Apple macOS 26 Keyboard Shortcuts for macOS

MacOS Keyboard Shortcuts. View system hotkeys online or download free PDF Cheat Sheet to navigate and work faster and master MacOS 26 Tahoe.

Cut the selected item and copy it to the Clipboard: Cmd+X
Copy the selected item to the Clipboard. This also works for files in the Finder: Cmd+C
Paste the contents of the Clipboard into the current document or app. This also works for files in the Finder: Cmd+V
Undo the previous command. In some apps, you can undo and redo multiple commands: Cmd+Z
Redo, reversing the undo command. In some apps, you can undo and redo multiple commands: Cmd+Shift+Z
Select All items: Cmd+A
Find items in a document or open a Find window: Cmd+F
Find Again: Find the next occurrence of the item previously found: Cmd+G
Find the previous occurrence: Cmd+Shift+G
Hide the windows of the front app: Cmd+H
View the front app but hide all other apps: Cmd+Opt+H
Minimize the front window to the Dock: Cmd+M
Minimize all windows of the front app: Cmd+Opt+M
Open the selected item, or open a dialog to select a file to open: Cmd+O
Open a print dialog so that you can print the current document: Cmd+P
Quit the current app: Cmd+Q
Save the current document: Cmd+S

Open a new tab: Cmd+T
Close the front window: Cmd+W
Close all windows of the app: Cmd+Opt+W
Force quit an app: Cmd+Opt+Esc
Show or hide the Spotlight search field. In some versions of macOS, if you use multiple input sources to type in different languages, these shortcuts change input sources: Cmd+Space
Perform a Spotlight search from a Finder window. In some versions of macOS, if you use multiple input sources to type in different languages, these shortcuts change input sources: Cmd+Opt+Space
Show the Character Viewer, from which you can choose emoji and other symbols: Cmd+Ctrl+Space
or
Fn+E
Use or stop using the app in full screen, if supported by the app: Cmd+Ctrl+F
Use Quick Look to preview the selected item: Space
Switch to the next most recently used app among your open apps: Cmd+Tab
Switch between the windows of the app you're using. (The character on the second key varies by keyboard. It's generally the key above the Tab key and to the left of the number 1): Cmd+`
Take a screenshot or make a screen recording in macOS Mojave or later: Cmd+Shift+534
Create a new empty folder in the Finder: Cmd+Shift+N
Create a new folder that contains the currently selected items: Cmd+Ctrl+N
Open settings (preferences) for the front app: Cmd+,
Create a Quick Note: Fn+Q

Turn on your Mac or wake it from sleep (Press): Power
Force your Mac to turn off, such as when your Mac isn’t responding and you can’t choose Shut Down from the Apple menu (Press and hold): Power
Lock your screen on keyboards with Touch ID (Press): Power
Put your Mac to sleep on built-in keyboards without Touch ID (Press and hold for 1.5 seconds): Power
or
Cmd+Opt+Power
Put your displays to sleep on built-in keyboards without Touch ID: Ctrl+Shift+Power
Show a dialog asking whether you want to restart, sleep, or shut down on built-in keyboards without Touch ID: Ctrl+Power

Force your Mac to restart, without prompting to save any open and unsaved documents on built-in keyboards without Touch ID: Cmd+Ctrl+Power
Quit all apps, then shut down your Mac on built-in keyboards without Touch ID. If any open documents have unsaved changes, you will be asked whether you want to save them. This is equivalent to choosing restart from the Apple menu: Cmd+Ctrl+Opt+Power
Lock your screen: Cmd+Ctrl+Q
Log out of your macOS user account. You will be asked to confirm: Cmd+Shift+Q
Log out immediately without confirming: Cmd+Opt+Shift+Q
Complete the action without showing a confirmation dialog (while choosing Log Out, Shut Down, or Restart from the Apple menu): Opt

Duplicate the selected files: Cmd+D
Eject the selected disk or volume: Cmd+E
Start a Spotlight search in the Finder window: Cmd+F
Show the Get Info window for a selected file: Cmd+I
When an alias is selected in the Finder: show the original file for the selected alias. In some apps, such as Calendar or Safari, refresh or reload the page. In Software Update, check for software updates again: Cmd+R
Open the Computer window: Cmd+Shift+C
Open the desktop folder: Cmd+Shift+D
Open the Recents window, showing all of the files you viewed or changed recently: Cmd+Shift+F
Open a Go to Folder window: Cmd+Shift+G
Open the Home folder of the current macOS user account: Cmd+Shift+H
Open iCloud Drive: Cmd+Shift+I
Open the Network window: Cmd+Shift+K
Open the Downloads folder: Cmd+Opt+L
Create a new folder: Cmd+Shift+N
Open the Documents folder: Cmd+Shift+O
Show or hide the Preview pane in Finder windows: Cmd+Shift+P
Open the AirDrop window: Cmd+Shift+R
Show or hide the tab bar in Finder windows: Cmd+Shift+T
Add selected Finder item to the Dock (OS X Mavericks or later): Cmd+Ctrl+Shift+T
Use or stop using Dock magnification (Press and hold while accessing the Dock): Ctrl+Shift
Open the Utilities folder: Cmd+Shift+U
Show or hide the Dock: Cmd+Opt+D
Add the selected item to the sidebar (OS X Mavericks or later): Cmd+Ctrl+T
Hide or show the path bar in Finder windows: Cmd+Opt+P
Hide or show the Sidebar in Finder windows: Cmd+Opt+S
Hide or show the status bar in Finder windows: Cmd+/
Show View Options: Cmd+J
Open the Connect to Server window: Cmd+K
Make an alias of the selected item: Cmd+Ctrl+A
Open a new Finder window: Cmd+N
Create a new Smart Folder: Cmd+Opt+N
Show or hide the tab bar when a single tab is open in the current Finder window: Cmd+T
Show or hide the toolbar when a single tab is open in the current Finder window: Cmd+Opt+T
Move the files in the Clipboard from their original location to the current location: Cmd+Opt+V
Use Quick Look to preview the selected files: Cmd+Y
View a Quick Look slideshow of the selected files: Cmd+Opt+Y
View the items in the Finder window as icons: Cmd+1
View the items in a Finder window as a list: Cmd+2
View the items in a Finder window in columns: Cmd+3

View the items in a Finder window in a gallery: Cmd+4
Go to the previous/next folder: Cmd+[]
Open the folder that contains the current folder: Cmd+Up
Open the folder that contains the current folder in a new window: Cmd+Ctrl+Up
Open the selected item: Cmd+Down
Close/open the selected folder. This works only when in list view: LeftRight
Move the selected item to the Trash: Cmd+Del
Empty the Trash: Cmd+Shift+Del
Empty the Trash without confirmation dialog: Cmd+Opt+Shift+Del
Turn video mirroring on or off when your Mac is connected to more than one display: Cmd+Bright−
Open Displays settings. This works with either Brightness key: Opt+Bright+
Change the brightness of your external display, if supported by your display: Ctrl+Bright−Bright+
Adjust the display brightness in smaller steps. Add the Control key to this shortcut to make the adjustment on your external display, if supported by your display: Opt+Shift+Bright−Bright+
Open Mission Control settings: Opt+Mission Ctrl
Show the desktop: Cmd+Mission Ctrl
or
Fn+H
or
Fn+F11
Open Mission Control: Ctrl+Up
Show all windows of the front app: Ctrl+Down
Open Sound settings. This works with any of the volume keys: Opt+Vol+
Adjust the sound volume in smaller steps: Opt+Shift+Vol−Vol+
Open Keyboard settings. This works with either Keyboard Brightness key: Opt+Kbd Bright+
Adjust the keyboard brightness in smaller steps: Opt+Shift+Kbd Bright−Kbd Bright+
Open the item in a separate window, then close the original window: Opt+Double-click
Open a folder in a separate tab or window: Cmd+Double-click
Move the dragged item to the other volume, instead of copying it: Cmd+Drag
Copy the dragged item. The pointer changes while you drag the item: Opt+Drag
Make an alias of the dragged item. The pointer changes while you drag the item: Cmd+Opt+Drag
Open all folders within the selected folder. This works only when in list view (by clicking a disclosure triangle): Opt+Click
See the folders that contain the current folder (by clicking a window title): Cmd+Click
Select multiple items in the Finder: Cmd+Select
or
Shift+Select
Show or hide the Dock: Fn+A
Show or hide Control Center: Fn+C
Start or stop dictation. You may be able to set a different dictation shortcut in Keyboard settings: Fn+D
Show or hide Notification Center: Fn+N
Show or hide Apps (macOS Tahoe 26 or later) or Launchpad (earlier versions of macOS): Shift+Fn+A
Open the Character Viewer: Fn,Fn
Open or close Type to Siri: Cmd,Cmd
Select the previous or next input source, if you use multiple input sources to type in different languages: Ctrl+Space
or
Ctrl+Opt+Space
See shortcuts for opening many commonly used folders, such as Applications, Documents, Downloads, Utilities, and iCloud Drive (by clicking the Go menu in the Finder menu bar): Click

Boldface the selected text, or turn boldfacing on or off: Cmd+B
Italicize the selected text, or turn italics on or off: Cmd+I
Add a web link: Cmd+K
Underline the selected text, or turn underlining on or off: Cmd+U
Show or hide the Fonts window: Cmd+T
Select the Desktop folder from within an Open dialog or Save dialog: Cmd+D
Show or hide the definition of the selected word: Cmd+Ctrl+D
Show the Spelling and Grammar window: Cmd+Shift+;
Find misspelled words in the document: Cmd+;
Delete the word to the left of the insertion point: Opt+Del
Delete the character to the left of the insertion point: Ctrl+H
or
Del
Delete the character to the right of the insertion point. Forward delete on keyboards that don't have a Forward Delete key: Ctrl+D
or
Fn+Del
Cut the selected text, or the text between the insertion point and the end of the paragraph, and copy it to a clipboard that is available only to the app from which it was cut. You can then use Control-Y paste the content of this clipboard into the same app: Ctrl+K
Page Up: Scroll up one page: Fn+Up
Page Down: Scroll down one page: Fn+Down
Home: Scroll to the beginning of a document: Fn+Left
End: Scroll to the end of a document: Fn+Right
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the document: Cmd+Up
Move the insertion point to the end of the document: Cmd+Down
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the current line: Cmd+Left
Move the insertion point to the end of the current line: Cmd+Right
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word: Opt+Left
Move the insertion point to the end of the next word: Opt+Right
Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the document: Cmd+Shift+Up
Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the document: Cmd+Shift+Down
Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the current line: Cmd+Shift+Left
Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the current line: Cmd+Shift+Right

Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line above/below: Shift+UpDown
Extend text selection one character to the left/right: Shift+LeftRight
Extend text selection to the beginning/end of the current paragraph, then to the beginning/end of the following paragraph if pressed again: Opt+Shift+UpDown
Extend text selection to the beginning/end of the current word, then to the beginning/end of the following word if pressed again: Opt+Shift+LeftRight
Move to the beginning of the line or paragraph: Ctrl+A
Move to the end of a line or paragraph: Ctrl+E
Move one character forward: Ctrl+F
Move one character backward: Ctrl+B
Center the cursor or selection in the visible area: Ctrl+L
Move up one line: Ctrl+P
Move down one line: Ctrl+N
Insert a new line after the insertion point: Ctrl+O
Swap the character behind the insertion point with the character in front of the insertion point: Ctrl+T
Left/right align: Cmd+Shift+[]
Center align: Cmd+Shift+\
Go to the search field: Cmd+Opt+F
Show or hide a toolbar in the app: Cmd+Opt+T
Copy Style: Copy the formatting settings of the selected item to the Clipboard: Cmd+Opt+C
Paste Style: Apply the copied style to the selected item: Cmd+Opt+V
Paste and Match Style: Apply the style of the surrounding content to the item pasted within that content: Cmd+Opt+Shift+V
Show or hide the inspector window: Cmd+Opt+I
Page setup: Show a window for selecting document settings: Cmd+Shift+P
Show the Save As dialog, or duplicate the current document: Cmd+Shift+S
Decrease the size of the selected item: Cmd+Shift+-
Increase the size of the selected item. Command–Equal sign (=) performs the same function: Cmd+Shift+=
Open the Help menu: Cmd+Shift+/

Invert colors: Cmd+Ctrl+Opt+8

Reduce contrast and increase contrast: Cmd+Ctrl+Opt+,.

Move focus to the menu bar. You can then use the arrow keys to navigate the menu, press Return to open a selected menu or choose a selected menu item, or type the menu item's name to jump to that item in the selected menu: Ctrl+F2
or
Ctrl+Fn+F2
Move focus to the Dock: Ctrl+F3
or
Ctrl+Fn+F3
Move focus to the active window or next window: Ctrl+F4
or
Ctrl+Fn+F4
Move focus to the window toolbar: Ctrl+F5
or
Ctrl+Fn+F5
Move focus to the floating window: Ctrl+F6
or
Ctrl+Fn+F6
Move focus to the previous panel: Ctrl+Shift+F6
Change the way Tab moves focus—between navigation of all controls on the screen, or only text boxes and lists: Ctrl+F7
or
Ctrl+Fn+F7
Move focus to the status menu in the menu bar: Ctrl+F8
or
Ctrl+Fn+F8

Activate the next open window in the front app: Cmd+`
Activate the previous open window in the front app: Cmd+Shift+`
Move the focus to the window drawer: Cmd+Opt+`
Move to next control, move to previous control: Tab
or
Shift+Tab
Move to the next control when a text field is selected: Ctrl+Tab
Move to the previous grouping of controls: Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Move to the adjacent item in a list, tab group, or menu, or move sliders and adjusters (Up Arrow to increase values, Down Arrow to decrease values): UpDownLeftRight
Move to a control adjacent to the text field: Ctrl+UpDownLeftRight

Show the Accessibility Shortcuts panel: Cmd+Opt+F5
or
Touch ID+Touch ID+Touch ID

Fill: Expand the active window to fill the desktop: Ctrl+Fn+F
Center: Center the active window on the desktop: Ctrl+Fn+C
Left: Move the active window to the left half of the desktop: Ctrl+Fn+Left
Right: Move the active window to the right half of the desktop: Ctrl+Fn+Right

Top: Move the active window to the top half of the desktop: Ctrl+Fn+Up
Bottom: Move the active window to the bottom half of the desktop: Ctrl+Fn+Down
Return to Previous Size: Make the active window the size it was before it was tiled: Ctrl+Fn+R

Left & Right: Move the active window to the left half of the desktop and move the second window to the right half of the desktop: Ctrl+Shift+Fn+Left
Right & Left: Move the active window to the top half of the desktop and move the second window to the bottom half of the desktop: Ctrl+Shift+Fn+Right
Top & Bottom: Move the active window to the top half of the desktop and move the second window to the bottom half of the desktop: Ctrl+Shift+Fn+Up
Bottom & Top: Move the active window to the bottom half of the desktop and move the second window to the top half of the desktop: Ctrl+Shift+Fn+Down

Left & Quarters: Move the active window to the left half of the desktop, move the second window to the top-right corner of the desktop, and move the third window to the bottom-right corner of the desktop: Ctrl+Opt+Shift+Fn+Left
Right & Quarters: Move the active window to the right half of the desktop, move the second window to the top-left corner of the desktop, and move the third window to the bottom-left corner of the desktop: Ctrl+Opt+Shift+Fn+Right
Top & Quarters: Move the active window to the top half of the desktop, move the second window to the bottom-left corner of the desktop, and move the third window to the bottom-right corner of the desktop: Ctrl+Opt+Shift+Fn+Up
Bottom & Quarters: Move the active window to the bottom half of the desktop, move the second window to the top-left corner of the desktop, and move the third window to the top-right corner of the desktop: Ctrl+Opt+Shift+Fn+Down

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Apple macOS 26 Keyboard Shortcuts for macOS

Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts

Sleep, log out, and shut down shortcuts

Finder and system shortcuts

Text-editing shortcuts. The behavior of these shortcuts may vary with the app you're using

Vision shortcuts

Keyboard focus shortcuts

Other accessibility shortcuts

Window tiling keyboard shortcuts. Move and resize the active window

Window tiling keyboard shortcuts. Move and arrange multiple windows