Browser Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard Shortcuts are used to perform different tasks quickly. Below are some common keyboard shortcuts for different internet browsers.

Action	Windows Shortcut	Mac Shortcut
Open a new window	Ctrl + N	cmd + N
Open a new tab	Ctrl + T	cmd + T
Open a new incognito window	Ctrl + Shift + N	cmd + Shift + N
Reopen the last closed tab/window	Ctrl + Shift + T	cmd + Shift + T
Minimize the current window	Alt + Space + N	cmd + M
Maximize/Full screen the current window	Alt + Space + X	Ctrl + cmd + F
Refresh tab	Ctrl + R	cmd + R
Refresh tab without cache	Ctrl + Shift + R	cmd + Shift + R
Open the Chrome menu	Alt + F or Alt + E or F10 + Enter
Show or hide the Bookmarks bar	Ctrl + Shift + B	cmd + Shift + B
Open the Bookmarks Manager	Ctrl + Shift + O	cmd + Option + B
Open the History page in a new tab	Ctrl + H	cmd + Y
Open the Downloads page in a new tab	Ctrl + J	cmd + Shift + J
Print	Ctrl + P	cmd + P
Find on Page	Ctrl + F	cmd + F
Go to address bar	Ctrl + L or Alt + D or F6	cmd + L
Zoom in	Ctrl + +	Cmd + +
Zoom out	Ctrl + -	Cmd + -
Reset zoom	Ctrl + 0	Cmd + 0
Clear cache and cookies	Ctrl + Shift + Delete	Cmd + Shift + Delete

Action	Windows Shortcut	Mac Shortcut
Open a new window	Ctrl + N	cmd + N
Open a new tab	Ctrl + T	cmd + T
Open a new Private window	Ctrl + Shift + P	cmd + Shift + P
Reopen the last closed tab/window	Ctrl + Shift + T	cmd + Shift + T
Minimize the current window	Alt + Space + N	cmd + M
Maximize/Full screen the current window	Alt + Space + X	cmd + Shift + M
Refresh tab	Ctrl + R	cmd + R
Refresh tab without cache	Ctrl + Shift + R	cmd + Shift + R
Show all Bookmarks	Ctrl + Shift + B	cmd + Shift + B
Open the Bookmarks Manager	Ctrl + B	cmd + Option + B
Open the History page in a new tab	Ctrl + H	cmd + Shift + H
Open the Downloads page in a new tab	Ctrl + J	cmd + J
Print	Ctrl + P	cmd + P
Find on Page	Ctrl + F	cmd + F
Go to address bar	Ctrl + L or Alt + D or F6	Option + Return
Zoom in	Ctrl + +	Cmd + +
Zoom out	Ctrl + -	Cmd + -
Reset zoom	Ctrl + 0	Cmd + 0
Clear cache and cookies	Ctrl + Shift + Delete	Cmd + Shift + Delete

Action	Shortcut
Open a new window	Ctrl + N
Open a new tab	Ctrl + T
Open a new InPrivate window	Ctrl + Shift + N
Reopen the last closed tab/window	Ctrl + Shift + T
Minimize the current window	Alt + Space + N
Maximize the current window	Alt + Space + X
Refresh tab	Ctrl + R
Refresh tab without cache	Ctrl + Shift + R
Show or hide the Bookmarks bar	Ctrl + Shift + B
Open the History page in a new tab	Ctrl + H
Open the Downloads page in a new tab	Ctrl + J
Print	Ctrl + P
Find on Page	Ctrl + F
Go to address bar	Ctrl + L or Alt + D or F6
Zoom in	Ctrl + +
Zoom out	Ctrl + -
Reset zoom	Ctrl + 0
Clear cache and cookies	Ctrl + Shift + Delete

Action	Shortcut
Open a new window	cmd + N
Open a new tab	cmd + T
New Private Window	cmd + Shift + n
Reopen the last closed tab/window	cmd + Shift + T
Minimize the current window	cmd + M
Maximize the current window	cmd + Shift + M
Show or hide the Bookmarks bar	cmd + Option + B
Show or hide the Toolbar	cmd + I
Open the History page in a new tab	cmd + Option + 2
Open the Downloads page in a new tab	cmd + Option + L
Open the Reading List in a new tab	cmd + Shift + 2
Refresh tab	cmd + R
Refresh tab without cache	cmd + Shift + R
Print	cmd + P
Find on Page	cmd + F
Go to address bar	cmd + L
Zoom in	Cmd + +
Zoom out	Cmd + -
Reset zoom	Cmd + 0

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