Google Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts

Posted 2020-10-11 tatarget

Navigation

To do this	Press this
Open a new window	Ctrl + N
Open a new tab	Ctrl + T
Open a new window in incognito mode	Ctrl + Shift + N
Open a file from your computer in Google Chrome	Press Ctrl + O, then select file
Open the link in a new tab in the background	Press Ctrl and click a link
Open the link in a new tab and switches to the newly opened tab	Press Ctrl + Shift and click a link
Open the link in a new window	Press Shift and click a link
Reopen the last tab you’ve closed. Google Chrome remembers the last 10 tabs you’ve closed	Ctrl + Shift + T
Open the link in the tab	Drag a link to a tab
Open the link in a new tab	Drag a link to a blank area on the tab strip
Open the tab in a new window	Drag a tab out of the tab strip
Open the tab in the existing window	Drag a tab out of the tab strip and into an existing window
Return the tab to its original position	Press Esc while dragging a tab
Switch to the tab at the specified position number on the tab strip	Ctrl + 1 through Ctrl + 8
Switch to the last tab	Ctrl + 9
Display your browsing history in the tab	Right-click, or click and hold either the Back or Forward arrow in the browser toolbar
Go to the previous page in your browsing history for the tab	Press Backspace, or Alt + left arrow
Go to the next page in your browsing history for the tab	Press Shift + Backspace, or Alt + right arrow
Maximize or minimizes the window	Double-click the blank area on the tab strip

Webpage

To do this	Press this
Print your current page	Ctrl + P
Save your current page	Ctrl + S
Reload your current page	F5 or Ctrl + R
Stop the loading of your current page	Esc
Open the find bar	Ctrl + F
Find the next match for your input in the find bar	Ctrl + G or F3
Find the previous match for your input in the find bar	Ctrl + Shift + G, Shift + F3, or Shift + Enter
Reload your current page, ignoring cached content	Ctrl + F5 or Shift + F5
Download the target of the link	Press Alt and click a link
Open the source of your current page	Ctrl + U
Save the link as a bookmark	Drag a link to bookmarks bar
Save your current webpage as a bookmark	Ctrl + D
Save all open pages as bookmarks in a new folder	Ctrl + Shift + D
Open your page in full-screen mode. Press F11 again to exit full-screen	F11
Enlarge everything on the page	Ctrl + Plus sign
Make everything on the page smaller	Ctrl + Minus sign
Return everything on the page to normal size	Ctrl + 0
Scroll down the web page	Space bar
Go to the top of the page	Home
Go to the bottom of the page	End
Scroll horizontally on the page	Press Shift and scroll your mousewheel

Address Bar

To do this	Press this
Perform a search using your default search engine	Type a search term, then press Enter
Perform a search using the search engine associated with the keyword	Type a search engine keyword, press Space, type a search term, and press Enter
Perform a search using the search engine associated with the URL	Begin typing a search engine URL, press Tab when prompted, type a search term, and press Enter
Add www. and .com to your input in the address bar and open the resulting URL	Ctrl + Enter
Open the URL in a new tab	Type a URL, then press Alt + Enter
Highlight the URL	Ctrl + L or Alt + D
Place a ‘?’ in the address bar. Type a search term after the question mark to perform a search using your default search engine	Ctrl + K or Ctrl + E
Move your cursor to the preceding key term in the address bar	Ctrl + left arrow
Move your cursor to the next key term in the address bar	Ctrl + right arrow
Delete the key term that precedes your cursor in the address bar	Ctrl + Backspace
Delete the entry from your browsing history, if possible	Select an entry in the address bar drop-down menu with your keyboard arrows, then press Shift + Delete
Select the first or last entry in the drop-down menu	Press Page Up or Page Down when the address bar drop-down menu is visible

Tools

To do this	Press this
Open the Chrome menu which lets you customize and control settings in Google Chrome	Alt + F or Alt + E or F10
Toggle the bookmarks bar on and off	Ctrl + Shift + B
Open the History page	Ctrl + H
Open the Downloads page	Ctrl + J
Open the Task Manager	Shift + Esc
Set 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	Shift + Alt + T
Switch 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)	F6 or Shift + F6
Open Developer Tools	Ctrl + Shift + J
Open the Clear Browsing Data dialog	Ctrl + Shift + Delete
Open the Help Center in a new tab	F1
Switch between multiple users	Ctrl + Shift + M