Google Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts

People working full time before computer will feel very hard to switch between mouse and keyboard while doing a task for long time.Most work doing in computer must dealt maily with browsers and currently Google chrome ranks the best with browsers.If you have already installed Google Chrome on your computer and regularly using it then do learn these keyboard shortcuts.Hence will be very useful to all.

Windows 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 file1 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 + EnterPlaces 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