GIMP keyboard shortcuts
Tools, selections, layers, views, and filters in the free image editor.
91 shortcuts Windows checked September 14, 2026
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This app has a Windows catalog in Shortivo. No other operating system is published for it yet.
- GIMP Documented
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| Create a new image Anywhere | Windows CtrlN | Source |
| Open an image Anywhere | Windows CtrlO | Source |
| Open files as layers Image open | Windows CtrlAltO | Source |
| Duplicate the image Image open | Windows CtrlD | Source |
| Save the image Image open | Windows CtrlS | Source |
| Save the image under a new name Image open | Windows CtrlShiftS | Source |
| Export the image Image open | Windows CtrlE | Source |
| Export to a new name or format Image open | Windows CtrlShiftE | Source |
| Close every image Anywhere | Windows CtrlShiftW | Source |
| Close the current view Image open | Windows CtrlW | Source |
| Show the file in the file manager Image open | Windows CtrlAltF | Source |
| Quit GIMP Anywhere | Windows CtrlQ | Source |
| Undo the last change Image open | Windows CtrlZ | Source |
| Redo the undone change Image open | Windows CtrlY | Source |
| Cut the selection Selection active | Windows CtrlX | Source |
| Copy the selection Selection active | Windows CtrlC | Source |
| Copy from every visible layer Selection active | Windows CtrlShiftC | Source |
| Paste from the clipboard Image open | Windows CtrlV | Source |
| Paste in the original position Image open | Windows CtrlAltV | Source |
| Paste as a new image Anywhere | Windows CtrlShiftV | Source |
| Clear the selected area Selection active | Windows Delete | Source |
| Fill with the foreground colour Image open | Windows Ctrl, | Source |
| Fill with the background colour Image open | Windows Ctrl. | Source |
| Fill with the active pattern Image open | Windows Ctrl; | Source |
| Select the whole image Image open | Windows CtrlA | Source |
| Select nothing Image open | Windows CtrlShiftA | Source |
| Invert the selection Selection active | Windows CtrlI | Source |
| Cut the selection and float it Selection active | Windows CtrlShiftL | Source |
| Create a new layer Image open | Windows CtrlShiftN | Source |
| Duplicate the selected layers Image open | Windows CtrlShiftD | Source |
About GIMP and its shortcuts
GIMP is the long-running free image editor, and its shortcuts cover tools, selections, layers and the view. Its tool letters will feel familiar to anyone who has used another raster editor, though the layer and dialog commands follow GIMP's own logic rather than a competitor's.
GIMP lets you rebind everything and ships a way to adopt another program's set, so a configured installation can differ widely. Shortivo publishes the Windows list, and version 3 moved some commands.
Where the GIMP keys came from
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To see how one action is done in other apps as well as GIMP, browse the shortcuts by task. Shortcuts by task