Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts
Google Chrome's most useful default shortcuts for tabs, windows and navigation. Mac keys on the left, Windows/Linux on the right.
| Action | Mac | Windows | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New tab | ⌘T | Ctrl+T | |
| Reopen last closed tab | ⇧⌘T | Ctrl+Shift+T | |
| Next / previous tab | ⌃Tab / ⌃⇧Tab | Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+Shift+Tab | |
| Jump to tab 1–8 | ⌘1…8 | Ctrl+1…8 | |
| New incognito window | ⇧⌘N | Ctrl+Shift+N | |
| Focus address bar | ⌘L | Ctrl+L | |
| Find on page | ⌘F | Ctrl+F | |
| Hard reload (ignore cache) | ⇧⌘R | Ctrl+Shift+R | |
| Open history | ⌘Y | Ctrl+H | |
| Open downloads | ⇧⌘J | Ctrl+J | |
| DevTools | ⌥⌘I | Ctrl+Shift+I | |
| Zoom in / out | ⌘+ / ⌘- | Ctrl++ / Ctrl+- | |
| New window | ⌘N | Ctrl+N | |
| Close current tab | ⌘W | Ctrl+W | |
| Close current window | ⇧⌘W | Ctrl+Shift+W | |
| Jump to last tab | ⌘9 | Ctrl+9 | |
| Reload page | ⌘R | Ctrl+R | |
| Stop loading the page | Esc | Esc | |
| Go back | ⌘[ | Alt+← | |
| Go forward | ⌘] | Alt+→ | |
| Bookmark this page | ⌘D | Ctrl+D | |
| Bookmark all open tabs | ⇧⌘D | Ctrl+Shift+D | |
| Show / hide bookmarks bar | ⇧⌘B | Ctrl+Shift+B | |
| Open Bookmark Manager | ⌥⌘B | Ctrl+Shift+O | |
| Find next match | ⌘G | Enter | |
| Find previous match | ⇧⌘G | Shift+Enter | |
| ⌘P | Ctrl+P | ||
| Save page as | ⌘S | Ctrl+S | |
| Open a file in the browser | ⌘O | Ctrl+O | |
| Reset zoom to 100% | ⌘0 | Ctrl+0 | |
| Toggle full screen | ⌃⌘F | F11 | |
| View page source | ⌥⌘U | Ctrl+U | |
| Open JavaScript Console | ⌥⌘J | Ctrl+Shift+J | |
| Clear browsing data | ⇧⌘⌫ | Ctrl+Shift+Delete | |
| Open link in a new tab | ⌘-click | Ctrl-click | |
| Scroll down one screen | Space | Space | |
| Scroll up one screen | ⇧Space | Shift+Space | |
| Open Chrome Task Manager | — | Shift+Esc | |
| Caret browsing on / off | — | F7 | |
| Switch between browser windows | ⌘` | Alt+Tab |
Tab management is where the time goes
If you keep dozens of tabs open, three shortcuts pay for themselves daily: reopen last closed tab (⇧⌘T) rescues anything you shut by accident and keeps working back through your recent history; jump to tab by number (⌘1–8) beats clicking; and ⌘9 always jumps to the last tab regardless of count.
Address-bar tricks
Focus the address bar with ⌘L, type a search, then press Alt+Enter (Windows) to open the result in a new tab instead of the current one. Type a site name and hit Ctrl+Enter to wrap it in www. and .com automatically.
FAQ
Do these work in Edge and Brave?
Almost all of them — Edge, Brave, Vivaldi and Opera are built on Chromium and share Chrome's keymap. A handful of browser-specific features (vertical tabs, workspaces) add their own extra shortcuts.
What's the shortcut to reopen a closed tab?
Ctrl+Shift+T on Windows/Linux, ⇧⌘T on Mac. Press it repeatedly to keep reopening tabs in the reverse order you closed them, even across a restart.
How do I reload without using the cache?
Ctrl+Shift+R (⇧⌘R on Mac) forces a hard reload that ignores the cache — useful when a page looks stale after a site update.