Windows 10
Keyboard shortcuts are keys or combinations of keys that provide an alternative way to do
something that you’d typically do with a mouse. Click an option below, and it'll open to display a
table of related shortcuts:
Press this key To do this
Ctrl + X Cut the selected item.
Ctrl + C (or Ctrl +
Copy the selected item.
Insert)
Ctrl + V (or Shift +
Paste the selected item.
Insert)
Ctrl + Z Undo an action.
Alt + Tab Switch between open apps.
Alt + F4 Close the active item, or exit the active app.
Windows logo
Lock your PC.
key + L
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Display and hide the desktop.
key + D
F2 Rename the selected item.
F3 Search for a file or folder in File Explorer.
F4 Display the address bar list in File Explorer.
F5 Refresh the active window.
F6 Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop.
F10 Activate the Menu bar in the active app.
Alt + F8 Show your password on the sign-in screen.
Alt + Esc Cycle through items in the order in which they were opened.
Alt + underlined
Perform the command for that letter.
letter
Alt + Enter Display properties for the selected item.
Alt + Spacebar Open the shortcut menu for the active window.
Alt + Left arrow Go back.
Alt + Right arrow Go forward.
Alt + Page Up Move up one screen.
Alt + Page Down Move down one screen.
Close the active document (in apps that are full-screen and let you have
Ctrl + F4
multiple documents open at the same time).
Ctrl + A Select all items in a document or window.
Ctrl + D (or Delete) Delete the selected item and move it to the Recycle Bin.
Ctrl + R (or F5) Refresh the active window.
Ctrl + Y Redo an action.
Ctrl + Right arrow Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word.
Ctrl + Left arrow Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word.
Ctrl + Down arrow Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph.
Ctrl + Up arrow Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph.
Ctrl + Alt + Tab Use the arrow keys to switch between all open apps.
Alt + Shift + arrow When a group or tile is in focus on the Start menu, move it in the direction
keys specified.
Ctrl + Shift + arrow When a tile is in focus on the Start menu, move it into another tile to
keys create a folder.
Ctrl + arrow keys Resize the Start menu when it's open.
Ctrl + arrow key (to
move to an item) + Select multiple individual items in a window or on the desktop.
Spacebar
Ctrl + Shift with an
Select a block of text.
arrow key
Ctrl + Esc Open Start.
Ctrl + Shift + Esc Open Task Manager.
Ctrl + Shift Switch the keyboard layout when multiple keyboard layouts are available.
Ctrl + Spacebar Turn the Chinese input method editor (IME) on or off.
Shift + F10 Display the shortcut menu for the selected item.
Shift with any arrow Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in
key a document.
Shift + Delete Delete the selected item without moving it to the Recycle Bin first.
Right arrow Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu.
Left arrow Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu.
Esc Stop or leave the current task.
Take a screenshot of your whole screen and copy it to the clipboard.
Note
PrtScn You can change this shortcut so it also opens screen snipping,
which lets you edit your screenshot. Select Start > Settings >
Ease of Access > Keyboard, and turn on the toggle under Print
Screen shortcut.
