Chrome keyboard shortcuts

Learn keyboard shortcuts and become a pro at using Chrome.

Use Chrome shortcuts on your iPad

If you use an iPad with an external keyboard, you can use shortcuts to navigate Chrome . On the keyboard, the Option or Alt key is the ⌥ symbol, and the Command key is the ⌘ symbol. Both keys refer to the same modifier. To quickly get to the shortcuts panel in Chrome , press and hold ⌘.

Tab & window shortcuts

Action	Shortcut
Back	⌘ + Left arrow or ⌘ + [
Forward	⌘ + Right arrow or ⌘ + ]
Close tab	⌘ + w
Close all tabs in Tab Grid	Shift + ⌘ + w
Go to Tab Grid	Shift + ⌘ + \
New Incognito tab	Shift + ⌘ + n
New Incognito window	⌥ + Shift+ ⌘ + n
New tab	⌘ + t or ⌘ + n
New window	⌥ + ⌘ + n
Go to next tab	⌥ + ⌘ + Right arrow or ⌃ + Tab or ⌘ + }
Go to previous tab	⌥ + ⌘ + Left arrow or Shift + ⌃ + Tab or ⌘ + {
Reopen last closed tab	Shift + ⌘ + t
Go to n-th tab (1–8)	⌘ + (1–8)
Go to last tab	⌘ + 9

Chrome shortcuts

Action	Shortcut
Add to Reading List	Shift + ⌘ + d
Delete Browsing Data…	Shift + ⌘ + ⌫
Dismiss modals	Press Esc
Show Help	⌘ + ?
Show History	⌘ + y
Open location...	⌘ + l
Print...	⌘ + p
Report an Issue...	Shift + ⌘ + i
Show Settings	⌘ + ,
Show Bookmarks	⌥ + ⌘ + b
Show Downloads	Shift + ⌘ + j or ⌥ + ⌘ + l
Show Reading List	⌥ + ⌘ + r

 

Address bar shortcuts

Action	Shortcut
Highlight the URL	⌘ + l
Remove the URL highlight	Press Esc

 

Page shortcuts

Action	Shortcut
Bookmark this page…	⌘ + d
Find on page...	⌘ + f
Reload	⌘ + r
Stop loading	⌘ + .
Voice Search	Shift + ⌘ + .