Keyboard shortcuts for Google Drive on the web

Use keyboard shortcuts in Google Drive to navigate, select, and edit.

Note: Some shortcuts might not work for all languages or keyboards.

Below, you'll find a list of keyboard shortcuts for Google Drive on the web.

To display the keyboard shortcut list in Google Drive, press Ctrl + / (Windows and Chrome OS) or command + / (Mac).

Important: Google Drive has updated keyboard shortcuts to make it easier to navigate using first letters navigation. The shortcuts will be updated for everyone on August 1, 2024, but you can choose to get them sooner in your Drive settings:

1. In Google Drive, press t to open the Settings menu, then press arrow down to "Keyboard shortcuts" and press enter. A notification displays.
2. Press Tab to get to "Update now," then press enter.

Use the table below to see the old and new shortcuts for Windows/ChromeOS and Mac OS.

Shortcut description	Old shortcut	New Windows/ ChromeOS shortcut	New MacOS shortcut
Navigation and views
Go to navigation panel (folders list)	g then n g then f	alt + g then n alt + g then f	option + g then n option + g then f
Go to items view	g then l	alt + g then i	option + g then i
Switch between grid and list in items view	v	alt + v then l	option + v then l
Go to page content	g then c	alt + g then c	option + g then c
Go to details pane	g then d	alt + g then d	option + g then d
Go to top of application (Google bar)	g then t	alt + g then t	option + g then t
Go to download status	g then a	alt + g then a	option + g then a
Go to upload status	g then u	alt + g then u	option + g then u
Show or hide approvals pane	e	alt + v then e	option + v then e
Show or hide details pane	d	alt + v then d	option + v then d
Show or hide activity pane	i	alt + v then a	option + v then a
Select items
Select or deselect item	x	shift + space	shift + space
Select next item down	j down arrow	down arrow	down arrow
Select next item up	k up arrow	up arrow	up arrow
Select next item to the left	h left arrow	left arrow	left arrow
Select next item to the right	l right arrow	right arrow	right arrow
Extend selection down	shift + down arrow	shift + down arrow	shift + down arrow
Extend selection up	shift + up arrow	shift + up arrow	shift + up arrow
Extend selection left	shift + left arrow	shift + left arrow	shift + left arrow
Extend selection right	shift + right arrow	shift + right arrow	shift + right arrow
Select all visible items	shift + a	ctrl + a	command + a
Clear all selections	shift + n	esc	esc
Move between items
Move down without changing selection	ctrl + down arrow (Windows and Chrome OS) command + down arrow (Mac)	ctrl + down arrow	command + down arrow
Move up without changing selection	ctrl + up arrow (Windows and Chrome OS) command + up arrow (Mac)	ctrl + up arrow	command + up arrow
Move left without changing selection	ctrl + left arrow (Windows and Chrome OS) command + left arrow (Mac)	ctrl + left arrow	command + left arrow
Move right without changing selection	ctrl + right arrow (Windows and Chrome OS) command + right arrow (Mac	ctrl + right arrow	command + right arrow
Take action on selected items
Open selected items	enter o	enter	enter
Open selected items in new tab	ctrl + enter (Windows and Chrome OS) command + return (Mac)	ctrl + enter	command + enter
Rename selected items	n	F2	F2
Share selected items	. (dot)	ctrl + alt + a	command + option + a
Move selected items to new folder	z	ctrl + alt + m	command + option + m
Star or unstar selected items	s	ctrl + alt + s	command + option + s
Create shortcuts to selected items	shift + z	ctrl + alt + r	command + option + r
Remove selected items	# or alt + backspace (Chrome OS) # or delete (Windows) # or Fn + delete (Mac)	delete or #	delete or #
Copy selected item URLs to the clipboard	ctrl + c (Windows and Chrome OS) command + c (Mac)	ctrl + alt + l	command + option + l
Copy selected item titles to the clipboard	ctrl + shift + c (Windows and Chrome OS) command + shift + c (Mac)	ctrl + shift + c	command + shift + c
Cut selected items to the clipboard	ctrl + x (Windows and Chrome OS) command + x (Mac)	ctrl + x	command + x
Paste items from the clipboard as a shortcut	ctrl + shift + v (Windows and Chrome OS) command + shift + v (Mac)	ctrl + shift + v	command + shift + v
Paste selected items from the clipboard or move selected items from the clipboard	ctrl + v (Windows and Chrome OS) command + v (Mac)	ctrl + shift + v	command + shift + v
Create a shortcut for the selected item	ctrl + shift + v (Windows and Chrome OS) command + shift + v (Mac)	ctrl + alt + r	command + option + r
Redo last undone action	ctrl + shift + z (Windows and Chrome OS) command + shift + z (Mac)	ctrl + y	command + y
Upload file	shift + u	alt + c then u	control + c then u
Upload folder	shift + i	alt + c then i	control + c then i
Create new items
Document	shift + t	alt + c then t	control + c then t
Presentation	shift + p	alt + c then p	control + c then p
Spreadsheet	shift + s	alt + c then s	control + c then s
Drawing	shift + d	alt + c then d	control + c then d
Folder	shift + f	alt + c then f	control + c then f
Form	shift + o	alt + c then o	control + c then o
Open menus
Create menu	c	alt + n	control + n
More actions menu	a	shift + F10 alt + a	shift + F10 control + a
Current folder actions menu	f	alt + shift + a	control + shift + a
Sort menu	r	alt + r	control + r
Settings menu	t	control + shift + s	command + shift + s
Application actions
Display keyboard shortcuts list	shift + / ctrl + / (Windows and Chrome OS) command + / (Mac)	ctrl + /	command + /
Choose next visual density (row height and element spacing for list view)	q then q	alt + t then q	control + t then q
Find/find next	ctrl + f (Windows and Chrome OS) command + f (Mac)	ctrl + f	command + f
Print	ctrl + p (Windows and Chrome OS) command + p (Mac)	ctrl + p	command + p
Undo last action	ctrl + z (Windows and Chrome OS) command + z (Mac)	ctrl + z	command + z
Redo last undone action	ctrl + shift + z (Windows and Chrome OS) command + Shift + z (Mac)	ctrl + y	command + y
Show last message	m	alt + g then k	option + g then k
Search your Drive	/	/	/
Preview mode actions
Preview items	p	ctrl + alt + p	command + option + p
Close	esc	esc	esc
Play/pause	space	space	space
Zoom in	+ or =	+ or =	+ or =
Zoom out	-	-	-