---
title: "Chrome Browser Shortcuts Cheatsheet | FindUtils"
description: "Find Chrome tab, navigation, search, and page shortcuts. Use separate Windows, Linux, and Mac key references with links to official documentation."
url: https://findutils.com/cheatsheets/browser-shortcuts/
---

# Chrome Browser Shortcuts Cheatsheet

Find Chrome tab, navigation, search, and page shortcuts. Use separate Windows, Linux, and Mac key references with links to official documentation. 39 shortcuts in 7 sections, filed under [Shortcuts & Productivity](https://findutils.com/cheatsheets/shortcuts/).

## Before you use the keys

- `Google Chrome on desktop`: These assignments apply to Chrome, not every browser
- `Windows and Linux: Ctrl`: Use the Windows and Linux sections for those systems
- `Mac: Command`: Use the separate Mac section; modifier keys are not interchangeable
- `Keyboard and app differences`: Desktop settings and extensions can change key assignments

## Windows and Linux: tabs and windows

- `Ctrl + T`: Open a tab
- `Ctrl + N`: Open a window
- `Ctrl + Shift + N`: Open an Incognito window
- `Ctrl + Shift + T`: Reopen the most recently closed tab; repeat for earlier tabs
- `Ctrl + W`: Close the current tab
- `Ctrl + Tab / Ctrl + Shift + Tab`: Move to the next or previous tab

## Windows and Linux: navigation

- `Ctrl + L`: Select the address bar
- `Alt + Left / Right`: Go back or forward in the tab history
- `Ctrl + R`: Reload the current page
- `Ctrl + Shift + R`: Reload the page without cached content
- `Alt + Home`: Open the home page in the current tab
- `Ctrl + H`: Open History

## Windows and Linux: page tools

- `Ctrl + F`: Find text on the page
- `Ctrl + D`: Bookmark the current page
- `Ctrl + J`: Open Downloads
- `Ctrl + P`: Open the print dialog
- `Ctrl + 0`: Reset page zoom
- `Ctrl + 1 through Ctrl + 8`: Select the tab at that numbered position

## Mac: tabs and navigation

- `Command + T`: Open a tab
- `Command + N`: Open a window
- `Shift + Command + N`: Open an Incognito window
- `Shift + Command + T`: Reopen the most recently closed tab
- `Command + W`: Close the current tab
- `Command + L`: Select the address bar
- `Command + [ / Command + ]`: Go back or forward in the tab history

## Mac: page tools

- `Command + R`: Reload the page
- `Shift + Command + R`: Reload the page without cached content
- `Command + F`: Find text on the page
- `Command + D`: Bookmark the current page
- `Command + P`: Open the print dialog
- `Command + 0`: Reset page zoom

## Sources and related references

- `https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/157179?hl=en`: Check Chrome shortcuts for each operating system
- `https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95464?hl=en`: Check Incognito limits; it does not make you anonymous
- `/cheatsheets/windows-shortcuts/`: Find Windows window and desktop shortcuts
- `/cheatsheets/mac-shortcuts/`: Find Mac application and Finder shortcuts

## Related

- Cheatsheet: [Spreadsheet Formulas](https://findutils.com/cheatsheets/spreadsheet-formulas/)
- Cheatsheet: [Windows 11 Keyboard Shortcuts](https://findutils.com/cheatsheets/windows-shortcuts/)
- Cheatsheet: [Mac Keyboard Shortcuts](https://findutils.com/cheatsheets/mac-shortcuts/)
- Guide: [Move Windows Internet Shortcuts to a Mac](https://findutils.com/guides/url-to-webloc/)
- Guide: [Move Mac Website Shortcuts to a Windows PC](https://findutils.com/guides/webloc-to-url/)
- Guide: [Compare Two Bookmark Exports: Added, Removed and Moved Links](https://findutils.com/guides/bookmarks-diff/)
- Tool: [Keyboard Shortcut Finder](https://findutils.com/productivity/keyboard-shortcut-finder/)
- Tool: [Internet Shortcuts to CSV](https://findutils.com/convert/internet-shortcuts-to-csv/)
- Tool: [SQLite Browser](https://findutils.com/developers/sqlite-browser/)