Window and Tab Shortcuts

Ctrl+N Open a new window

Ctrl+Shft+N Open a new window in incognito mode

Press Ctrl, and click a link Open link in a new tab

Press Shft, and click a link Open link in a new window

Alt+F4 Close current window

Ctrl+T Open a new tab

Ctrl+Shft+T Reopen the last tab you've closed. Google Chrome remembers the last 10 tabs you've closed.

Drag link to tab Open link in specified tab

Drag link to space between tabs Open link in a new tab in the specified position on the tab strip

Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8 Switch to the tab at the specified position number. The number you press represents a position on the tab strip.

Ctrl+9 Switch to the last tab

Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+PgDown Switch to the next tab

Ctrl+Shft+Tab or Ctrl+PgUp Switch to the previous tab

Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4 Close current tab or pop-up

Alt+Home Open your homepage

Ctrl+O, then select file Open a file from your computer in Google Chrome

Address Bar Shortcuts

Type a search term Perform a search using your default search engine

Type the part of the web address that's between 'www.' and '.com', then press Ctrl+Enter Add www.and .com to your input in the address bar and open the web address

Type a search engine keyword or URL, press Tab, then type a search term Perform a search using the search engine associated with the keyword or the URL. Google Chrome prompts you to press Tab if it recognizes the search engine you're trying to use.

F6 or Ctrl+L or Alt+D Highlight content in the web address area

Type a web address, then press Alt+Enter Open your web address in a new tab

Shortcuts to open Google Chrome features

Ctrl+B Toggle bookmarks bar on and off

Ctrl+H View the History page

Ctrl+J View the Downloads page

Shft+Escape View the Task manager

Webpage shortcuts

Ctrl+P Print your current page

F5 Reload current page

Esc Stop page loading

Ctrl+F5 or Shft+F5 Reload current page, ignoring cached content

Press Alt, and click a link Download link

Ctrl+F Open find-in-page box

Ctrl+G or F3 Find next match for your input in the find-in-page box

Ctrl+Shft+G or Shft+F3 Find previous match for your input in the find-in-page box

Ctrl+U View source

Drag link to bookmarks bar Bookmark the link

Ctrl+D Bookmark your current webpage

Ctrl++ Make text larger

Ctrl+- Make text smaller

Ctrl+0 Return to normal text size

Text shortcuts

Highlight content, then press Ctrl+C Copy content to the clipboard

Place your cursor in a text field, then press Ctrl+V or Shft+Insert Paste current content from the clipboard

Place your cursor in a text field, then press Ctrl+Shft+V Paste current content from the clipboard without formatting

Highlight content in a text field, then press Ctrl+X or Shft+Delete Delete the content and copy it to the clipboard

More shortcuts

Backspace, or press Alt and the left arrow together Go to the previous page in your browsing history for the tab

Shft+Backspace, or press Alt and the right arrow together Go to the next page in your browsing history for the tab

Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E Places a '?' in the address bar. Type a search term after the '?' to perform a search using your default search engine.

Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl and the left arrow together Jump to the previous word in the address bar

Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl and the right arrow together Jump to the next word in the address bar

Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl+Backspace Delete the previous word in the address bar

Space bar Scroll down the web page

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