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Mozilla Thunderbird keyboard shortcuts

Reading, writing, tagging, and moving between messages in Thunderbird.

95 shortcuts Windows checked September 14, 2026

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This app has a Windows catalog in Shortivo. No other operating system is published for it yet.

Everything Clipboard Files and printing Messages and mail Navigation Paragraphs and lists Selection Tabs and windows Text formatting
Matching shortcuts
Action Keys Row actions
Close the window or tab Anywhere Windows CtrlW Source
Reopen the tab you closed Anywhere Windows CtrlShiftT Source
Save the draft Writing a message Windows CtrlS Source
Send the message now Writing a message Windows CtrlEnter Source
Send the message later Writing a message Windows CtrlShiftEnter Source
Show or hide the contacts sidebar Writing a message Windows F9 Source
Show or hide the attachment pane Writing a message Windows AltM Source
Paste as a quotation Writing a message Windows CtrlShiftO Source
Paste without formatting Writing a message Windows CtrlShiftV Source
Rewrap the message text Writing a message Windows CtrlR Source
Insert a link Writing a message Windows CtrlK Source
Remove links from the selection Writing a message Windows CtrlShiftK Source
Find and replace Writing a message Windows CtrlH Source
Check the spelling Writing a message Windows CtrlShiftP Source
Attach a file Writing a message Windows CtrlShiftA Source
Insert a line break Writing a message Windows ShiftEnter Source
Bold the text Writing a message Windows CtrlB Source
Italicise the text Writing a message Windows CtrlI Source
Underline the text Writing a message Windows CtrlU Source
Use a fixed width font Writing a message Windows CtrlT Source
Remove text styles Writing a message Windows CtrlShiftY Source
Increase the indent Writing a message Windows Ctrl] Source
Decrease the indent Writing a message Windows Ctrl[ Source
Make the font larger Writing a message Windows Ctrl> Source
Make the font smaller Writing a message Windows Ctrl< Source
Show or hide the Today pane Calendar Windows F11 Source
Open the calendar tab Anywhere Windows Alt3 Source
Open the tasks tab Anywhere Windows Alt4 Source
Create an event Calendar Windows CtrlI Source
Create a task Calendar Windows CtrlD Source

About Mozilla Thunderbird and its shortcuts

Thunderbird is the long-running desktop mail client, and its keyboard covers reading, filing and composing without the mouse, along with the folder and tag commands that make a large local archive navigable.

Shortivo publishes the Windows list. Thunderbird's interface was substantially rebuilt in recent releases, and add-ons can add or override bindings.

Where the Mozilla Thunderbird keys came from

Read from 1 documentation page published by the makers of Mozilla Thunderbird. Report a key that is wrong

To see how one action is done in other apps as well as Mozilla Thunderbird, browse the shortcuts by task. Shortcuts by task