Learning keyboard shortcuts for Google Chrome can increase your productivity. While we are trained to use the touchpad and mouse to make our web navigation easier, learning a few keyboard shortcuts can make your web experience better and faster.
The following list is a primer for all of the keyboard shortcuts for Google Chome on macOS. I hope you find a few of these shortcuts useful.
Tab and window shortcuts
| Action |
Shortcut |
| Open a new window |
⌘ + n |
| Open a new window in Incognito mode |
⌘ + Shift + n |
| Open a new tab, and jump to it |
⌘ + t |
| Reopen the last closed tab, and jump to it |
⌘ + Shift + t |
| Jump to the next open tab |
⌘ + Option + Right arrow |
| Jump to the previous open tab |
⌘ + Option + Left arrow |
| Jump to a specific tab |
⌘ + 1 through ⌘ + 8 |
| Jump to the last tab |
⌘ + 9 |
| Open the previous page in your browsing history for the current tab |
⌘ + [ or ⌘ + Left arrow |
| Open the next page in your browsing history for the current tab |
⌘ + ] or ⌘ + Right arrow |
| Closes the current tab or pop-up |
⌘ + w |
| Closes the current window |
⌘ + Shift + w |
| Minimize the window |
⌘ + m |
| Hide Google Chrome |
⌘ + h |
| Quit Google Chrome |
⌘ + q |
Google Chrome feature shortcuts
| Action |
Shortcut |
| Show or hide the Bookmarks Bar |
⌘ + Shift + b |
| Open the Bookmark Manager |
⌘ + Option + b |
| Open the Settings page in a new tab |
⌘ + , |
| Open the History page in a new tab |
⌘ + y |
| Open the Downloads page in a new tab |
⌘ + Shift + j |
| Open the Find Bar to search the current page |
⌘ + f |
| Jump to the next match to your Find Bar search |
⌘ + g |
| Jump to the previous match to your Find Bar search |
⌘ + Shift + g |
| When Find Bar is open, search for selected text |
⌘ + e |
| Open Developer Tools |
⌘ + Option + i |
| Open the Clear Browsing Data options |
⌘ + Shift + Delete |
| Log in as a different user or browse as a Guest |
⌘ + Shift + m |
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 + Control + Enter |
Add www. and .com to a site name, and open it in a new tab |
Type a site name + Control + Shift + Enter |
| Open the website in a new background tab |
Type a web address + ⌘ + Enter |
| Jump to the address bar |
⌘ + l |
| Remove predictions from your address bar |
Down arrow to highlight + Shift + fn + Delete |
Webpage shortcuts
| Action |
Shortcut |
| Open options to print the current page |
⌘ + p |
| Open options to save the current page |
⌘ + s |
| Open the Page Setup dialog |
⌘ + Option + p |
| Email your current page |
⌘ + Shift + i |
| Reload your current page |
⌘ + r |
| Reload your current page, ignoring cached content |
⌘ + 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 Google Chrome |
⌘ + o + Select a file |
| Display non-editable HTML source code for the current page |
⌘ + Option + u |
| Open the JavaScript Console |
⌘ + Option + j |
| Save your current webpage as a bookmark |
⌘ + d |
| Save all open tabs as bookmarks in a new folder |
⌘ + Shift + d |
| Turn full-screen mode on or off |
⌘ + Ctrl + f |
| Make everything on the page bigger |
⌘ and + |
| Make everything on the page smaller |
⌘ and – |
| Return everything on the page to the default size |
⌘ + 0 |
| Scroll down a webpage, a screen at a time |
Space |
| Scroll up a webpage, a screen at a time |
Shift + Space |
| Search the web |
⌘ + Option + f |
| Move your cursor to the front of the previous word in a text field |
Option + Left arrow |
| Move your cursor to the back of the next word in a text field |
Option + Right arrow |
| Delete the previous word in a text field |
Option + Delete |
| Open your home page in the current tab |
⌘ + Shift + h |
Mouse shortcuts
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