Close the tab keyboard shortcut in 9 apps
Close the tab has a documented keyboard shortcut in 9 apps here, among them Asana, ChromeOS, File Explorer, Google Chrome. The most common keys are Ctrl + W on Windows and Cmd + W on a Mac.
Keys on this page were last checked against their sources on September 14, 2026.
| App | Windows | Mac | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asana | Windows Ctrl + W | Mac Cmd + W | Close the tab |
| ChromeOS | Windows Ctrl + W | Mac Not documented | Close the current tab |
| File Explorer | Windows Ctrl + W | Mac Not documented | Close the active tab |
| Google Chrome | Windows Ctrl + W | Mac Cmd + W | Close this browser tab |
| Mattermost | Windows Ctrl + W | Mac Cmd + W | Close the current tab |
| Microsoft Edge | Windows Ctrl + W | Mac Cmd + W | Close this browser tab |
| Miro | Windows Ctrl + W | Mac Cmd + W | Close the tab |
| Mozilla Firefox | Windows Ctrl + W | Mac Cmd + W | Close this browser tab |
| Safari | Windows Not documented | Mac Cmd + W | Close this browser tab |
What most apps settled on for Close the tab
On Windows, Ctrl + W is the combination in 8 of the 8 apps here that document one. On a Mac, it is Cmd + W in 7 of 7. All 8 apps here that document a Windows key use Ctrl + W, which makes this one of the safer habits to carry between apps.
Where the table is deliberately empty
2 apps here publish no Mac key for Close the tab, so those cells are left blank. 1 documents it for Mac only. A blank there is a gap in that maker documentation for Close the tab, not an oversight here, and it is never filled by converting the other system.
If the keys for Close the tab do nothing
The 9 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 close the tab is the kind of command makers move between releases. Report a correction
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