Google Chrome Shortcut Keys

Google Chrome shortcut keys

Updated: 12/01/2019 by Computer Hope

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Shortcut Keys	Description
Alt+Home	Open your homepage.
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 loading the page or a download from loading.
Ctrl+(- or +)	Zoom in or out of a page, "-" will zoom out and "+" will zoom in on the page.
Ctrl+1-8	Pressing Ctrl and any number 1 through 8 moves to the corresponding tab in your tab bar.
Ctrl+9	Switch to last tab.
Ctrl+0	Reset browser zoom to default.
Ctrl+Enter	This combination is used to 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 browsing 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 browser history in a new tab.
Ctrl+J	Display the downloads window.
Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E	Moves your text cursor to the omnibox so that you can begin typing your search query and 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	Opens the Save As window to save the current page.
Ctrl+T	Opens a new tab.
Ctrl+U	View a web page's source code.
Ctrl+W	Closes the current tab.
Ctrl+Shift+W	Closes the currently selected window.
Ctrl+Shift+T	This combination reopens the last tab you've closed. If you've closed multiple tabs, you can press this shortcut key multiple times to restore each of the closed tabs.
Ctrl+Tab	Moves through each of the open tabs going to the right.
Ctrl+Shift+Tab	Moves through each of the open tabs going to the left.
Ctrl+Left-click	Open a link in a new tab in the background.
Ctrl+Shift Left-click	Open a link in a new tab and switch to the new tab.
Ctrl+Page Down	Open the browser tab to the right.
Ctrl+Page Up	Open the browser tab to the left.
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.

Additional information

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