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Adobe After Effects

Ungroup the selected shapes

CmdShiftG

Mac Desktop app After Effects desktop, default shortcuts

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Press Ctrl + Shift + G to ungroup the selected shapes in Adobe After Effects. On a Mac, press Cmd + Shift + G instead.

Where it works: Shape layer

Every documented variant

Variants of this shortcut
System	Environment	Keys
Mac	Desktop app	`CmdShiftG`
Windows	Desktop app	`CtrlShiftG`

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.

The same task in other apps

Ungroup the selection Canva Cmd + Shift + G
Ungroup the selection Figma Cmd + Shift + G
Ungroup the selection Adobe Illustrator Cmd + Shift + G
Ungroup the selected group LibreOffice Impress Shift + Cmd + Option + A
Ungroup the selection Inkscape Cmd + Shift + G
Ungroup the clips Kdenlive Ctrl + Shift + G
Ungroup the selected objects Keynote Option + Shift + Cmd + G
Take the layers out of their group Krita Ctrl + Alt + G
Ungroup the stack Adobe Lightroom Shift + Cmd + G
Ungroup the items Miro Cmd + Shift + G
Ungroup the selected objects Numbers Option + Shift + Cmd + G
Ungroup the selected objects Pages Option + Shift + Cmd + G

More Adobe After Effects shortcuts

Save the project Cmd + S
Increment and save the project Cmd + Option + Shift + S
Save the project under a new name Cmd + Shift + S
Add the composition to the render queue Cmd + Shift + /
Add the current frame to the render queue Cmd + Option + S
Add the composition to the Media Encoder queue Cmd + Option + M
Select everything Cmd + A
Deselect everything Cmd + Shift + A

See every Adobe After Effects shortcut

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