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ChromeOS keyboard shortcuts

Tabs, windows, text editing, desks, and accessibility keys on a Chromebook.

81 shortcuts ChromeOS checked September 14, 2026

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This app has a ChromeOS catalog in Shortivo. No other operating system is published for it yet.

Everything Clipboard Editing Files and printing Navigation Search Selection System Tabs and windows View and zoom
Matching shortcuts
Action Keys Row actions
Paste as plain text Editing text ChromeOS CtrlShiftV Source
Cut the selection Editing text ChromeOS CtrlX Source
Delete the previous word Editing text ChromeOS CtrlBackspace Source
Delete the next character Editing text ChromeOS AltBackspace Source
Undo the last action Editing text ChromeOS CtrlZ Source
Redo the last action Editing text ChromeOS CtrlShiftZ Source
Switch between your input languages Several languages set up ChromeOS CtrlShiftSpace Source
Insert an emoji Editing text ChromeOS SearchShiftSpace Source
Turn ChromeVox on or off Anywhere ChromeOS CtrlAltZ Source
Turn on high contrast mode Anywhere ChromeOS SearchCtrlH Source
Magnify the whole screen Anywhere ChromeOS CtrlSearchM Source
Magnify part of the screen Anywhere ChromeOS CtrlSearchD Source
Highlight the launcher button on the shelf Anywhere ChromeOS ShiftAltL Source
Highlight the bookmarks bar Bookmarks bar shown ChromeOS ShiftAltB Source
Highlight the row with the address bar Browser ChromeOS ShiftAltT Source
Create a new desk Desks ChromeOS ShiftSearch= Source
Put a window on every desk Desks ChromeOS ShiftSearchA Source
Switch to the desk on the left Desks ChromeOS Search[ Source
Switch to the desk on the right Desks ChromeOS Search] Source
Send a window to the desk on the left Desks ChromeOS ShiftSearch[ Source
Send a window to the desk on the right Desks ChromeOS ShiftSearch] Source

About ChromeOS and its shortcuts

ChromeOS is a browser that became an operating system, and its keyboard shows that history: window and desk management sit alongside commands that would be browser commands anywhere else. Its launcher key does the work a Windows key or Command key does elsewhere, and the built-in shortcut viewer is genuinely good.

Chromebook keyboards differ from PC ones, with a search or launcher key where caps lock usually sits and a top row of dedicated keys rather than function keys, so a combination written for Windows rarely transfers unchanged.

Where the ChromeOS keys came from

Read from 1 documentation page published by the makers of ChromeOS. Report a key that is wrong

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