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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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Action Keys Row actions
Go to the previous conversation Navigation Mac OptionUp arrow 1 more variant Source
Go to the next conversation Navigation Mac OptionDown arrow 1 more variant Source
Go to the previous unread conversation Navigation Mac OptionShiftUp arrow 1 more variant Source
Go to the next unread conversation Navigation Mac OptionShiftDown arrow 1 more variant Source
Send from the expanded composer Expanded composer Mac CmdEnter 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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