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Google Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts

General Navigation

  • Ctrl + T / Cmd + T: Open a new tab.
  • Ctrl + W / Cmd + W: Close the current tab.
  • Ctrl + Shift + T / Cmd + Shift + T: Reopen the last closed tab.
  • Ctrl + N / Cmd + N: Open a new window.
  • Ctrl + Shift + N / Cmd + Shift + N: Open a new incognito window.
  • Ctrl + Tab: Move to the next tab.
  • Ctrl + Shift + Tab: Move to the previous tab.
  • Ctrl + 1 to Ctrl + 8 / Cmd + 1 to Cmd + 8: Jump to a specific tab by number.
  • Ctrl + 9 / Cmd + 9: Switch to the last tab.
  • Alt + Left Arrow / Cmd + [: Go back to the previous page.
  • Alt + Right Arrow / Cmd + ]: Go forward to the next page.

Search and Address Bar

  • Ctrl + L / Cmd + L: Highlight the URL in the address bar.
  • Ctrl + K / Cmd + K: Search from the address bar.
  • Ctrl + Enter / Cmd + Enter: Add "www." and ".com" to a typed website name (e.g., typing "google" becomes "www.google.com").
  • Ctrl + E / Cmd + E: Place the cursor in the search bar.

Tab and Window Management

  • Ctrl + Shift + W / Cmd + Shift + W: Close the current window.
  • Ctrl + H / Cmd + H: Open the history tab.
  • Ctrl + J / Cmd + J: Open the downloads tab.
  • Shift + Esc: Open Chrome's task manager (only on Windows).
  • Ctrl + Shift + D / Cmd + Shift + D: Save all open tabs as bookmarks in a new folder.

Page Interactions

  • Space: Scroll down a page.
  • Shift + Space: Scroll up a page.
  • Ctrl + + / Cmd + +: Zoom in.
  • Ctrl + - / Cmd + -: Zoom out.
  • Ctrl + 0 / Cmd + 0: Reset zoom to default.
  • F11 / Cmd + Ctrl + F: Enter or exit full-screen mode.

Developer Tools

  • Ctrl + Shift + I / Cmd + Option + I: Open Developer Tools.
  • Ctrl + Shift + C / Cmd + Shift + C: Open the inspect element tool.
  • Ctrl + Shift + J / Cmd + Option + J: Open the JavaScript console.

Bookmarks

  • Ctrl + D / Cmd + D: Bookmark the current page.
  • Ctrl + Shift + B / Cmd + Shift + B: Show or hide the bookmarks bar.

Other Helpful Shortcuts

  • Ctrl + R / Cmd + R: Reload the current page.
  • Ctrl + Shift + R / Cmd + Shift + R: Reload the page without using cache (force refresh).
  • Ctrl + P / Cmd + P: Open the print dialog.
  • Ctrl + S / Cmd + S: Save the current page.
  • Ctrl + F / Cmd + F: Find text on the current page.
  • Ctrl + U / Cmd + Option + U: View page source.
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