Adobe Photoshop has a keyboard shortcut for a lot of what you click every day. Here are 51 that work on Windows, grouped by what you’re trying to do.
We checked every one against Adobe Help: View keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop on October 21, 2026.
General
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + N | Create a new document |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo the last command |
| Ctrl + Shift + Z | Step forward (redo) |
| Ctrl + Alt + Z | Step backward through history |
| Ctrl + C | Copy |
| Ctrl + V | Paste |
| Ctrl + Tab | Cycle through open documents |
| Alt + Shift + Ctrl + K | Open the Keyboard Shortcuts and Menus dialog |
View
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + Plus | Zoom in |
| Ctrl + Minus | Zoom out |
| Ctrl + 0 | Fit the image on screen |
| Ctrl + 1 | Zoom to 100% |
| Hold Space | Switch to the Hand tool to pan |
| F | Cycle through screen modes |
| Ctrl + R | Show or hide rulers |
| Ctrl + ; | Show or hide guides |
| Ctrl + ‘ | Show or hide the grid |
Tools
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| V | Move tool |
| M | Rectangular or Elliptical Marquee tool |
| L | Lasso tools |
| W | Object Selection, Quick Selection, or Magic Wand tool |
| C | Crop tool |
| I | Eyedropper tool |
| J | Spot Healing Brush and other healing tools |
| B | Brush tool |
| S | Clone Stamp tool |
| E | Eraser tool |
| G | Gradient or Paint Bucket tool |
| T | Type tool |
| P | Pen tool |
| D | Reset to default foreground and background colors |
| X | Swap foreground and background colors |
| ] | Increase brush size |
| [ | Decrease brush size |
Selections and Transform
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + D | Deselect |
| Shift + F7 | Invert the selection |
| Ctrl + T | Free Transform |
| Ctrl + Alt + R | Open Select and Mask |
| Shift + F5 | Open the Fill dialog |
| Alt + Backspace | Fill with the foreground color |
Layers
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + Shift + N | Create a new layer |
| Ctrl + J | Create a new layer via copy |
| Ctrl + G | Group layers |
| Ctrl + Shift + G | Ungroup layers |
| Ctrl + E | Merge selected layers |
| Ctrl + Alt + G | Create or release a clipping mask |
| Ctrl + Shift + ] | Move the layer to the top |
| Ctrl + Shift + [ | Move the layer to the bottom |
| F7 | Show or hide the Layers panel |
Adjustments
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + M | Open the Curves dialog |
| Shift + Ctrl + X | Open the Liquify filter |
Good to know: Adobe now shows the full list inside Photoshop: Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts (Alt + Shift + Ctrl + K). Mac uses Cmd instead of Ctrl and Option instead of Alt.
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Want One Key to Do More?
Built-in shortcuts only work while Adobe Photoshop is the active window, and you can’t add new ones. These tools let you pick your own hotkeys:
- Prompt Assistant: paste your standard copyright line, image credit, or client file-naming text with a hotkey you pick
- Image Converter: drag and drop finished images to turn them into WEBP, JPG, PNG, ICO and more, offline
- Second Keyboard Manager: turn a spare number keypad into a pad of one-key Photoshop tools and commands
