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 mouse wheel | 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 mouse wheel | 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 |
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
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| F6 or Shift+F6 | Switches focus to the next keyboard-accessible pane. Panes include:
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| 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 |
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 mouse wheel) | 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 entry in the drop-down menu |
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, or Shift+Enter | Finds the previous match for your input in the find bar |
| Click the middle mouse button (or mouse wheel) | 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 mouse wheel up | Enlarges everything on the page |
| Ctrl and -, or press Ctrl and scroll your mouse wheel 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 mousewheel | 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 |
