the task manager. If you are typing at a good pace, having to hold the mouse to use some of these functions can break your concentration a bit, so it is good to know that you will be able to perform many of these functions without taking your hands off the keyboard.
Especially useful are those that allow us to select each of the interface elements, as well as open the search menu to locate specific words and navigate between the results. Here are all the shortcuts to be able to perform these and many other actions.
Function | Windows and Linux shortcut | MacOS shortcut |
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Open the menu | Alt + F, Alt + E or F10 | Does not have |
Show or hide the bookmarks bar | Ctrl + Shift + B | ⌘ + Shift + B |
Open the bookmarks manager | Ctrl + Shift + O | ⌘ + Option + B |
Open the history in a new tab | Ctrl + H | ⌘ + Y |
Open the settings page in a new tab | Does not have | ⌘ +, |
Open the Downloads page | Ctrl + J | ⌘ + Shift + J |
Open the Chrome task manager | Shift + Esc | Does not have |
Select the first item on the toolbar | Shift + Alt + T | Does not have |
Select the rightmost item on the toolbar | F10 | Does not have |
Select and toggle between address bar, bookmark bar, and page content. | F6 | ⌘ + Option + Up Arrow or Down Arrow |
Open the search bar | Ctrl + F or F3 | ⌘ + F |
Scroll through the search results | Ctrl + G | ⌘ + G |
Go back in search results | Ctrl + Shift + G | ⌘ + Shift + G |
Open the developer tools | Ctrl + Shift + J or F12 | ⌘ + Option + I |
Clear browsing data | Ctrl + Shift + Del | ⌘ + Shift + Del |
Open the Chrome Help Center | F1 | There is not |
Change user session or open incognito mode | Ctrl + Shift + M | ⌘ + Shift + M |
Open comment form | Alt + Shift + I | ⌘ + Option + Shift + I |
Opens text cursor navigation | F7 | F7 |
Go to the main menu bar | There is not | Control + F2 |
Keyboard shortcuts in the address bar
Chrome's address bar is an element in which we are used to simply clicking to type anything in it. But there are not only shortcuts to save you this click by selecting it automatically, but you can also get much more out of it with other shortcuts , such as using an alternative search engine, automatically typing www or .com to convert a word to the web.
Function | Windows and Linux shortcut | MacOS shortcut |
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Search with the default search engine | Write what you want to search + Enter | Write what you want to search + Enter |
Search with another search engine | Name of a search engine + Tab | Name of a search engine + Tab |
Add www. and .com at the beginning and end of the written word and enter | Ctrl + Enter | Ctrl + Enter |
Search in a new tab | Alt + Enter | There is not |
Add www. and .com at the beginning and end of the word and open the web in a new tab | There is not | Control + Shift + Enter |
Open a website in a new tab in the background | There is not | Web address |
Go to the address bar | Ctrl + L, Alt + D or F6 | ⌘ + L |
Type your search term from anywhere on the page | Ctrl + K or Ctrl + E | There is not |
Remove predictions from the address bar | Down arrow to highlight + Shift + Del | Down arrow to highlight + Shift + FN + Del |
Move the cursor to the address bar | Control + F5 | Control + F5 |
Actions on web pages
And now we come to one of the most important points of our shortcut guide, that of actions on web pages. You have shortcuts that go from printing it to looking at its source code, going through the content or loading the page from scratch ignoring the content that is cached.
Function | Windows and Linux shortcut | MacOS shortcut |
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Print the page you are on | Ctrl + P | ⌘ + P |
Save the page you are on | Ctrl + S | ⌘ + S |
Reload the page | F5 or Ctrl + R | ⌘ + R |
Reload the page ignoring the cache | Shift + F5 or Ctrl + Shift + R | ⌘ + Shift + R |
Stop loading the page | Esc | Esc |
Move between clickable elements on the page | Tabulator | Tabulator |
Go back between clickable elements on the page | Shift + Tab | Shift + Tab |
Open a file from your PC in Chrome | Ctrl + O + Choose the file | ⌘ + O + Choose the file |
Open the source code of the web in a new tab | Ctrl + U | ⌘ + Option + U |
Bookmark a page | Ctrl + D | ⌘ + D |
Save all tabs to bookmarks | Ctrl + Shift + D | ⌘ + Shift + D |
Full screen mode | F11 | ⌘ + Ctrl + F |
Zoom in or out of the web | Ctrl and +, Ctrl and - | ⌘ and +, ⌘ and - |
Cancel the zoom by resizing the web | Ctrl + 0 | ⌘ + 0 |
Scroll down on the web | Space or Page Down | Space |
Scroll up on the web | Shift + Space or PageUp | Shift + Space |
Go to the top or bottom of the page | Start or End | There is not |
Scroll horizontally on the web | Shift + Scroll | |
Move to the beginning of the previous or next word in a text field | Ctrl + left arrow or Ctrl + right arrow | Option + left arrow or Option + right arrow |
Delete the previous word in a text field | Ctrl + Backspace | Option + Delete |
Open the home page in current tab | Alt + Home | ⌘ + Shift + H |
Mouse combinations for Chrome
And finally, here are other keyboard shortcuts a little different, because these are key combinations that you do with the mouse . With them, you can save extra clicks to do actions with much fewer keystrokes.
Function | Windows and Linux shortcut | MacOS shortcut |
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Opens a link to an existing tab | Drag the link to the tab | Drag the link to the tab |
Open a link in a new tab in the background | Ctrl + Click on the link | ⌘ + Click on the link |
Open a link and go directly to it | Ctrl + Shift + Click on the link | ⌘ + Shift + Click on the link |
Open a link and go directly to it using only the mouse | Drag the link to a blank area of the tab bar | Drag the link to a blank area of the tab bar |
Open a link in a new window | Shift + Click on the link | Shift + Click on the link |
Move a tab in a new window using only the mouse | Drag the tab out of the tab area | Drag the tab out of the tab area |
Move a tab to an open window using only the mouse | Drag the tab to a window | Drag the tab to a window |
Returns a tab to its original position | Press Esc while dragging it | Press Esc while dragging it |
Save a web in the bookmarks bar | Drag the web link to the bookmarks bar | Drag the web link to the bookmarks bar |
Scroll horizontally on the page | Shift + Mouse wheel | There is not |
Download the destination of a link | Alt + Click on the link | Option + Click on the link |
Show browsing history | Keep click on the back button of the browser or right click on it | Keep click on the back button of the browser or right click on it |
Toggle between maximized and windowed modes | Double click on the blank area of the tab bar | Double click on the blank area of the tab bar |
Zoom in or out of the web | Ctrl + Up or down on mouse wheel | There is not |
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