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Browser keyboard shortcuts: Chrome, Edge and Firefox

Chrome, Edge and Firefox share nearly all their keyboard shortcuts, so one list serves all three. Safari on the Mac follows most of the Mac column too. The first column is for Windows, Linux and Chromebooks. The second is for the Mac.

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The eight to learn first

Ctrl + T opens a new tab.
Ctrl + W closes the tab you are on.
Ctrl + Shift + T reopens the tab you just closed, with its history. It is the undo button of browsing.
Ctrl + L jumps to the address bar, ready to type.
Ctrl + Tab moves to the next tab.
Ctrl + F finds a word on the page.
Ctrl + Plus and Ctrl + Minus make the page larger or smaller. Ctrl + 0 puts it back.
Ctrl + Shift + N opens a private window (Ctrl + Shift + P in Firefox).

Windows	Mac	What it does
`Ctrl` + `T`	`Cmd` + `T`	Open a new tab
`Ctrl` + `W`	`Cmd` + `W`	Close the current tab
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `T`	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `T`	Reopen the last closed tab
`Ctrl` + `Tab`	`Ctrl` + `Tab`	Go to the next tab
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Tab`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Tab`	Go to the previous tab
`Ctrl` + `1 to 8`	`Cmd` + `1 to 8`	Go to the tab at that position
`Ctrl` + `9`	`Cmd` + `9`	Go to the last tab
`Ctrl` + `N`	`Cmd` + `N`	Open a new window
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `N`	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `N`	Open a private (Incognito or InPrivate) window in Chrome and Edge
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `P`	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `P`	Open a private window in Firefox
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `W`	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `W`	Close the window
`F11`	`Ctrl` + `Cmd` + `F`	Full screen on or off

Windows	Mac	What it does
`Ctrl` + `L` or `Alt` + `D` or `F6`	`Cmd` + `L`	Go to the address bar
`Ctrl` + `Enter`	`Cmd` + `Enter`	Add www. and .com to what you typed, and open it
`Alt` + `Enter`	`Option` + `Enter`	Open what you typed in a new tab
`Ctrl` + `F`	`Cmd` + `F`	Find on this page
`Ctrl` + `G` or `Enter`	`Cmd` + `G`	Go to the next match
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `G` or `Shift` + `Enter`	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `G`	Go to the previous match
`Ctrl` + `K` or `Ctrl` + `E`	`Cmd` + `Option` + `F`	Search the web from the address bar

Windows	Mac	What it does
`Alt` + `Left arrow`	`Cmd` + `[`	Go back
`Alt` + `Right arrow`	`Cmd` + `]`	Go forward
`F5` or `Ctrl` + `R`	`Cmd` + `R`	Reload the page
`Ctrl` + `F5` or `Ctrl` + `Shift` + `R`	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `R`	Reload and ignore saved copies
`Esc`	`Esc`	Stop loading
`Space` or `Page Down`	`Space`	Scroll down one screen
`Shift` + `Space` or `Page Up`	`Shift` + `Space`	Scroll up one screen
`Home`	`Cmd` + `Up arrow`	Go to the top of the page
`End`	`Cmd` + `Down arrow`	Go to the bottom of the page
`Ctrl` + `Plus`	`Cmd` + `Plus`	Zoom in
`Ctrl` + `Minus`	`Cmd` + `Minus`	Zoom out
`Ctrl` + `0`	`Cmd` + `0`	Back to normal size
`Tab`	`Tab`	Move to the next link or form field
`Shift` + `Tab`	`Shift` + `Tab`	Move to the previous link or field

Windows	Mac	What it does
`Ctrl` + `H`	`Cmd` + `Y`	Open history (Cmd + Shift + H in Firefox on Mac)
`Ctrl` + `J`	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `J`	Open downloads in Chrome and Edge
`Ctrl` + `D`	`Cmd` + `D`	Bookmark this page
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `B`	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `B`	Show or hide the bookmarks bar
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `O`	`Cmd` + `Option` + `B`	Open the bookmarks manager in Chrome and Edge
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Delete`	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `Delete`	Open the box for clearing browsing data
`Ctrl` + `P`	`Cmd` + `P`	Print the page
`Ctrl` + `S`	`Cmd` + `S`	Save the page
`Ctrl` + `U`	`Cmd` + `Option` + `U`	View the page's source
`F12` or `Ctrl` + `Shift` + `I`	`Cmd` + `Option` + `I`	Open the developer tools
`Shift` + `Esc`		\| Open the browser's own task manager, in Chrome and Edge on Windows

Windows	Mac	What it does
`Ctrl` + `click a link`	`Cmd` + `click a link`	Open the link in a new tab in the background
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `click a link`	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `click a link`	Open the link in a new tab and go to it
`Shift` + `click a link`	`Shift` + `click a link`	Open the link in a new window
`Middle-click a link`	`Middle-click a link`	Open the link in a new tab
`Middle-click a tab`	`Middle-click a tab`	Close that tab
`Ctrl` + `mouse wheel`		\| Zoom in and out

Habits that save the most time

Type in the address bar, do not click it. Ctrl + L selects everything in the bar, so you can start typing a search or an address at once.

Recover from a slip. Closing a tab by mistake is the commonest browsing accident. Ctrl + Shift + T brings it back. Pressed again, it brings back the one before, and so on. It can also reopen a whole window closed by mistake.

Open links without losing your place. Ctrl + click opens a result in a background tab. Work down a list of search results that way, then read the tabs.

Reload properly when a page looks stale. A normal reload may reuse saved files. Ctrl + F5 fetches everything again.

Zoom is per site. The browser remembers the zoom level for each website, which is useful for a site whose text is always too small.

Where the three differ

Private browsing is Ctrl + Shift + N in Chrome and Edge and Ctrl + Shift + P in Firefox.
Downloads open with Ctrl + J in all three on Windows. On the Mac, Chrome uses Cmd + Shift + J and Firefox uses Cmd + J.
Firefox uses Ctrl + Shift + B for the bookmarks toolbar and Ctrl + Shift + O for the bookmarks library.
Edge adds a few of its own, such as Ctrl + Shift + U to read the page aloud.

Each browser lists its current shortcuts in its help pages, and extensions can add or take over combinations.

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