Adobe Lightroom keyboard shortcuts
Editing panels, brushes, flags, ratings, and view shortcuts for Lightroom desktop.
74 shortcuts Mac and Windows checked September 14, 2026
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73 actions and 73 key variants match.
- Adobe Lightroom Documented
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| Use the white balance sampler Photo open | Windows W | Source |
| Show or hide the filmstrip Photo open | Windows / | Source |
| Toggle the zoom states Photo open | Windows Space | Source |
| Cycle the mask colour Masking | Windows ShiftO | Source |
| Export with the previous settings Photo selected | Windows CtrlE | Source |
| Open the custom export dialog Photo selected | Windows ShiftE | Source |
| Group photos into a stack Photos selected | Windows CtrlG | Source |
| Ungroup the stack Stack selected | Windows ShiftCtrlG | Source |
| Apply guided upright Photo open | Windows ShiftG | Source |
| Hide Lightroom Anywhere | Windows CtrlH | Source |
| Quit Lightroom Anywhere | Windows CtrlQ | Source |
| Create a version Photo open | Windows CtrlShiftS | Source |
| Enter full screen Anywhere | Windows F11 | Source |
| Close the window Anywhere | Windows CtrlW | Source |
| Remove the photo Photo selected | Windows Delete | Source |
| Hide the other apps Anywhere | Windows AltCtrlH | Source |
| Add photos Anywhere | Windows ShiftCtrlI | Source |
| Expand the Versions panel Photo open | Windows ShiftV | Source |
| Expand or retract the Light panel Edit | Windows Ctrl1 | Source |
| Expand or retract the Color panel Edit | Windows Ctrl2 | Source |
| Expand or retract the Effects panel Edit | Windows Ctrl3 | Source |
| Expand or retract the Detail panel Edit | Windows Ctrl4 | Source |
| Expand or retract the Optics panel Edit | Windows Ctrl5 | Source |
| Expand or retract the Geometry panel Edit | Windows Ctrl6 | Source |
| Open the Presets panel Edit | Windows ShiftP | Source |
| Show or hide the histogram Edit | Windows Ctrl0 | Source |
| Increase the brush size Brush selected | Windows [ | Source |
| Decrease the brush size Brush selected | Windows ] | Source |
| Increase the brush feather Brush selected | Windows Shift[ | Source |
| Decrease the brush feather Brush selected | Windows Shift] | Source |
About Adobe Lightroom and its shortcuts
Lightroom splits into modules, and each has its own keyboard: the library for sorting, rating and finding photographs, and the editing views for adjusting them. The rating and flagging commands are the ones that matter most, because culling a shoot is a repetitive job the keyboard makes bearable.
Adobe ships both Lightroom Classic and the newer Lightroom, and they are different programs with different commands. Check which one you are running before trusting any list, including this one.
Where the Adobe Lightroom keys came from
Read from 1 documentation page published by the makers of Adobe Lightroom. Report a key that is wrong
To see how one action is done in other apps as well as Adobe Lightroom, browse the shortcuts by task. Shortcuts by task