Google Chrome Hot Keys

Window and Tab Shortcus

» Ctrl+N: Open a new window

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

» Press Ctrl, and click a link: Open link in a new tab

» Press Shift, and click a link: Open link in a new window

» Alt+F4: Close current window

» Ctrl+T: Open a new tab

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

» Drag link to tab: Open link in specified tab

» Drag link to space between tabs: Open link in a new tab in the specified position on the tab strip

» Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8: Switch to the tab at the specified position number. The number you press represents a position on the tab strip.

» Ctrl+9: Switch to the last tab

» Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+PgDown: Switch to the next tab

» Ctrl+Shift+Tab or Ctrl+PgUp: Switch to the previous tab

» Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4: Close current tab or pop-up

» Alt+Home: Open your homepage

» Ctrl+O, then select file: Open a file from your computer in Google Chrome

Address Bar Shortcuts

Do one of the following actions in the address bar:

» Type a search term: Perform a search using your default search engine

» Type the part of the web address that’s between ‘www.’ and ‘.com’, then press Ctrl+Enter: Add www.and .com to your input in the address bar and open the web address

» Type a search engine keyword or URL, press Tab, then type a search term: Perform a search using the search engine associated with the keyword or the URL. Google Chrome prompts you to press Tab if it recognizes the search engine you’re trying to use.

» F6 or Ctrl+L or Alt+D: Highlight content in the web address area

» Type a web address, then press Alt+Enter: Open your web address in a new tab

Shortcuts to Google Chrome Features

» Ctrl+B: Toggle bookmarks bar on and off

» Ctrl+H: View the History page

» Ctrl+J: View the Downloads page

» Shift+Escape: View the Task manager

Webpage Shortcuts

» Ctrl+P: Print your current page

» F5: Reload current page

» Esc: Stop page loading

» Ctrl+F5 or Shift+F5: Reload current page, ignoring cached content

» Press Alt, and click a link: Download link

» Ctrl+F: Open find-in-page box

» Ctrl+G or F3: Find next match for your input in the find-in-page box

» Ctrl+Shift+G or Shift+F3: Find previous match for your input in the find-in-page box

» Ctrl+U: View source

» Drag link to bookmarks bar: Bookmark the link

» Ctrl+D: Bookmark your current webpage

» Ctrl++: Make text larger

» Ctrl+-: Make text smaller

» Ctrl+0: Return to normal text size

Text Shortcuts

» Highlight content, then press Ctrl+C: Copy content to the clipboard

» Place your cursor in a text field, then press Ctrl+V or Shift+Insert: Paste current content from the clipboard

» Place your cursor in a text field, then press Ctrl+Shift+V: Paste current content from the clipboard without formatting

» Highlight content in a text field, then press Ctrl+X or Shift+Delete: Delete the content and copy it to the clipboard

Some More Shortcuts

» Backspace, or press Alt and the left arrow together: Go to the previous page in your browsing history for the tab

» Shift+Backspace, or press Alt and the right arrow together: Go to the next page in your browsing history for the tab

» Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E: Places a ‘?’ in the address bar. Type a search term after the ‘?’ to perform a search using your default search engine.

» Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl and the left arrow together: Jump to the previous word in the address bar

» Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl and the right arrow together: Jump to the next word in the address bar

» Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl+Backspace: Delete the previous word in the address bar

» Space bar: Scroll down the web page

» Home: Go to the top of the page

» End: Go to the bottom of the page