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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- Adobe Lightroom Documented
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| Use the white balance sampler Photo open | Mac W 1 more variant | Source |
| Show or hide the filmstrip Photo open | Mac / 1 more variant | Source |
| Toggle the zoom states Photo open | Mac Space 1 more variant | Source |
| Cycle the mask colour Masking | Mac ShiftO 1 more variant | Source |
| Export with the previous settings Photo selected | Mac CmdE 1 more variant | Source |
| Open the custom export dialog Photo selected | Mac ShiftE 1 more variant | Source |
| Group photos into a stack Photos selected | Mac CmdG 1 more variant | Source |
| Ungroup the stack Stack selected | Mac ShiftCmdG 1 more variant | Source |
| Apply guided upright Photo open | Mac ShiftG 1 more variant | Source |
| Hide Lightroom Anywhere | Mac CmdH 1 more variant | Source |
| Quit Lightroom Anywhere | Mac CmdQ 1 more variant | Source |
| Create a version Photo open | Mac ShiftM 1 more variant | Source |
| Enter full screen Anywhere | Mac ShiftCmdF 1 more variant | Source |
| Close the window Anywhere | Mac CmdW 1 more variant | Source |
| Remove the photo Photo selected | Mac Delete 1 more variant | Source |
| Hide the other apps Anywhere | Mac OptionCmdH 1 more variant | Source |
| Add photos Anywhere | Mac ShiftCmdI 1 more variant | Source |
| Expand the Versions panel Photo open | Mac ShiftV 1 more variant | Source |
| Expand or retract the Light panel Edit | Mac Cmd1 1 more variant | Source |
| Expand or retract the Color panel Edit | Mac Cmd2 1 more variant | Source |
| Expand or retract the Effects panel Edit | Mac Cmd3 1 more variant | Source |
| Expand or retract the Detail panel Edit | Mac Cmd4 1 more variant | Source |
| Expand or retract the Optics panel Edit | Mac Cmd5 1 more variant | Source |
| Expand or retract the Geometry panel Edit | Mac Cmd6 1 more variant | Source |
| Open the Presets panel Edit | Mac ShiftP 1 more variant | Source |
| Show or hide the histogram Edit | Mac Cmd0 1 more variant | Source |
| Increase the brush size Brush selected | Mac [ 1 more variant | Source |
| Decrease the brush size Brush selected | Mac ] 1 more variant | Source |
| Increase the brush feather Brush selected | Mac Shift[ 1 more variant | Source |
| Decrease the brush feather Brush selected | Mac Shift] 1 more variant | 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
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