Top 46 Google Chrome Shortcuts That Save Time
29. Sep, 2008 
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Many times, working with the mouse can be inefficient and it’s often more efficient to just use the keyboard. If you’ve already installed Google Chrome on your computer and regularly use it, then these shortcuts will save you a lot of time (and energy)…
Window and Tab Shortcuts
| Action/Function | Shortcut |
| Open a new window | Ctrl + N |
| Open a new windows in incognito mode | Ctrl + Shift + N |
| Open link in a new tab | Ctrl + Click on link |
| Open link in new window | Shift + Click on link |
| Close current window | Alt + F4 |
| Open a new tab | Ctrl + T |
| Reopen the last tab you’ve closed1 | Ctrl + Shift + T |
| Switch to the tab at the specified position | Ctrl + 1 through Ctrl + 8 |
| Switch to the last tab | Ctrl + 9 |
| Switch to the next tab | Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + PgDown |
| Switch to the previous tab | Ctrl + Shift + Tab or Ctrl + PgUp |
| Go to the previous page in your browsing history for the tab | Backspace, or press Alt + Left Arrow |
| Go to the next page in your browsing history for the tab | Shift + Backspace, or press Alt + Right Arrow |
| Close current tab or pop-up | Ctrl + W or Ctrl + F4 |
| Open your homepage | Alt + Home |
| Open a file from your computer in Google Chrome | Ctrl + O, then select file |
1 Google Chrome remembers the last 10 tabs that you’ve closed
Address Bar Shortcuts
| Action/Function | Shortcut |
| Add ‘www.’ and ‘.com’ to your input in the address bar and open the web address | Type the part of the web address that’s between ‘www.’ and ‘.com’, then press Ctrl + Enter |
| Highlight content in the web address area | F6 or Ctrl + L or Alt + D |
| Open your web address in a new tab | Type a web address, then press Alt + Enter |
| Places a ‘?’ in the address bar. Type a search term after the ‘?’ to perform a search using your default search engine. | Ctrl + K or Ctrl + E |
| Jump to the previous word in the address bar | Place your cursor in the address bar, the press Ctrl + Left Arrow |
| Jump to the next word in the address bar | Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl + Right Arrow |
| Delete the previous word in the address bar | Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl + Backspace |
Shortcuts to Open Google Chrome Features
| Action/Function | Shortcut |
| Toggle bookmarks bar on and off | Ctrl + B |
| View the History page | Ctrl + H |
| View the Downloads page | Ctrl + J |
| View the Task Manager | Shift + Esc |
Webpage Shortcuts
| Action/Function | Shortcut |
| Print your current page | Ctrl + P |
| Reload current page | F5 |
| Stop page loading | Esc |
| Reload current page, ignoring cached content | Ctrl + F5 or Shift + F5 |
| Scroll down the web page | Space bar |
| Go to the top of the page | Home |
| Go to the bottom of the page | End |
| Download link | Press Alt, then click the link |
| Open find-in-page box | Ctrl + F |
| Find next match for your input in the find-in-page box | Ctrl + G or F3 |
| Find previous match for your input in the find-in-page box | Ctrl + Shift + G or Shift + F3 |
| View source | Ctrl + U |
| Bookmark your current webpage | Ctrl + D |
| Make text larger | Ctrl + + |
| Make text smaller | Ctrl + - |
| Return to normal text size | Ctrl + 0 |
Text Shortcuts
| Action/Function | Shortcut |
| Copy content to the clipboard | Highlight content, then press Ctrl + C |
| Paste current content from the clipboard | Place your cursor in a text field, then press Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert |
| Delete the content and copy it to the clipboard (cut) | Highlight the content in a text field, then press Ctrl + X or Shift + Delete |
Photo Credit: Randy Zhang
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Hey Ruchir,
Good list to gather yar..Really hot tips and useful too.
Good work keepit up.
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Great list of shortcuts.
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No shortcut for Cursor which that should direct in search Box…we have to use tab for shift to cursor in search box…so for this..one should be shortcut…if available please send me at this mail address..alsaiyed786@gmail.com or in reply..
Thank you,
Sayed..
Eggzellent list! Looking for the shortcut to show/hide ‘home’ icon though. Hmmm.