Google Chrome is the most used browser worldwide, we have something that could add some ease to your workflow. These shortcut keys minimize mouse touches & clicks so that you can maintain your fast workflow, for example, you want to open a new tab in the browser then you have to press the mouse key on the new tab icon in the browser until you don’t know the shortcut key to open the new tab just by pressing two keyboard keys (Control + T). Similarly, various more google chrome shortcut keys are given below that you can use for fast work efficiency.
Google Chrome Tab and Windows Shortcuts
| Shortcut | Action |
| Ctrl + n | Open a new window |
| Ctrl + Shift + n | Open a new window in Incognito mode |
| Ctrl + t | Open a new tab, and jump to it |
| Ctrl + Shift + t | Reopen previously closed tabs in the order they were closed |
| Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + PgDn | Jump to the next open tab |
| Ctrl + Shift + Tab or Ctrl + PgUp | Jump to the previous open tab |
| Ctrl + 1 through Ctrl + 8 | Jump to a specific tab |
| Ctrl + 9 | Jump to the rightmost tab |
| Alt + Home | Open your home page in the current tab |
| Alt + Left arrow | Open the previous page from your browsing history in the current tab |
| Alt + Right arrow | Open the next page from your browsing history in the current tab |
| Ctrl + w or Ctrl + F4 | Close the current tab |
| Ctrl + Shift + w or Alt + F4 | Close the current window |
| Alt + Space then n | Minimize the current window |
| Alt + Space then x | Maximize the current window |
| Alt + f then x | Quit Google Chrome |
Google Chrome Feature Shortcuts
| Shortcut | Action |
| Alt + f or Alt + e | Open the Chrome menu |
| Ctrl + Shift + b | Show or hide the Bookmarks bar |
| Ctrl + Shift + o | Open the Bookmarks Manager |
| Ctrl + h | Open the History page in a new tab |
| Ctrl + j | Open the Downloads page in a new tab |
| Shift + Esc | Open the Chrome Task Manager |
| Shift + Alt + t | Set focus on the first item in the Chrome toolbar |
| F10 | Set focus on the rightmost item in the Chrome toolbar |
| F6 | Switch focus to unfocused dialog (if showing) and all toolbars |
| Ctrl + f or F3 | Open the Find Bar to search the current page |
| Ctrl + g | Jump to the next match to your Find Bar search |
| Ctrl + Shift + g | Jump to the previous match to your Find Bar search |
| Ctrl + Shift + j or F12 | Open Developer Tools |
| Ctrl + Shift + Delete | Open the Clear Browsing Data options |
| F1 | Open the Chrome Help Center in a new tab |
| Ctrl + Shift + m | Log in a different user or browse as a Guest |
| Alt + Shift + i | Open a feedback form |
| F7 | Turn on caret browsing |
Google Chrome Address bar shortcuts
| Shortcut | Action |
| Type a search term + Enter | Search with your default search engine |
| Type a search engine name and press Tab | Search using a different search engine |
| Type a site name + Ctrl + Enter | Add www. and .com to a site name, and open it in the current tab |
| Type a search term + Alt + Enter | Open a new tab and perform a Google search |
| Ctrl + l or Alt + d or F6 | Jump to the address bar |
| Ctrl + k or Ctrl + e | Search from anywhere on the page |
| Down arrow to highlight + Shift + Delete | Remove predictions from your address bar |
| Control + F5 | Move cursor to the address bar |
Google Chrome Webpage shortcuts
| Shortcut | Action |
| Ctrl + p | Open options to print the current page |
| Ctrl + s | Open options to save the current page |
| F5 or Ctrl + r | Reload the current page |
| Shift + F5 or Ctrl + Shift + r | Reload the current page, ignoring cached content |
| Esc | Stop the page loading |
| Tab | Browse clickable items moving forward |
| Shift + Tab | Browse clickable items moving backward |
| Ctrl + o + Select a file | Open a file from your computer in Chrome |
| Ctrl + u | Display non-editable HTML source code for the current page |
| Ctrl + d | Save your current webpage as a bookmark |
| Ctrl + Shift + d | Save all open tabs as bookmarks in a new folder |
| F11 | Turn full-screen mode on or off |
| Ctrl and + | Make everything on the page bigger |
| Ctrl and – | Make everything on the page smaller |
| Ctrl + 0 | Return everything on the page to default size |
| Space or PgDn | Scroll down a webpage, a screen at a time |
| Shift + Space or PgUp | Scroll up a webpage, a screen at a time |
| Home | Go to the top of the page |
| End | Go to the bottom of the page |
| Shift + Scroll your mousewheel | Scroll horizontally on the page |
| Ctrl + Left arrow | Move your cursor to the beginning of the previous word in a text field |
| Ctrl + Right arrow | Move your cursor to the next word |
| Ctrl + Backspace | Delete the previous word in a text field |
| Alt + Home | Open the Home page in the current tab |
| Ctrl + 0 | Reset page zoom level |
Google Chrome Mouse shortcuts
| Shortcut | Action |
| Drag a link to a tab | Open a link in a current tab (mouse only) |
| Ctrl + Click a link | Open a link in new background tab |
| Ctrl + Shift + Click a link | Open a link, and jump to it |
| Drag a link to a blank area of the tab strip | Open a link, and jump to it (mouse only) |
| Shift + Click a link | Open a link in a new window |
| Drag the tab out of the tab strip | Open a tab in a new window (mouse only) |
| Drag the tab into an existing window | Move a tab to a current window (mouse only) |
| Press Esc while dragging | Return a tab to its original position |
| Drag the web address to the Bookmarks Bar | Save the current webpage as a bookmark |
| Shift + Scroll your mousewheel | Scroll horizontally on the page |
| Alt + Click a link | Download the target of a link |
Right-click Back  or click & hold Back Right-click Next  or click & hold Next |
Display your browsing history |
| Double-click a blank area of the tab strip | Switch between maximized and windowed modes |
| Ctrl + Scroll your mousewheel up | Make everything on the page bigger |
| Ctrl + Scroll your mousewheel down | Make everything on the page smaller |
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