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Keyboard Shortcuts - Google Chrome for Windows

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Below is a list of keyboard shortcuts that can be used in Google Chrome for Windows.

  • CTRL+N: Open a new window.

  • CTRL+<Link>: Open a link in a new tab.

  • CTRL+SHIFT+N: Open a new window in incognito mode.

  • SHIFT+<Link>: Open a link in a new window.

  • CTRL+T: Open a new tab.

  • CTRL+SHIFT+T: Reopen the last tab that you closed.

  • ALT+F4: Close current window.

  • CTRL+1: Switch to the tab in position 1 on the tab strip.

  • CTRL+2: Switch to the tab in position 2 on the tab strip.

  • CTRL+3: Switch to the tab in position 3 on the tab strip.

  • CTRL+4: Switch to the tab in position 4 on the tab strip.

  • CTRL+5: Switch to the tab in position 5 on the tab strip.

  • CTRL+6: Switch to the tab in position 6 on the tab strip.

  • CTRL+7: Switch to the tab in position 7 on the tab strip.

  • CTRL+8: Switch to the tab in position 8 on the tab strip.

  • CTRL+9: Switch to the last tab on the tab strip.

  • CTRL+TAB: Switch to the next tab.

  • CTRL+PAGE DOWN: Switch to the next tab.

  • CTRL+SHIFT+TAB: Switch to the previous tab.

  • CTRL+PAGE UP: Switch to the previous tab.

  • CTRL+W: Close current tab or pop-up window.

  • CTRL+F4: Close current tab or pop-up window.

  • ALT+HOME: Open your home page.

  • CTRL+O: Open a file in the browser.

  • CTRL+H: View Browsing History.

  • CTRL+B: Toggle bookmarks display.

  • CTRL+J: View Downloads.

  • SHIFT+ESC: View Chrome's internal Task Manager.

  • CTRL+P: Print the current page.

  • F5: Reload the current page.

  • ESC: Stop the current page from loading.

  • CTRL+F5: Reload the current page, overriding the cache.

  • SHIFT+F5: Reload the current page, overriding the cache.

  • ALT+<Link>: Download link.

  • CTRL+F: Open the 'Find in page' dialog box.

  • CTRL+G: Find the next match from 'Find in page' box.

  • F3: Find the next match from 'Find in page' box.

  • CTRL+SHIFT+G: Find the previous match from 'Find in page' box.

  • SHIFT+F3: Find the previous match from 'Find in page' box.

  • CTRL+U: View source code of the current page.

  • CTRL+D: Bookmark the current page.

  • CTRL+PLUS: Make text larger.

  • CTRL+MINUS: Make text smaller.

  • CTRL+0: Return to default text size.
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