Top 46 Google Chrome Shortcuts That Save Time

Many times, working with the mouse can be inefficient and it’s often more efficient to just use the keyboard. If you’ve already installed Google Chrome on your computer and regularly use it, then these shortcuts will save you a lot of time (and energy)…

Window and Tab Shortcuts

Action/Function	Shortcut

Open a new window	Ctrl + N
Open a new windows in incognito mode	Ctrl + Shift + N
Open link in a new tab	Ctrl + Click on link
Open link in new window	Shift + Click on link
Close current window	Alt + F4
Open a new tab	Ctrl + T
Reopen the last tab you’ve closed¹	Ctrl + Shift + T
Switch to the tab at the specified position	Ctrl + 1 through Ctrl + 8
Switch to the last tab	Ctrl + 9
Switch to the next tab	Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + PgDown
Switch to the previous tab	Ctrl + Shift + Tab or Ctrl + PgUp
Go to the previous page in your browsing history for the tab	Backspace, or press Alt + Left Arrow
Go to the next page in your browsing history for the tab	Shift + Backspace, or press Alt + Right Arrow
Close current tab or pop-up	Ctrl + W or Ctrl + F4
Open your homepage	Alt + Home
Open a file from your computer in Google Chrome	Ctrl + O, then select file

¹ Google Chrome remembers the last 10 tabs that you’ve closed

Address Bar Shortcuts

Action/Function	Shortcut

Add ‘www.’ and ‘.com’ to your input in the address bar and open the web address	Type the part of the web address that’s between ‘www.’ and ‘.com’, then press Ctrl + Enter
Highlight content in the web address area	F6 or Ctrl + L or Alt + D
Open your web address in a new tab	Type a web address, then press Alt + Enter
Places a ‘?’ in the address bar. Type a search term after the ‘?’ to perform a search using your default search engine.	Ctrl + K or Ctrl + E
Jump to the previous word in the address bar	Place your cursor in the address bar, the press Ctrl + Left Arrow
Jump to the next word in the address bar	Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl + Right Arrow
Delete the previous word in the address bar	Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl + Backspace

Shortcuts to Open Google Chrome Features

Action/Function	Shortcut

Toggle bookmarks bar on and off	Ctrl + B
View the History page	Ctrl + H
View the Downloads page	Ctrl + J
View the Task Manager	Shift + Esc

Webpage Shortcuts

Action/Function	Shortcut

Print your current page	Ctrl + P
Reload current page	F5
Stop page loading	Esc
Reload current page, ignoring cached content	Ctrl + F5 or Shift + F5
Scroll down the web page	Space bar
Go to the top of the page	Home
Go to the bottom of the page	End
Download link	Press Alt, then click the link
Open find-in-page box	Ctrl + F
Find next match for your input in the find-in-page box	Ctrl + G or F3
Find previous match for your input in the find-in-page box	Ctrl + Shift + G or Shift + F3
View source	Ctrl + U
Bookmark your current webpage	Ctrl + D
Make text larger	Ctrl + +
Make text smaller	Ctrl + -
Return to normal text size	Ctrl + 0

Text Shortcuts

Action/Function	Shortcut

Copy content to the clipboard	Highlight content, then press Ctrl + C
Paste current content from the clipboard	Place your cursor in a text field, then press Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert
Delete the content and copy it to the clipboard (cut)	Highlight the content in a text field, then press Ctrl + X or Shift + Delete