Below is a listing of all the major shortcut keys used with the Google Chrome Internet browser.
Shortcut Keys | Description |
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Alt+Home | Open your homepage. |
Alt+Tab | Toggle between browser windows |
Alt+Left Arrow | Back a page. |
Alt+Right Arrow | Forward a page. |
F11 | Display the current website in full-screen mode. Pressing F11 again will exit this mode. |
Esc | Stop page or download from loading. |
Ctrl+(- or +) | Zoom in our out of a page '-' will decrease and '+' will increase. Ctrl+0 will reset back to default. |
Ctrl+1-8 | Pressing Ctrl and any number 1 through 8 will move to the corresponding tab in your tab bar. |
Ctrl+9 | Switch to last tab. |
Ctrl+0 | Reset browser zoom to default |
Ctrl+Enter | Quickly complete an address. For example, type computerhope in the address bar and press Ctrl+Enter to get https://www.computerhope.com. |
Ctrl+Shift+Del | Open the Clear Data window to quickly clear private data. |
Ctrl+Shift+B | Toggle the bookmarks bar between hidden and shown |
Ctrl+A | Select everything on a page |
Ctrl+D | Add a bookmark for the page currently opened. |
Ctrl+F | Open the "find" bar to search text on the current page |
Ctrl+O | Open a file in the browser |
Ctrl+Shift+O | Open the Bookmark manager. |
Ctrl+H | Open history in a new tab |
Ctrl+J | Display the downloads window |
Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E | Perform a Google search |
Ctrl+L | Move the cursor to the browser address bar and highlight everything in it. |
Ctrl+N | Open New browser window. |
Ctrl+Shift+N | Open a new window in incognito (private) mode. |
Ctrl+P | Print current page or frame. |
Ctrl+R or F5 | Refresh the current page or frame. |
Ctrl+S | Saves the current page |
Ctrl+T | Opens a new tab. |
Ctrl+U | View a web page's source code |
Ctrl+W | Closes the currently selected tab. |
Ctrl+Shift+W | Closes the currently selected window. |
Ctrl+Shift+T | Reopens the last tab you've closed (up to 10). |
Ctrl+Tab | Moves through each of the open tabs. |
Ctrl+Left-click | Open the link in a new tab in the background |
Ctrl+Shift Left-click | Open the link in a new tab and switch to the new tab |
Spacebar | Moves down a page at a time. |
Shift+Spacebar | Moves up a page at a time. |
Home | Go to top of page |
End | Go to bottom of page |
Alt+Down Arrow | Display all previous text entered in a text box and available options on a drop-down menu. |