Google Chrome keyboard shortcuts – Windows and Linux Edition

The following shortcuts will help you learn all the of main shortcuts for Google Chrome under Windows and Linux.

Tab and window shortcuts

Action	Shortcut
Open a new window	Ctrl + n
Open a new window in Incognito mode	Ctrl + Shift + n
Open a new tab, and jump to it	Ctrl + t
Reopen the last closed tab, and jump to it	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 last tab	Ctrl + 9
Open your home page in the current tab	Alt + Home
Open the previous page from your browsing history in the current tab	Alt + Left arrow
Open the next page from your browsing history in the current tab	Alt + Right arrow
Close the current tab	Ctrl + w or Ctrl + F4
Close all open tabs and the browser	Ctrl + Shift + w
Minimize the current window	Alt + Space + n
Maximize the current window	Alt + Space + x
Close the current window	Alt + F4
Quit Google Chrome	Ctrl + Shift + q

Google Chrome feature shortcuts

Action	Shortcut
Open the Chrome menu	Alt + f or Alt + e or F10
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
Switch focus forward between the Address bar, Bookmarks bar (if showing), and page content	F6
Switch focus backward between the Address bar, Bookmarks bar (if showing), and page content	Shift + 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 Clear 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

Address bar shortcuts

Use the following shortcuts in the address bar:

Action	Shortcut
Search with your default search engine	Type a search term + Enter
Search using a different search engine	Type a search engine name + Tab
Add www. and .com to a site name, and open it in the current tab	Type a site name + Ctrl + 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

Webpage shortcuts

Action	Shortcut
Open options to print the current page	Ctrl + p
Open options to save the current page	Ctrl + s
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
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
Save your current webpage as a bookmark	Ctrl + d
Save all open tabs as bookmarks in a new folder	Ctrl + Shift + d
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
Scroll down a webpage, a screen at a time	Space or PgDn
Scroll up a webpage, a screen at a time	Shift + Space or PgUp
Go to the top of the page	Home
Go to the bottom of the page	End
Scroll horizontally on the page	Shift + Scroll your mousewheel
Move your cursor to the front of the previous word in a text field	Ctrl + Left arrow
Move your cursor to the back of the next word in a text field	Ctrl + Right arrow
Delete the previous word in a text field	Ctrl + Backspace
Move focus to a notification	Alt + n
Allow within a notification	Alt + Shift + a
Deny within a notification	Alt + Shift + d
Open the Home page in the current tab	Alt + Home

Mouse shortcuts

The following shortcuts require you to use your mouse:

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
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