Google Chrome has a keyboard shortcut for a lot of what you click every day. Here are 55 that work on Windows, grouped by what you’re trying to do.

We checked every one against Google Chrome Help: Chrome keyboard shortcuts on October 21, 2026.

Tabs and Windows

Shortcut	What it does
Ctrl + T	Open a new tab and jump to it
Ctrl + N	Open a new window
Ctrl + Shift + N	Open a new window in Incognito mode
Ctrl + Shift + T	Reopen closed tabs in the order they were closed
Ctrl + W or Ctrl + F4	Close the current tab
Ctrl + Shift + W or Alt + F4	Close the current window
Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + Page Down	Jump to the next open tab
Ctrl + Shift + Tab or Ctrl + Page Up	Jump to the previous open tab
Ctrl + 1 through Ctrl + 8	Jump to a specific tab
Ctrl + 9	Jump to the rightmost tab
Ctrl + Shift + Page Up or Ctrl + Shift + Page Down	Move the current tab left or right
Alt + F, then X	Quit Google Chrome

Navigation

Shortcut	What it does
Alt + Left Arrow	Go back to the previous page
Alt + Right Arrow	Go forward to the next page
Alt + Home	Open your home page in the current tab
F5 or Ctrl + R	Reload the current page
Shift + F5 or Ctrl + Shift + R	Reload the page, ignoring cached content
Esc	Stop the page loading

Shortcut	What it does
Ctrl + L or Alt + D or F6	Jump to the address bar
Ctrl + K or Ctrl + E	Start a search from anywhere on the page
Type a site name, then Ctrl + Enter	Add www. and .com to a site name and open it
Type a search term, then Alt + Enter	Search in a new tab
Type a search engine name, then Tab	Search using a different search engine

Shortcut	What it does
Ctrl + F or F3	Open the Find bar to search the current page
Ctrl + G	Jump to the next match in Find
Ctrl + Shift + G	Jump to the previous match in Find
Ctrl + P	Print the current page
Ctrl + S	Save the current page
Ctrl + O	Open a file from your computer in Chrome
Ctrl + U	View the page source
Ctrl + D	Bookmark the current page
Ctrl + Plus	Zoom in
Ctrl + Minus	Zoom out
Ctrl + 0	Reset zoom to the default size
F11	Turn full screen on or off
Space or Page Down	Scroll down one screen
Shift + Space or Page Up	Scroll up one screen
Home	Go to the top of the page
End	Go to the bottom of the page

Shortcut	What it does
Alt + F or Alt + E	Open the Chrome menu
Ctrl + Shift + B	Show or hide the bookmarks bar
Ctrl + Shift + O	Open the Bookmarks Manager
Ctrl + H	Open the History page in a new tab
Ctrl + J	Open the Downloads page in a new tab
Shift + Esc	Open the Chrome Task Manager
Ctrl + Shift + J or F12	Open Developer Tools
Ctrl + Shift + Delete	Open the delete browsing data options
Ctrl + Shift + M	Switch profile or browse as a Guest
Shift + Alt + N	Open split view in the active tab
F7	Turn caret browsing on

Shortcut	What it does
Ctrl + Click a link	Open the link in a new background tab
Ctrl + Shift + Click a link	Open the link in a new tab and jump to it
Shift + Click a link	Open the link in a new window
Alt + Click a link	Download the link target
Ctrl + Scroll	Zoom the page in or out

Good to know: Mac uses Cmd instead of Ctrl for most of these.

Good to know: Linux uses the same keys as Windows.

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