Skip to the main content

GIMP

Open an image

CtrlO

Windows Desktop app GIMP default shortcuts

Practice this

To open an image in GIMP, press Ctrl + O. It is listed for Windows, and no Mac version is documented here.

Where it works: Anywhere

Where this comes from

GIMP default accelerators - GNOME/gimp source

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

The same task in other apps

Open an existing database Microsoft Access Ctrl + O
Open a project Adobe After Effects Cmd + O
Open a file Audacity Ctrl + O
Open a file Blender Ctrl + O
Open a file in the browser ChromeOS Ctrl + O
Open an existing SQL script DBeaver F3
Open a project TikTok Effect House Cmd + O
Open workbook Microsoft Excel Ctrl + O
Open a project GarageBand Cmd + O
Open a scene Godot Engine Cmd + O
Open Google Docs Ctrl + O
Open Google Sheets Ctrl + O

More GIMP shortcuts

Open files as layers Ctrl + Alt + O
Duplicate the image Ctrl + D
Save the image Ctrl + S
Save the image under a new name Ctrl + Shift + S
Export the image Ctrl + E
Export to a new name or format Ctrl + Shift + E
Close every image Ctrl + Shift + W
Close the current view Ctrl + W

See every GIMP shortcut

Report a correction