Here is the complete list of Mac keyboard shortcuts. Do something without a Mouse by Combinations keys or Hotkeys. Knowing useful keyboard shortcuts can make you more productive and efficient. Here's a handy list of the most useful keyboard shortcuts for Apple Mac Windows.
Mac Keyboard Symbols
The above list is the standard Mac keyboard symbols for most keyboard shortcuts, some of the symbols that appear elsewhere in menus and the keys they map to.
List of MAC Keyboard Shortcuts
To use a keyboard shortcut, press and hold one or more modifier keys and then press the last key of the shortcut.
- Common Shortcuts
- Finder and System Shortcuts
- Document Shortcuts
- Navigate Menus with Your Keyboard
- Use Mouse Keys to Move the Mouse Pointer
Mac Common Keyboard Shortcuts
- Command + X: Cut the selected item and copy it to the Clipboard
- Command + C: Copy the selected item also works for files in the Finder
- Command + V: Paste the contents
- Command + V: Undo the previous command
- Command + A: Select All items
- Command + F: Find items in a document or open a Find window
- Command + G: Find Again
- Command + H: Hide the windows of the front app
- Command + M: Minimize the front window
- Option + Command + M: Minimize all windows
- Command + O: Open the selected item
- Command + P: Print the current document
- Command + S: Save the current document
- Command + T: Open a new tab
- Command + W: Close the front window
- Option + Command + W: Close all windows
- Option + Command + Esc: Force quit an app
- Command + Space Bar: Show or hide the Spotlight search field
- Command + Option + Space Bar: Perform a Spotlight search from a Finder window
- Control + Command + Space Bar: Show the Character Viewer, from which you can choose emoji and other symbols
- Control + Command + F: Use the app in full screen
- Space Bar: Use Quick Look to preview the selected item
- Command + Tab: Switch to the next most recently used app among your open apps
- Shift + Command + N: Create a new folder in the Finder
- Command + Comma (,): Open preferences for the front app
Mac Finder and System Shortcuts
- Command + D: Duplicate the selected files
- Command + E: Eject the selected disk or volume
- Command + F: Start a Spotlight search in the Finder window
- Command + I: Show the Get Info window for a selected file
- Shift + Command + C: Open the Computer window
- Shift + Command + D: Open the desktop folder
- Shift + Command + F: Open the Recents window, showing all of the files you viewed or changed recently
- Shift + Command + G: Open a Go to Folder window
- Shift + Command + H: Open the Home folder of the current macOS user account
- Shift + Command + I: Open iCloud Drive
- Shift + Command + K: Open the Network window
- Shift + Command + N: Create a new folder
- Shift + Command + O: Open the Documents folder
- Shift + Command + P: Show or hide the Preview pane in Finder windows
- Shift + Command + R: Open the AirDrop window
- Shift + Command + T: Show or hide the tab bar in Finder windows
- Option + Command + L: Open the Downloads folder
- Shift + Command + U: Open the Utilities folder
- Option + Command + D: Show or hide the Dock
- Control + Command + T: Add the selected item to the sidebar
- Option + Command + P: Hide or show the path bar in Finder windows
- Option + Command + S: Hide or show the Sidebar in Finder windows
- Command + Slash (/): Hide or show the status bar in Finder windows
- Command + J: Show View Options
- Command + K: Open the Connect to Server window
- Command + L: Open the Connect to Server window
- Command + N: Open a new Finder window
- Option + Command + N: Create a new Smart Folder
- Command + T: Show or hide the tab bar when a single tab is open in the current Finder window
- Option + Command + T: Show or hide the toolbar when a single tab is open in the current Finder window
- Option + Command + V: Move: Move the files in the Clipboard from their original location to the current location
- Command + 1: View the items in the Finder window as icons
- Command + 2: View the items in a Finder window as a list
- Command + 3: View the items in a Finder window in columns
- Command + 4: View the items in a Finder window with Cover Flow
- Command + Y: Use Quick Look to preview the selected files
- Command + Option + Y: View a Quick Look slideshow of the selected files
- Command + Left Bracket ([): Go to the previous folder
- Command + Right Bracket (]): Go to the previous folder
- Command + Delete: Move the selected item to the Trash
- Shift + Command + Delete: Empty the Trash
- Command + Up Arrow: Open the folder that contains the current folder
- Command + Control + Up Arrow: Open the folder that contains the current folder in a new window
- Command + Down Arrow: Open the selected item
- Right Arrow: Open the selected folder. This works only when in list view
- Left Arrow: Close the selected folder. This works only when in list view
- Option + Shift + Command + Delete: Empty the Trash without confirmation dialog
- Command + Brightness Up: Turn target display mode on or off
- Command + Brightness Down: Turn video mirroring on or off when your Mac is connected to more than one display
- Option + Brightness Up: Open Displays preferences. This works with either Brightness key
- Option + Shift + Brightness Up/Down: Adjust the display brightness in smaller steps
- Control + Down Arrow: Show all windows of the front app
- Option + Mission Control: Open Mission Control preferences
- Command + Mission Control: Show the desktop
- Option + Volume Up: Open Sound preferences
- Option + Shift + Volume Up/Down: Adjust the sound volume in smaller steps
- Option + Keyboard Brightness Up: Open Keyboard preferences
- Option + Shift + Keyboard Brightness Up/Down: Adjust the keyboard brightness in smaller steps
Mac Document Keyboard Shortcuts
- Command + B: Boldface the selected text, or turn boldfacing on or off
- Command + I: Italicize the selected text, or turn italics on or off
- Command + T: Show or hide the Fonts window
- Command + K: Add a web link
- Command + U: Underline the selected text, or turn underlining on or off
- Command + D: Select the Desktop folder from within an Open dialog or Save dialog
- Command + Semicolon (;): Find misspelled words in the document
- Control + Command + D: Show or hide the definition of the selected word
- Shift + Command + Colon (:): Display the Spelling and Grammar window
- Option + Delete: Delete the word to the left of the insertion point
- Control + H: Delete the character to the left of the insertion point
- Control + D: Delete the character to the right of the insertion point
- Control + K: Delete the text between the insertion point and the end of the line or paragraph
- Fn + Delete: Forward delete on keyboards that don't have a Forward Delete key
- Fn + Up Arrow: Page Up: Scroll up one page
- Fn + Down Arrow: Page Down: Scroll down one page
- Fn + Left Arrow: Home: Scroll to the beginning of a document
- Fn + Right Arrow: End: Scroll to the end of a document
- Command + Up Arrow: Move the insertion point to the beginning of the document
- Command + Down Arrow: Move the insertion point to the end of the document
- Command + Left Arrow: Move the insertion point to the beginning of the current line
- Command + Right Arrow: Move the insertion point to the end of the current line
- Option + Left Arrow: Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word
- Option + Right Arrow: Move the insertion point to the end of the next word
- Control + A: Move to the beginning of the line or paragraph
- Control + E: Move to the end of a line or paragraph
- Control + F: Move one character forward
- Control + B: Move one character backward
- Control + L: Center the cursor or selection in the visible area
- Control + P: Move up one line
- Control + T: Swap the character behind the insertion point with the character in front of the insertion point
- Control + O: Insert a new line after the insertion point
- Control + N: Move down one line
- Shift + Command + Up Arrow: Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the document
- Shift + Command + Down Arrow: Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the document
- Shift + Command + Left Arrow: Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the current line
- Shift + Command + Right Arrow: Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the current line
- Shift + Up Arrow: Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line above
- Shift + Down Arrow: Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line below
- Shift + Left Arrow: Extend text selection one character to the left
- Shift + Right Arrow: Extend text selection one character to the right
- Option + Shift + Up Arrow: Extend text selection to the beginning of the current paragraph, then to the beginning of the following paragraph if pressed again
- Option + Shift + Down Arrow: Extend text selection to the end of the current paragraph, then to the end of the following paragraph if pressed again
- Option + Shift + Left Arrow: Extend text selection to the beginning of the current word, then to the beginning of the following word if pressed again
- Option + Shift + Right Arrow: Extend text selection to the end of the current word, then to the end of the following word if pressed again
- Command + Left Curly Bracket ({): Left align
- Command + Right Curly Bracket (}): Right align
- Shift + Command–Vertical bar (|): Center align
- Option + Command + F: Go to the search field
- Option + Command + T: Show or hide a toolbar in the app
- Option + Command + C: Copy Style: Copy the formatting settings of the selected item to the Clipboard
- Option + Command + V: Paste Style: Apply the copied style to the selected item
- Option + Command + I: Show or hide the inspector window
- Option + Shift + Command + V: Paste and Match Style: Apply the style of the surrounding content to the item pasted within that content
- Shift + Command + P: Page setup: Display a window for selecting document settings
- Shift + Command + S: Display the Save As dialog, or duplicate the current document
- Shift + Command + Minus sign (-): Decrease the size of the selected item
- Shift + Command + Plus sign (+): Increase the size of the selected item
- Shift + Command + Question mark (?): Open the Help menu
Use Mouse Keys to Move the Mouse Pointer
- 8 or Numeric Keypad 8: Move up
- K or Numeric Keypad 2: Move down
- U or Numeric Keypad 4: Move left
- O or Numeric Keypad 6: Move right
- J or Numeric Keypad 1: Move diagonally down and to the left
- L or Numeric Keypad 3: Move diagonally down and to the right
- 7 or Numeric Keypad 7: Move diagonally up and to the left
- 9 or Numeric Keypad 9: Move diagonally up and to the right
- I or Numeric Keypad 5: Press the mouse button
- M or Numeric Keypad 0: Hold the mouse button
- . (period): Release the mouse button