Blender has a keyboard shortcut for a lot of what you click every day. Here are 53 that work on Windows, grouped by what you’re trying to do.
We checked every one against Blender Manual: Default Keymap on October 21, 2026.
General
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + N | Create a new file |
| Ctrl + O | Open a file |
| Ctrl + S | Save the file |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo |
| Ctrl + Shift + Z | Redo |
| F1 | Open context help |
| F2 | Rename the active item |
| F3 | Search menus and commands |
| F9 | Adjust the last operation |
| Ctrl + Space | Maximize or restore the area under the mouse |
| T | Show or hide the Toolbar |
| N | Show or hide the Sidebar |
Selecting
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| A | Select all |
| Alt + A | Select none |
| Ctrl + I | Invert the selection |
| B | Box select |
| C | Circle select (Mouse Wheel changes the size) |
| H | Hide selected items |
| Alt + H | Reveal hidden items |
Viewport Navigation
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Middle Mouse Drag | Orbit the view |
| Shift + Middle Mouse Drag | Pan the view |
| Mouse Wheel | Zoom in or out |
| Numpad 1 | Front view |
| Numpad 3 | Right view |
| Numpad 7 | Top view |
| Numpad 5 | Switch between perspective and orthographic |
| Numpad 0 | Look through the active camera |
| Home | Frame all objects |
| Numpad . | Frame the selected objects |
Objects
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| G | Move (grab) |
| R | Rotate |
| S | Scale |
| Shift + D | Duplicate |
| X | Delete with a confirmation menu |
| Delete | Delete without confirmation |
| Tab | Switch between Object Mode and Edit Mode |
| Ctrl + Tab | Open the mode pie menu (Pose Mode for armatures) |
Mesh Editing (Edit Mode)
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vertex select mode |
| 2 | Edge select mode |
| 3 | Face select mode |
| E | Extrude the selected region |
| Ctrl + R | Loop cut |
| Ctrl + B | Bevel edges |
| I | Inset faces |
| F | Make a face or edge from selected vertices |
| M | Merge vertices |
Animation, Rendering, Sculpting
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Space | Play or pause the animation (default setting) |
| I | Insert a keyframe (Object Mode) |
| Alt + I | Clear the keyframe |
| F12 | Render the current frame |
| F11 | Show the render window |
| F | Change brush size (Sculpt and Paint modes) |
| Shift + F | Change brush strength (Sculpt and Paint modes) |
Good to know: Shortcuts depend on where the mouse pointer is: the same key can do different things in the 3D Viewport, Timeline, or other editors.
Good to know: Mac uses Cmd in place of Ctrl for most shortcuts.
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Want One Key to Do More?
Built-in shortcuts only work while Blender is the active window, and you can’t add new ones. These tools let you pick your own hotkeys:
- Prompt Assistant: paste Python snippets, render settings notes, or your asset credit line with a hotkey you pick
- Second Keyboard Manager: turn a spare number keypad into one-key buttons for the Blender commands you use most, handy if your laptop has no numpad
- Image Converter: drag and drop your renders to turn them into WEBP, JPG, AVIF and more, offline
