Best Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts for Easier Navigation

Google Chrome is one of the most popular browsers around thanks to its performance and various features. However, one other reason for its popularity is that it has a high number of keyboard commands which can increase your efficiency and productivity. Our guide on Google Chrome keyboard shortcuts will features some of the most common and useful commands. The shortcuts will be divided in four categories: tab and window shortcuts, Google Chrome feature shortcuts as well as address bar and webpage shortcuts.

It is worth mentioning that our guide will focus only on showcasing Google Chrome keyboard shortcuts for Windows and Linux. These are the two most popular platforms for users who use Google’s browser. If by any chance you are using a Mac and prefer Chrome instead of the Safari browser, then we recommend checking Google’s support page for Mac shortcuts. Another option is to just use the Command key instead of Ctrl when learning the following shortcuts, as it will be the same in most cases.

Tab & Window Shortcuts

The shortcuts in this category are among the most useful you can learn as they simplify and increase the speed of your internet navigation, especially when you browse a variety of different pages on multiple tabs. If you want to become a better at mutitasking on Google Chrome then we recommend learning as many of these shortcuts as possible.

Action	Shortcut
Open a new window	Ctrl + n
Open a new window in Incognito mode	Ctrl + Shift + n
Open a new tab, and jump to it	Ctrl + t
Jump to the next open tab	Ctrl + Tab
Jump to a specific tab	Ctrl + 1 through Ctrl + 8
Jump to the last tab	Ctrl + 9
Open your home page in the current tab	Alt + Home
Close the current tab	Ctrl + w
Close all open tabs and the browser	Ctrl + Shift + w
Minimize the current window	Alt + Space + n
Maximize the current window	Alt + Space + x
Quit Google Chrome	Alt + F4

Google Chrome feature Shortcuts

The following shortcuts will help you better manage and easily switch between the various features of Google Chrome. It’s important to know that although previous shortcurts worked on almost any browser, the next commands can only be used on Chrome.

Action	Shortcut
Open the Menu	Alt + f or F10
Show or hide the Bookmarks bar	Ctrl + Shift + b
Open the Bookmarks Manager	Ctrl + Shift + o
Open the History page in a new tab	Ctrl + h
Open the Downloads page in a new tab	Ctrl + j
Open the Chrome Task Manager	Shift + Esc
Open the Find Bar to search the current page	Ctrl + f or F3
Jump to the next match to your Find Bar search	Ctrl + g
Open the Chrome Help Center in a new tab	F1
Log in a different user or go Incognito	Ctrl + Shift + m

Address Bar Shortcuts

The next few Chrome keyboard shortcuts allows users to easily and input new web addresses and even switch  between search engines. Once again, the shortcuts only work on Google’s browser, so if you want to maintain your navigation efficiency on other browsers we recommend learning new shortcuts.

Action	Shortcut
Use your default search engine	Type a search term + Enter
Add www. and .com to a site opened in the current tab	Type a site + Ctrl + Enter
Add www. and .com to a site opened in a new tab	Type a site + Alt + Enter
Jump to the Address Bar	Ctrl + l or Alt + d or F6
Search from anywhere on the page	Ctrl + k or Ctrl + e

Webpage Shortcuts

Using the following webpage shortcuts is a great way to facilitate the navigation of a page thanks to the ability to quickly zoom in and out, open several files through the browser as well as modifying any printing options. However, most of these Chrome keyboard shortcuts will also work on various browsers.

Action	Shortcut
Open options to print the current page	Ctrl + p
Open options to save the current page	Ctrl + s
Reload the current page	F5 or Ctrl + r
Stop the page loading	Esc
Browse clickable items moving forward	Tab
Browse clickable items moving backward	Shift + Tab
Open a file from your computer in Chrome	Ctrl + o + Select a file
Save your current webpage as a bookmark	Ctrl + d
Save all open tabs as bookmarks in a new folder	Ctrl + Shift + d
Turn full-screen mode on or off	F11
Zoom in the page	Ctrl and +
Zoom out the page	Ctrl and –
Default size of the page	Ctrl + 0
Go to the top of the page	Home
Go to the bottom of the page	End
Delete the previous word in a text field	Ctrl + Backspace
Open the Home page in the current tab	Alt + Home

Conclusion

This concludes our guide on the most useful Chrome keyboard shortcuts you should know if you want to become more productive and efficient in your use of Google’s popular browser. While there other keyboard shortcuts for Chrome, we feel that they are either too specialized to be commonly used or they just don’t allow for an easier and faster navigation.