Obsidian keyboard shortcuts
Default hotkeys for notes, search, navigation, and formatting.
16 shortcuts Mac and Windows
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4 actions and 4 key variants match.
- Obsidian Published, not yet source checked
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| Search inside this note Current note Not yet source checked | Windows CtrlF | Source |
| Create a note Vault Not yet source checked | Windows CtrlN | Source |
| Switch between editing and reading Current note Not yet source checked | Windows CtrlE | Source |
| Insert a link Editing a note Not yet source checked | Windows CtrlK | Source |
About Obsidian and its shortcuts
Obsidian is a local notes application built on plain files, and its keyboard centres on the command palette, the quick switcher between notes, and the panes and tabs you arrange around them. Linking notes is the action it is designed around, and it has keys for it.
Community plugins add bindings freely and every default can be changed, so two installations rarely match. Obsidian also changes defaults between major versions.
Where the Obsidian keys came from
Read from 1 documentation page published by the makers of Obsidian. Report a key that is wrong
To see how one action is done in other apps as well as Obsidian, browse the shortcuts by task. Shortcuts by task