Send the draft keyboard shortcut in 7 apps
Send the draft has a documented keyboard shortcut in 7 apps here, among them Apple Mail, Gmail, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook. The most common keys are Ctrl + Enter on Windows and Shift + Cmd + D on a Mac.
Keys on this page were last checked against their sources on September 14, 2026.
| App | Windows | Mac | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Mail | Windows Not documented | Mac Shift + Cmd + D | Send the email |
| Gmail | Windows Ctrl + Enter | Mac Cmd + Enter | Send the current draft |
| Microsoft Outlook | Windows Alt + S | Mac Not documented | Send the current draft |
| Microsoft Outlook | Windows Ctrl + Enter | Mac Not documented | Send draft |
| Microsoft Outlook | Windows Ctrl + Enter | Mac Not documented | Send draft |
| Microsoft Outlook | Windows Not documented | Mac Cmd + Return | Send draft |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | Windows Ctrl + Enter | Mac Not documented | Send the message now |
What most apps settled on for Send the draft
On Windows, Ctrl + Enter is the combination in 3 of the 3 apps here that document one. All 3 apps here that document a Windows key use Ctrl + Enter, which makes this one of the safer habits to carry between apps.
Where the table is deliberately empty
4 apps here publish no Mac key for Send the draft, so those cells are left blank. 2 document it for Mac only. A blank there is a gap in that maker documentation for Send the draft, not an oversight here, and it is never filled by converting the other system.
If the keys for Send the draft do nothing
The 7 apps listed here each decide this for themselves, so the first thing to check is that you are reading the row for the app you are actually in, and the column for your system. After that, check the app version, since send the draft is the kind of command makers move between releases. Report a correction
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