List of Google Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows
Keyboard shortcuts improve productivity and allow you to work faster. There are several tasks that take time if you try to do with the mouse. So, most of the software comes with Keyboard shortcut. Google Chrome is also one of those that offers a range of keyboard shortcuts to perform several tasks quickly.
A few months back, I listed Few important Keyboard shortcuts for Google Chrome. Not just Chrome, I also listed Keyboard shortcuts for VLC Media Player, MS Paint, and much other software.
In this article, I am listing all keyboard shortcuts that can be used on Google Chrome for Windows. I am sure you know few of these but you will surely find some new but interesting Keyboard shortcuts. See the list below.
Keyboard Shortcuts: Google Chrome for Windows
| CTRL + N: | Open a new window |
| CTRL + <Link>: | Open a link in a new tab |
| CTRL + SHIFT + N: | Open a new window in Incognito Mode |
| SHIFT + <Link>: | Open a link in a new window |
| CTRL + T: | Open a new tab |
| CTRL + SHIFT + T: | Reopen the last tab that you closed |
| CTRL + 1: | Switch to the tab in position 1 on the tab strip |
| CTRL + 2: | Switch to the tab in position 2 on the tab strip |
| CTRL + 3: | Switch to the tab in position 3 on the tab strip |
| CTRL + 4: | Switch to the tab in position 4 on the tab strip |
| CTRL + 5: | Switch to the tab in position 5 on the tab strip |
| CTRL + 6: | Switch to the tab in position 6 on the tab strip |
| CTRL + 7: | Switch to the tab in position 7 on the tab strip |
| CTRL + 8: | Switch to the tab in position 8 on the tab strip |
| CTRL + 9: | Switch to the last tab on the tab strip |
| CTRL + O: | Open a file in the browser |
| CTRL + H: | View Browsing History |
| CTRL + B: | Toggle bookmarks display |
| CTRL + J: | View Downloads |
| CTRL + C: | Copy selected text or images to the Clipboard |
| CTRL + V or SHIFT + INSERT: | Paste the current contents of the Clipboard, preserving original formatting |
| CTRL + S: | Save the current page to your hard drive |
| SHIFT + ESC: | View Chrome’s internal Task Manager |
| CTRL + P: | Print the current page |
| F5: | Reload the current page |
| ESC: | Stop the current page from loading |
| CTRL + F5: | Reload the current page, overriding the cache |
| SHIFT + F5: | Reload the current page, overriding the cache |
| ALT + <Link>: | Download link |
| CTRL + F: | Open the ‘Find in page’ dialog box |
| CTRL + G: | Find the next match from ‘Find in page’ box |
| F3: | Find the next match from ‘Find in page’ box |
| CTRL + SHIFT + G: | Find the previous match from ‘Find in page’ box |
| SHIFT + F3: | Find the previous match from ‘Find in page’ box |
| CTRL + U: | View source code of the current page |
| CTRL + D: | Bookmark the current page |
| CTRL + PLUS: | Make text larger |
| CTRL + MINUS: | Make text smaller |
| CTRL + 0: | Return to default text size |
| BACKSPACE or ALT + LEFT ARROW: | Advance to the previous page in your browsing history (for the current tab) |
| SHIFT + BACKSPACE or ALT + RIGHT ARROW: | Advance to the next page in your browsing history (for the current tab) |
| ALT + E or ALT + F: | Open Chrome’s “wrench”, or tools, menu |
| CTRL + SHIFT + B: | Activate or disable the Bookmarks Bar |
| F6 or SHIFT + F6: | Advance through active components on the current page, or through items in Chrome’s Address bar, Bookmarks bar, or Downloads bar. |
| CTRL + SHIFT + J: | Open Chrome’s Developer Tools |
| F1: | Open Chrome’s Help Center in a new tab or window |
| CTRL + SHIFT + DELETE: | Open the Clear Browsing Data window |
| CTRL + ENTER: | Automatically add www. (at the beginning) and .com (at the end) of the text currently residing in the Address (or URL) bar |
| CTRL + BACKSPACE: | Remove whatever key term precedes the active cursor in the Address (or URL) bar |
| CTRL + L or ALT + D: | Highlight the full URL in the Address bar |
| CTRL + K or CTRL + E: | Enters a question mark in the Address bar. Typing a keyword or keywords following this question mark will submit the search term to your default engine. |
These are Google Chrome Keyboard shortcuts for Windows. If you use Google Chrome on Windows, you must bookmark this article and try to remember as many as you can to improve your productivity.
Deepanker Verma is the founder of Techlomedia. He is a tech blogger, developer and gadget freak.
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