Updated: 04/01/2018
Below is a listing of all the major shortcut keys used with the Google Chrome Internet browser.
Shortcut Keys
Description
Alt+Home Open your homepage
Alt+Tab Toggle between browser windows
Alt+Left Arrow Back a page
Alt+Right Arrow Forward a page
F11 Display the current website in full-screen mode. Pressing F11 again will exit this mode.
Escape Stop page or download from loading
Ctrl+(minus or plus) Zoom in or out of a page, "minus" will zoom out and "plus" will zoom in
Ctrl+1-8 Pressing Ctrl and any number 1 through 8 will move to the corresponding tab in your tab bar.
Ctrl+9 Switch to last tab
Ctrl+0 Reset browser zoom to default
Ctrl+Enter This combination is used to quickly complete an address. For example, type "computerhope" in the address bar and press Ctrl+Enter to get https://www.computerhope.com.
Ctrl+Shift+Del Open the Clear Data window to quickly clear private data
Ctrl+Shift+B Toggle the bookmarks bar between hidden and shown
Ctrl+A Select everything on a page
Ctrl+D Add a bookmark for the page currently opened
Ctrl+F Open the "find" bar to search text on the current page
Ctrl+O Open a file in the browser
Ctrl+Shift+O Open the Bookmark manager
Ctrl+H Open browser history in a new tab
Ctrl+J Display the downloads window
Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E Moves your text cursor to the omnibox so that you can begin typing your search query and perform a Google search
Ctrl+L Move the cursor to the browser address bar and highlight everything in it
Ctrl+N Open New browser window
Ctrl+Shift+N Open a new window in incognito (private) mode
Ctrl+P Print current page or frame
Ctrl+R or F5 Refresh the current page
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Ctrl+S Saves the current page
Ctrl+T Opens a new tab
Ctrl+U View a web page's source code
Ctrl+W Closes the currently selected tab
Ctrl+Shift+W Closes the currently selected window
Ctrl+Shift+T This combination reopens the last tab you've closed. If you've closed multiple tabs you can press this shortcut key multiple times to restore each of the closed tabs.
Ctrl+Tab Moves through each of the open tabs going to the right
Ctrl+Shift+Tab Moves through each of the open tabs going to the left
Ctrl+Left-click Open a link in a new tab in the background
Ctrl+Shift Left-click Open a link in a new tab and switch to the new tab
Ctrl+Page Down Open the browser tab to the right
Ctrl+Page Up Open the browser tab to the left
Spacebar Moves down a page at a time
Shift+Spacebar Moves up a page at a time
Home Go to top of page
End Go to bottom of page
Alt+Down Arrow Display all previous text entered in a text box and available options on a drop-down menu.
Created on ... June 29, 2018