Microsoft Access keyboard shortcuts
Views, datasheets, records, and design tools in Access desktop databases.
40 shortcuts Windows checked September 14, 2026
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- Microsoft Access Documented
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| Save the current record Entering data | Windows ShiftEnter | Source |
| Requery the underlying tables Datasheet or form view | Windows ShiftF9 | Source |
| Refresh a lookup list Combo or list box | Windows F9 | Source |
| Open the zoom box Entering data | Windows ShiftF2 | Source |
| Find the next match again Datasheet or form view | Windows ShiftF4 | Source |
| Turn on extend selection mode Datasheet view | Windows F8 | Source |
| Undo your typing Entering data | Windows CtrlZ | Source |
| Exit Access Anywhere | Windows AltF4 | Source |
| Delete everything right of the cursor Editing a field | Windows CtrlDelete | Source |
| Move to the next pane Anywhere | Windows F6 | Source |
About Microsoft Access and its shortcuts
Microsoft Access is a desktop database, and its keyboard spans several interfaces in one program: the navigation pane, datasheets, forms, queries and the design views behind them. The datasheet commands feel like a spreadsheet, while the design views follow older Office conventions.
Access is Windows only, so there is no Mac column. Commands depend heavily on which object and which view you are in, and a form can override them with its own.
Where the Microsoft Access keys came from
Read from 1 documentation page published by the makers of Microsoft Access. Report a key that is wrong
To see how one action is done in other apps as well as Microsoft Access, browse the shortcuts by task. Shortcuts by task