Find and replace keyboard shortcut in 14 apps
Find and replace has a documented keyboard shortcut in 14 apps here, among them Android Studio, Evernote, Godot Engine, Google Docs. The most common keys are Ctrl + H on Windows and Cmd + R on a Mac.
Keys on this page were last checked against their sources on September 14, 2026.
| App | Windows | Mac | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Android Studio | Windows Ctrl + R | Mac Cmd + R | Replace text in the file |
| Evernote | Windows Ctrl + H | Mac Shift + Cmd + F | Find and replace |
| Godot Engine | Windows Ctrl + R | Mac Option + Cmd + F | Replace text |
| Google Docs | Windows Ctrl + H | Mac Not documented | Replace |
| Google Sheets | Windows Ctrl + H | Mac Cmd + Shift + H | Replace matching cell text |
| Google Slides | Windows Ctrl + H | Mac Not documented | Replace |
| IntelliJ IDEA | Windows Ctrl + R | Mac Cmd + R | Replace in the current file |
| LibreOffice Writer | Windows Ctrl + H | Mac Not documented | Find and replace |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | Windows Ctrl + H | Mac Not documented | Find and replace |
| Notepad++ | Windows Ctrl + H | Mac Not documented | Replace text |
| SQL Server Management Studio | Windows Ctrl + H | Mac Not documented | Replace text |
| Sublime Text | Windows Ctrl + H | Mac Cmd + Option + F | Replace |
| Visual Studio | Windows Ctrl + H | Mac Not documented | Replace text in the file |
| Visual Studio Code | Windows Ctrl + H | Mac Not documented | Replace |
What most apps settled on for Find and replace
On Windows, Ctrl + H is the combination in 11 of the 14 apps here that document one. On a Mac, it is Cmd + R in 2 of 6. 3 apps go their own way on Windows, and the table above is where to find them.
Where the table is deliberately empty
8 apps here publish no Mac key for Find and replace, so those cells are left blank. A blank there is a gap in that maker documentation for Find and replace, not an oversight here, and it is never filled by converting the other system.
If the keys for Find and replace do nothing
The 14 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 find and replace is the kind of command makers move between releases. Report a correction
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