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Brave Browser Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac

Keyboard shortcuts for Brave Browser on Mac. Covers tabs and windows, browser features, the address bar, page navigation, and mouse gestures on macOS.
Key label style

Tabs and Windows

Open a new window
Cmd+N
Open a new window in Private mode
Cmd+Shift+N
Open a new tab, and jump to it
Cmd+T
Reopen the last closed tab, and jump to it
Cmd+Shift+T
Jump to the next open tab
Cmd+Opt+Right
Jump to the previous open tab
Cmd+Opt+Left
Jump to a specific tab
Cmd+<1-8>
Jump to the last tab
Cmd+9
Open the previous page in your browsing history for the current tab
Cmd+[
or
Cmd+Left
Open the next page in your browsing history for the current tab
Cmd+]
or
Cmd+Right
Closes the current tab or pop-up
Cmd+W
Closes the current window
Cmd+Shift+W
Minimize the window
Cmd+M
Hide Brave
Cmd+H
Quit Brave
Cmd+Q

Browser

Show or hide the Bookmarks Bar
Cmd+Shift+B
Open the Bookmark Manager
Cmd+Opt+B
Open the Settings page in a new tab
Cmd+,
Open the History page in a new tab
Cmd+Y
Open the Downloads page in a new tab
Cmd+Shift+J
Open the Find Bar to search the current page
Cmd+F
Jump to the next match to your Find Bar search
Cmd+G
Jump to the previous match to your Find Bar search
Cmd+Shift+G
When Find Bar is open, search for selected text
Cmd+E
Open Developer Tools
Cmd+Opt+I
Open the Clear Browsing Data options
Cmd+Shift+Fwd Del
Open Profile menu
Cmd+Shift+M

Address bar

Search with your default search engineType a search term first.
Return
Search using a different search engineType a search engine name first.
Tab
Add www. and .com to a site name, and open it in the current tabType a site name first.
Ctrl+Return
Add www. and .com to a site name, and open it in a new tabType a site name first.
Ctrl+Shift+Return
Open the website in a new background tabType a web address first.
Cmd+Return
Jump to the address bar
Cmd+L
Remove predictions from your address barPress Down to highlight a prediction first.
Down,Shift+Fn+Fwd Del

Webpage

Open options to print the current page
Cmd+P
Open options to save the current page
Cmd+S
Open the Page Setup dialog
Cmd+Opt+P
Reload your current page, ignoring cached content
Cmd+Shift+R
Stop the page loading
Esc
Browse clickable items moving forward
Tab
Browse clickable items moving backward
Shift+Tab
Open a file from your computer in BraveThen select a file.
Cmd+O
Display non-editable HTML source code for the current page
Cmd+Opt+U
Open the JavaScript Console
Cmd+Opt+J
Save your current webpage as a bookmark
Cmd+D
Save all open tabs as bookmarks in a new folder
Cmd+Shift+D
Turn full-screen mode on or off
Cmd+Ctrl+F
Make everything on the page bigger
Cmd+=
Make everything on the page smaller
Cmd+-
Return everything on the page to the default size
Cmd+0
Scroll down a webpage, a screen at a time
Space
Scroll up a webpage, a screen at a time
Shift+Space
Search the web
Cmd+Opt+F
Move your cursor to the front of the previous word in a text field
Opt+Left
Move your cursor to the back of the next word in a text field
Opt+Right
Delete the previous word in a text field
Opt+Del
Open your home page in the current tab
Cmd+Shift+H

Mouse

Open a link in a current tab by dragging a link to a tab
Drag
Open a link in new background tab
Cmd+Click
Open a link, and jump to it
Cmd+Shift+Click
Open a link, and jump to it, by dragging a link to a blank area of the tab strip
Drag
Open a link in a new window
Shift+Click
Open a tab in a new window by dragging the tab out of the tab strip
Drag
Move a tab to a current window by dragging the tab into an existing window
Drag
Return a tab to its original positionPress while dragging.
Esc
Save the current webpage as a bookmark by dragging the web address to the Bookmarks Bar
Drag
Download the target of a link
Opt+Click
Display your browsing historyRight-click or click & hold the Back or Next button.
Right-click
or
Clickand hold
Increase the window to full height by double-clicking a blank area of the tab strip
Double-click

Intro

Brave on Mac uses Cmd as its primary modifier, the same as Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers, with a handful of Brave-specific names like Private mode.

Mac-specific shortcut notes

Switching tabs. Cmd+Option+Right/Left cycles between open tabs on Mac, a different combination from the Ctrl+Tab used on Windows and Linux.

The Delete key. Mac's Delete key (in the position other keyboards label Backspace) combines with Option to delete the previous word in a text field.

Customizing shortcuts. Brave's own shortcuts page notes that everything listed here can be reassigned from Settings, System, Shortcuts.

Printable PDF

A printable PDF of Brave Browser shortcuts for Mac is available. The tab, window, and address bar shortcuts are the ones worth learning first.

FAQ

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Visit the Brave Browser app page for an overview and helpful links.

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