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Select all the text

CtrlShiftA

Windows Desktop app Windows Terminal default settings

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Press Ctrl + Shift + A to select all the text in Windows Terminal. It is listed for Windows, and no Mac version is documented here.

Where it works: Anywhere

Where this comes from

Windows Terminal defaults.json - microsoft/terminal

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

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More Windows Terminal shortcuts

Start mark mode to select with the keyboard Ctrl + Shift + M
Scroll down one line Ctrl + Shift + Down arrow
Scroll down one page Ctrl + Shift + Page Down
Scroll up one line Ctrl + Shift + Up arrow
Scroll up one page Ctrl + Shift + Page Up
Scroll to the start of the history Ctrl + Shift + Home
Scroll to the latest output Ctrl + Shift + End
Clear the whole buffer Ctrl + Shift + K

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