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Google Drive

Select all visible items

CmdA

Mac Web app Google Drive on the web

Practice this

To select all visible items in Google Drive, press Ctrl + A. On a Mac, press Cmd + A instead. It works in the browser version.

Where it works: Drive file list

Every documented variant

Variants of this shortcut
System	Environment	Keys
Mac	Web app	`CmdA`
Windows	Web app	`CtrlA`

Where this comes from

Keyboard shortcuts for Google Drive

Documentation checked on 2026-09-12. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

The same task in other apps

Select everything Adobe After Effects Cmd + A
Select everything Audacity Ctrl + A
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Select everything Blender A
Select everything on the page ChromeOS Ctrl + A
Select everything Eclipse IDE Ctrl + A
Select every note in the list Evernote Cmd + A
Select every clip Final Cut Pro Cmd + A
Select all Mozilla Firefox Ctrl + A
Select everything GarageBand Cmd + A
Select the whole image GIMP Ctrl + A
Select every note Google Keep Cmd + A

More Google Drive shortcuts

Clear the selection Esc
Open the selected items Enter
Open the selected items in a new tab Cmd + Enter
Rename the selected item F2
Share the selected items Cmd + Option + A
Move the selected items to a folder Cmd + Option + M
Star or unstar the selected items Cmd + Option + S
Copy a link to the selected items Cmd + Option + L

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