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 |
|---|---|---|
| Choose the adjustment brush Photo open | Mac B 1 more variant | Source |
| Choose the healing brush Photo open | Mac H 1 more variant | Source |
| Merge to HDR Several photos selected | Mac CmdH 1 more variant | Source |
| Merge to panorama Several photos selected | Mac CmdM 1 more variant | Source |
| Flag the photo as a pick Photo selected | Mac Z 1 more variant | Source |
| Remove the pick flag Photo selected | Mac U 1 more variant | Source |
| Flag the photo as rejected Photo selected | Mac X 1 more variant | Source |
| Set the rating to zero stars Photo selected | Mac 0 1 more variant | Source |
| Set the rating to one star Photo selected | Mac 1 1 more variant | Source |
| Set the rating to two stars Photo selected | Mac 2 1 more variant | Source |
| Set the rating to three stars Photo selected | Mac 3 1 more variant | Source |
| Set the rating to four stars Photo selected | Mac 4 1 more variant | Source |
| Set the rating to five stars Photo selected | Mac 5 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
To see how one action is done in other apps as well as Adobe Lightroom, browse the shortcuts by task. Shortcuts by task