Apple Mail keyboard shortcuts
Writing, replying, filing, and viewing email in Mail on a Mac.
25 shortcuts Mac checked September 14, 2026
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This app has a Mac catalog in Shortivo. No other operating system is published for it yet.
9 actions and 9 key variants match.
- Apple Mail Documented
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| Reply to the sender Email selected | Mac CmdR | Source |
| Reply to everyone Email selected | Mac ShiftCmdR | Source |
| Forward the email Email selected | Mac ShiftCmdF | Source |
| Redirect the email Email selected | Mac ShiftCmdE | Source |
| Mark emails as read or unread Email selected | Mac ShiftCmdU | Source |
| Move emails to the suggested mailbox Email selected | Mac CtrlCmdM | Source |
| Move emails to the junk mailbox Email selected | Mac ShiftCmdJ | Source |
| Archive the selected emails Email selected | Mac CtrlCmdA | Source |
| Apply your mail rules Email selected | Mac CtrlCmdL | Source |
About Apple Mail and its shortcuts
Apple Mail follows macOS conventions closely, so much of its keyboard is the system's rather than the application's: the same text editing and window commands work here as everywhere else. What is particular to Mail is the triage set for marking, flagging, filing and moving between mailboxes.
Apple Mail is Mac only here. Some commands depend on which pane has focus, and others only appear when a mailbox supports the action, such as archiving on an account that has an archive folder.
Where the Apple Mail keys came from
Read from 1 documentation page published by the makers of Apple Mail. Report a key that is wrong
To see how one action is done in other apps as well as Apple Mail, browse the shortcuts by task. Shortcuts by task