Complete Mac keyboard shortcuts reference — 226 shortcuts across 14 categories. Quick reference cheat sheet for macOS.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Cmd + C | Copy |
| Cmd + X | Cut |
| Cmd + V | Paste |
| Cmd + Z | Undo |
| Cmd + Shift + Z | Redo |
| Cmd + A | Select All |
| Cmd + S | Save |
| Cmd + P | |
| Cmd + F | Find |
| Cmd + G | Find Next |
| Cmd + Shift + G | Find Previous |
| Cmd + H | Replace |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Cmd + B | Bold |
| Cmd + I | Italic |
| Cmd + U | Underline |
| Cmd + T | Font |
| Cmd + K | Link |
| Cmd + Delete | Delete Left |
| Option + Delete | Delete Word |
| Ctrl + K | Delete Right |
| Option + Cmd + C | Copy Style |
| Option + Cmd + V | Paste Style |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Cmd + M | Minimize |
| Cmd + W | Close Window |
| Cmd + Q | Quit App |
| Cmd + N | New Window |
| Cmd + T | New Tab |
| Cmd + Option + W | Close All |
| Cmd + ` | Cycle Windows |
| Cmd + H | Hide App |
| Cmd + Option + H | Hide Others |
| Cmd + Tab | Switch Apps |
| Cmd + Shift + Tab | Reverse Switch |
| F3 | Mission Control |
| Cmd + F3 | Show Desktop |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Cmd + N | New Window |
| Cmd + Shift + N | New Folder |
| Cmd + Delete | Move to Trash |
| Cmd + Shift + Delete | Empty Trash |
| Cmd + D | Duplicate |
| Cmd + I | Get Info |
| Cmd + R | Show Original |
| Cmd + L | Make Alias |
| Cmd + E | Eject |
| Cmd + 1/2/3/4 | Change View |
| Cmd + [ | Go Back |
| Cmd + ] | Go Forward |
| Cmd + Up | Parent Folder |
| Cmd + Down | Open Item |
| Cmd + Shift + H | Home |
| Cmd + Shift + D | Desktop |
| Cmd + Shift + O | Documents |
| Cmd + Shift + G | Go to Folder |
| Cmd + Shift + . | Show Hidden |
| Space | Quick Look |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Cmd + Shift + 3 | Full Screen |
| Cmd + Shift + 4 | Area |
| Cmd + Shift + 4 + Space | Window |
| Cmd + Shift + 5 | Screenshot Tool |
| Cmd + Shift + 6 | Touch Bar |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Cmd + Space | Spotlight |
| Cmd + Option + Space | Finder Search |
| Cmd + F | In-App Find |
| Cmd + Option + F | Search Field |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Cmd + , | Preferences |
| Ctrl + Cmd + Q | Lock Screen |
| Ctrl + Cmd + Power | Restart |
| Ctrl + Option + Cmd + Power | Shut Down |
| Ctrl + Shift + Power | Sleep Display |
| Ctrl + Power | Power Dialog |
| Cmd + Control + Power | Force Restart |
| Cmd + Option + Esc | Force Quit |
| Cmd + Shift + Q | Log Out |
| Cmd + Shift + Option + Q | Log Out Now |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Cmd + Option + F5 | Accessibility |
| Cmd + Option + 8 | Zoom Toggle |
| Cmd + Option + +/- | Zoom In/Out |
| Cmd + Option + \ | Invert Colors |
| Ctrl + Option + Cmd + 8 | Grayscale |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Cmd + Ctrl + Space | Emoji Picker |
| Cmd + Shift + / | Help Menu |
| F11 | Show Desktop |
| F12 | Dashboard |
| Cmd + Option + D | Dock Toggle |
| Cmd + Shift + ? | App Help |
| Cmd + Option + I | Show Inspector |
| Cmd + Option + Shift + Delete | Empty Trash Now |
| Cmd + K | Ask Siri |
| Fn + F | Fullscreen |
| Ctrl + Cmd + F | Fullscreen Toggle |
| Cmd + Shift + T | Show Fonts |
| Cmd + Shift + C | Show Colors |
| Cmd + Option + Esc | Force Quit Dialog |
| Cmd + Shift + A | Applications |
| Cmd + Shift + U | Utilities |
| Cmd + Shift + K | Network |
| Cmd + Option + L | Downloads |
| Cmd + Ctrl + D | Dictionary |
| Cmd + Shift + 5 | Screenshot Toolbar |
| Cmd + Option + Power | Sleep |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Cmd + O | Open the selected item, or open a dialog to select a file to open |
| Alt + Cmd + Esc | Force quit an app |
| Cmd + Space bar | Show or hide the Spotlight search field. To perform a Spotlight search from a Finder window |
| Ctrl + Cmd + Space bar | Show the Character Viewer, from which you can choose emoji and other symbols |
| Space bar | Use Quick Look to preview the selected item |
| Shift + Cmd + 5 | In macOS Mojave or later, take a screenshot or make a screen recording. Or use Shift-Command-3 |
| Shift + Cmd + N | Create a new empty folder in the Finder |
| Ctrl + Cmd + N | Create a new folder that contains the currently selected items |
| Cmd + Comma (,) | Open settings (preferences) for the front app |
| Fn + Q | Create a Quick Note |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Power button | Press to turn on your Mac or wake it from sleep |
| Ctrl + Shift + Power button | On built-in keyboards without Touch ID, put your displays to sleep |
| Ctrl + Power button | On built-in keyboards without Touch ID, show a dialog asking whether you want to restart |
| Ctrl + Cmd + Power button | On built-in keyboards without Touch ID, force your Mac to restart, without prompting to save |
| Ctrl + Alt + Cmd + Power button | On built-in keyboards without Touch ID, quit all apps, then shut down your Mac. If any open |
| Shift + Cmd + Q | Log out of your macOS user account. You will be asked to confirm. To log out immediately |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Shift + Cmd + C | Open the Computer window |
| Shift + Cmd + D | Open the desktop folder |
| Shift + Cmd + F | Open the Recents window, showing all of the files you viewed or changed recently |
| Shift + Cmd + G | Open a Go to Folder window |
| Shift + Cmd + H | Open the Home folder of the current macOS user account |
| Shift + Cmd + I | Open iCloud Drive |
| Shift + Cmd + K | Open the Network window |
| Alt + Cmd + L | Open the Downloads folder |
| Shift + Cmd + O | Open the Documents folder |
| Shift + Cmd + P | Show or hide the Preview pane in Finder windows |
| Shift + Cmd + R | Open the AirDrop window |
| Shift + Cmd + T | Show or hide the tab bar in Finder windows |
| Ctrl + Shift + Cmd + T | Add selected Finder item to the Dock (OS X Mavericks or later) |
| Ctrl + Shift | Press and hold while accessing the Dock to use or stop using Dock magnification |
| Shift + Cmd + U | Open the Utilities folder |
| Alt + Cmd + D | Show or hide the Dock |
| Ctrl + Cmd + T | Add the selected item to the sidebar (OS X Mavericks or later) |
| Alt + Cmd + P | Hide or show the path bar in Finder windows |
| Alt + Cmd + S | Hide or show the Sidebar in Finder windows |
| Cmd + Slash | Hide or show the status bar in Finder windows |
| Cmd + J | Show View Options |
| Ctrl + Cmd + A | Make an alias of the selected item |
| Alt + Cmd + N | Create a new Smart Folder |
| Alt + Cmd + T | Show or hide the toolbar when a single tab is open in the current Finder window |
| Alt + Cmd + V | Move the files in the Clipboard from their original location to the current location |
| Cmd + Y | Use Quick Look to preview the selected files |
| Alt + Cmd + Y | View a Quick Look slideshow of the selected files |
| Cmd + 1 | View the items in the Finder window as icons |
| Cmd + 2 | View the items in a Finder window as a list |
| Cmd + 3 | View the items in a Finder window in columns |
| Cmd + 4 | View the items in a Finder window in a gallery |
| Cmd + Up Arrow | Open the folder that contains the current folder |
| Ctrl + Cmd + Up Arrow | Open the folder that contains the current folder in a new window |
| Cmd + Down Arrow | Open the selected item |
| Right Arrow | Open the selected folder. This works only when in list view |
| Left Arrow | Close the selected folder. This works only when in list view |
| Shift + Cmd + Delete | Empty the Trash |
| Alt + Shift + Cmd + Delete | Empty the Trash without confirmation dialog |
| Alt + Brightness Up | Open Displays settings. This works with either Brightness key |
| Ctrl + Brightness Up | Change the brightness of your external display, if supported by your display |
| Alt + Shift + Brightness Up | Adjust the display brightness in smaller steps. Add the Control key to this shortcut to make |
| Ctrl + Up Arrow | Open Mission Control |
| Ctrl + Down Arrow | Show all windows of the front app |
| Alt + Volume Up | Open Sound settings. This works with any of the volume keys |
| Alt + Shift + Volume Up | Adjust the sound volume in smaller steps |
| Cmd | Select multiple items in the Finder |
| Fn + A | Show or hide the Dock |
| Fn + C | Show or hide Control Center |
| Fn + D | Start or stop dictation. You may be able to set a different dictation shortcut in Keyboard |
| Fn + N | Show or hide Notification Center |
| Fn + Shift + A | Show or hide Apps (macOS Tahoe 26 or later) or Launchpad (earlier versions of macOS) |
| Fn | Open the Character Viewer |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + Cmd + D | Show or hide the definition of the selected word |
| Shift + Cmd + Colon | Show the Spelling and Grammar window |
| Cmd + Semicolon (;) | Find misspelled words in the document |
| Alt + Delete | Delete the word to the left of the insertion point |
| Ctrl + H | Delete the character to the left of the insertion point. Or use Delete |
| Ctrl + D | Delete the character to the right of the insertion point. Or use Fn-Delete |
| Fn + Delete | Forward delete on keyboards that don't have a Forward Delete key. Or use Control-D |
| Fn + Up Arrow | Page Up: Scroll up one page |
| Fn + Down Arrow | Page Down: Scroll down one page |
| Fn + Left Arrow | Home: Scroll to the beginning of a document |
| Fn + Right Arrow | End: Scroll to the end of a document |
| Cmd + Left Arrow | Move the insertion point to the beginning of the current line |
| Cmd + Right Arrow | Move the insertion point to the end of the current line |
| Alt + Left Arrow | Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word |
| Alt + Right Arrow | Move the insertion point to the end of the next word |
| Shift + Cmd + Up Arrow | Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the document |
| Shift + Cmd + Down Arrow | Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the document |
| Shift + Cmd + Left Arrow | Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the current line |
| Shift + Cmd + Right Arrow | Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the current line |
| Shift + Up Arrow | Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line |
| Shift + Down Arrow | Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line |
| Shift + Left Arrow | Extend text selection one character to the left |
| Shift + Right Arrow | Extend text selection one character to the right |
| Alt + Shift + Up Arrow | Extend text selection to the beginning of the current paragraph, then to the beginning |
| Alt + Shift + Down Arrow | Extend text selection to the end of the current paragraph, then to the end of the following |
| Alt + Shift + Left Arrow | Extend text selection to the beginning of the current word, then to the beginning |
| Alt + Shift + Right Arrow | Extend text selection to the end of the current word, then to the end of the following word if |
| Ctrl + A | Move to the beginning of the line or paragraph |
| Ctrl + E | Move to the end of a line or paragraph |
| Ctrl + F | Move one character forward |
| Ctrl + B | Move one character backward |
| Ctrl + L | Center the cursor or selection in the visible area |
| Ctrl + P | Move up one line |
| Ctrl + N | Move down one line |
| Ctrl + O | Insert a new line after the insertion point |
| Ctrl + T | Swap the character behind the insertion point with the character in front of the insertion |
| Alt + Cmd + F | Go to the search field |
| Alt + Cmd + C | Copy Style: Copy the formatting settings of the selected item to the Clipboard |
| Alt + Shift + Cmd + V | Paste and Match Style: Apply the style of the surrounding content to the item pasted within |
| Alt + Cmd + I | Show or hide the inspector window |
| Shift + Cmd + S | Show the Save As dialog, or duplicate the current document |
| Shift + Cmd + Minus sign ( + ) | Decrease the size of the selected item |
| Shift + Cmd + Plus sign ( + ) | Increase the size of the selected item. Command-Equal sign (=) performs the same function |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + Alt + Cmd + 8 | Invert colors |
| Ctrl + F2 | Move focus to the menu bar. You can then use the arrow keys to navigate the menu, press Return |
| Ctrl + F3 | Move focus to the Dock |
| Ctrl + F4 | Move focus to the active window or next window |
| Ctrl + F5 | Move focus to the window toolbar |
| Ctrl + F6 | Move focus to the floating window |
| Ctrl + Shift + F6 | Move focus to the previous panel |
| Ctrl + F7 | Change the way Tab moves focus-between navigation of all controls on the screen, or only text |
| Ctrl + F8 | Move focus to the status menu in the menu bar |
| Tab and Shift + Tab | Move to next control, move to previous control |
| Ctrl + Tab | Move to the next control when a text field is selected |
| Ctrl + Shift + Tab | Move to the previous grouping of controls |
| Arrow keys | Move to the adjacent item in a list, tab group, or menu, or move sliders and adjusters |
| Ctrl + Arrow keys | Move to a control adjacent to the text field |
| Alt + Cmd + F5 | Show the Accessibility Shortcuts panel |
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