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Adobe After Effects

Show or hide guides

Ctrl;

Windows Desktop app After Effects desktop, default shortcuts

Practice this

To show or hide guides in Adobe After Effects, press Ctrl + Semicolon. On a Mac, press Cmd + Semicolon instead.

Where it works: Composition panel

Every documented variant

Variants of this shortcut
System Environment Keys
Mac Desktop app Cmd;
Windows Desktop app Ctrl;

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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