Signal Desktop keyboard shortcuts
Chats, search, messages, and the composer in Signal Desktop.
29 shortcuts Mac and Windows checked September 14, 2026
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6 actions and 12 key variants match.
- Signal Desktop Documented
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| Search within the conversation Navigation | Mac CmdShiftF 1 more variant | Source |
| Focus the message composer Navigation | Mac CmdShiftT 1 more variant | Source |
| Archive the conversation Navigation | Mac CmdShiftA 1 more variant | Source |
| Unarchive the conversation Navigation | Mac CmdShiftU 1 more variant | Source |
| Close the current conversation Navigation | Mac CmdShiftC 1 more variant | Source |
| Remove every draft attachment Composer | Mac CmdShiftP 1 more variant | Source |
About Signal Desktop and its shortcuts
Signal Desktop keeps a deliberately small keyboard: moving between conversations, searching, starting a new message, and the calling controls. The list is short because the application is, and that is a design choice rather than an omission.
Signal Desktop depends on a linked phone and changes with the application rather than with any web standard, so an un-updated installation can differ from the current documentation.
Where the Signal Desktop keys came from
Read from 1 documentation page published by the makers of Signal Desktop. Report a key that is wrong
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