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Windows Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

Save hours a week with the shortcuts pros know cold.

Windows-level

  • Win+D — show desktop.
  • Win+L — lock screen.
  • Win+Arrow — snap window.
  • Alt+Tab — switch windows.
  • Win+V — clipboard history (once enabled).

Browser

  • Ctrl+T / Ctrl+W — new tab / close tab.
  • Ctrl+Shift+T — reopen closed tab.
  • Ctrl+L — focus address bar.
  • Ctrl+F — find on page.

Text editing

  • Ctrl+Backspace — delete previous word.
  • Ctrl+Arrow — jump by word.
  • Ctrl+Shift+Arrow — select by word.
  • Home / End — start / end of line.

Frequently asked questions

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