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JupyterLab keyboard shortcuts

Notebook cells, command mode, running code, and the workspace in JupyterLab.

57 shortcuts Mac and Windows checked September 14, 2026

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Action Keys Row actions
Change the cell to code Notebook, command mode Mac Y 1 more variant Source
Change the cell to Markdown Notebook, command mode Mac M 1 more variant Source
Change the cell to raw Notebook, command mode Mac R 1 more variant Source
Make the Markdown cell a level one heading Markdown cell, command mode Mac 1 1 more variant Source
Make the Markdown cell a level two heading Markdown cell, command mode Mac 2 1 more variant Source
Copy the cell Notebook, command mode Mac C 1 more variant Source
Cut the cell Notebook, command mode Mac X 1 more variant Source
Delete the cell Notebook, command mode Mac DD 1 more variant Source
Return to command mode Notebook, edit mode Mac Esc 1 more variant Source
Start editing the cell Notebook, command mode Mac Enter 1 more variant Source
Extend the selection to the cell above Notebook, command mode Mac ShiftUp arrow 1 more variant Source
Extend the selection to the cell below Notebook, command mode Mac ShiftDown arrow 1 more variant Source
Extend the selection to the top Notebook, command mode Mac ShiftHome 1 more variant Source
Extend the selection to the bottom Notebook, command mode Mac ShiftEnd 1 more variant Source
Insert a cell above Notebook, command mode Mac A 1 more variant Source
Insert a cell below Notebook, command mode Mac B 1 more variant Source
Merge the selected cells Notebook, command mode Mac ShiftM 1 more variant Source
Merge with the cell above Notebook, command mode Mac CtrlBackspace 1 more variant Source
Merge with the cell below Notebook, command mode Mac CtrlShiftM 1 more variant Source
Select the cell below Notebook, command mode Mac Down arrow 1 more variant Source
Select the cell above Notebook, command mode Mac Up arrow 1 more variant Source
Collapse the heading or go to the one above Notebook, command mode Mac Left arrow 1 more variant Source
Expand the heading or go to the one below Notebook, command mode Mac Right arrow 1 more variant Source
Insert a heading above Notebook, command mode Mac ShiftA 1 more variant Source
Insert a heading below Notebook, command mode Mac ShiftB 1 more variant Source
Collapse every heading Notebook, command mode Mac CtrlShiftLeft arrow 1 more variant Source
Expand every heading Notebook, command mode Mac CtrlShiftRight arrow 1 more variant Source
Paste the cell below Notebook, command mode Mac V 1 more variant Source
Redo a cell action Notebook, command mode Mac ShiftZ 1 more variant Source
Undo a cell action Notebook, command mode Mac Z 1 more variant Source

About JupyterLab and its shortcuts

JupyterLab has two keyboard worlds, and most confusion about it comes from not knowing which one you are in. In command mode the keys act on cells: adding, deleting, moving, changing type. In edit mode they act on the text inside a cell. Running a cell is the bridge between them, and almost everything else follows from that split.

JupyterLab runs in a browser, so the browser takes some combinations first, and the classic Notebook interface does not share every binding. Extensions can add and rebind commands.

Where the JupyterLab keys came from

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

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