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Adobe After Effects

Deselect everything

CmdShiftA

Mac Desktop app After Effects desktop, default shortcuts

Practice this

Press Ctrl + Shift + A to deselect everything in Adobe After Effects. On a Mac, press Cmd + Shift + A instead.

Where it works: Anywhere

F2 does the same thing.

Every documented variant

Variants of this shortcut
System Environment Keys
Mac Desktop app CmdShiftA
Windows Desktop app CtrlShiftA

Where this comes from

Keyboard shortcuts in After Effects

Documentation checked on 2026-09-14. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

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