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Blender keyboard shortcuts

Modeling, selection, animation, and navigation keys for the free 3D suite.

85 shortcuts Mac and Windows checked September 14, 2026

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Every system Mac Windows
Everything Clipboard Editing Files and printing Formulas and data Navigation Presenting Search Selection Tabs and windows View and zoom
Matching shortcuts
Action Keys Row actions
Open a file Anywhere Windows CtrlO Source
Save the file Anywhere Windows CtrlS Source
Start a new file Anywhere Windows CtrlN Source
Undo Anywhere Windows CtrlZ Source
Redo Anywhere Windows ShiftCtrlZ Source
Quit Blender Anywhere Windows CtrlQ Source
Get help for what is under the pointer Anywhere Windows F1 Source
Rename the active item Anywhere Windows F2 Source
Search for an operator Anywhere Windows F3 Source
Open the file context menu Anywhere Windows F4 Source
Adjust the last operation Anywhere Windows F9 Source
Show the render window Anywhere Windows F11 Source
Render the current frame Anywhere Windows F12 Source
Open your quick favorites Anywhere Windows Q Source
Maximize or restore the area Anywhere Windows CtrlSpace Source
Fill the screen with the area Anywhere Windows CtrlAltSpace Source
Go to the next workspace Anywhere Windows CtrlPage Up Source
Go to the previous workspace Anywhere Windows CtrlPage Down Source
Play the animation backwards Anywhere Windows ShiftCtrlSpace Source
Select everything 3D Viewport, UV or Graph editor Windows A Source
Select nothing 3D Viewport, UV or Graph editor Windows AltA Source
Invert the selection 3D Viewport, UV or Graph editor Windows CtrlI Source
Hide the selected items 3D Viewport, UV or Graph editor Windows H Source
Reveal hidden items 3D Viewport, UV or Graph editor Windows AltH Source
Show or hide the toolbar 3D Viewport, UV or Graph editor Windows T Source
Show or hide the sidebar 3D Viewport, UV or Graph editor Windows N Source
Switch in or out of edit mode 3D Viewport Windows Tab Source
Open the mode switching pie menu 3D Viewport Windows CtrlTab Source
Open the view navigation pie menu 3D Viewport Windows ` Source
Show or hide gizmos 3D Viewport Windows Ctrl` Source

About Blender and its shortcuts

Blender's keyboard is famous, and for a reason: it is not an accessory to the interface, it is the interface. Commands depend on which editor your pointer is hovering over, and the core transform operations read almost like a language, with a key for the operation and then an axis to constrain it.

Hover context matters more in Blender than anywhere else here, so the same key does different things in the viewport, the timeline and the outliner. Keymaps are fully configurable and Blender ships more than one, including an industry compatible set.

Where the Blender keys came from

Read from 3 documentation pages published by the makers of Blender. Report a key that is wrong

To see how one action is done in other apps as well as Blender, browse the shortcuts by task. Shortcuts by task