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Brave Browser Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows

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

Tabs and Windows

Open a new window
Ctrl+N
Open a new window in Private mode
Ctrl+Shift+N
Open a new tab, and jump to it
Ctrl+T
Reopen the last closed tab, and jump to it
Ctrl+Shift+T
Jump to the next open tab
Ctrl+Tab
or
Ctrl+Pg Dn
Jump to the previous open tab
Ctrl+Shift+Tab
or
Ctrl+Pg Up
Jump to a specific tab
Ctrl+<1-8>
Jump to the last tab
Ctrl+9
Open your home page in the current tab
Alt+Home
Open the previous page from your browsing history in the current tab
Alt+Left
Open the next page from your browsing history in the current tab
Alt+Right
Close the current tab
Ctrl+W
or
Ctrl+F4
Close the current window
Ctrl+Shift+W
or
Alt+F4
Minimize the current window
Alt+Space,N
Maximize the current window
Alt+Space,X
Quit Brave
Ctrl+Shift+W
or
Alt+F,X

Browser

Open the Main menu
Alt+F
or
Alt+E
or
F10,Enter
Show or hide the Bookmarks bar
Ctrl+Shift+B
Open the Bookmarks Manager
Ctrl+Shift+O
Open the History page in a new tab
Ctrl+H
Open the Downloads page in a new tab
Ctrl+J
Open the Brave Task Manager
Shift+Esc
Set focus on the first item in the toolbar
Alt+Shift+T
Set focus on the last item in the toolbar
F10
Switch focus to unfocused dialog (if showing)
F6
Open the Find Bar to search the current page
Ctrl+F
or
F3
Jump to the next match to your Find Bar search
Ctrl+G
Jump to the previous match to your Find Bar search
Ctrl+Shift+G
Open Developer Tools
Ctrl+Shift+J
or
F12
Open the Clear Browsing Data options
Ctrl+Shift+Del
Open the Brave Help Center in a new tab
F1
Open Profile menu
Ctrl+Shift+M

Address bar

Search with your default search engineType a search term first.
Enter
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+Enter
Open a new tab and perform a searchType a search term first.
Alt+Enter
Jump to the address bar
Ctrl+L
or
Alt+D
or
F6
Search from anywhere on the page
Ctrl+K
or
Ctrl+E
Remove predictions from your address barPress Down to highlight a prediction first.
Down,Shift+Del

Webpage

Open options to print the current page
Ctrl+P
Open options to save the current page
Ctrl+S
Reload the current page
F5
or
Ctrl+R
Reload the current page, ignoring cached content
Shift+F5
or
Ctrl+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.
Ctrl+O
Display non-editable HTML source code for the current page
Ctrl+U
Save your current webpage as a bookmark
Ctrl+D
Save all open tabs as bookmarks in a new folder
Ctrl+Shift+D
Turn full-screen mode on or off
F11
Make everything on the page bigger
Ctrl+=
Make everything on the page smaller
Ctrl+-
Return everything on the page to default size
Ctrl+0
Scroll down a webpage, a screen at a time
Space
or
Pg Dn
Scroll up a webpage, a screen at a time
Shift+Space
or
Pg Up
Go to the top of the page
Home
Go to the bottom of the page
End
Scroll horizontally on the page
Shift+Scroll
Move your cursor to the front of the previous word in a text field
Ctrl+Left
Move your cursor to the back of the next word in a text field
Ctrl+Right
Delete the previous word in a text field
Ctrl+Bksp
Open the Home page in the current tab
Alt+Home

Mouse

Open a link in a current tab by dragging a link to a tab
Drag
Open a link in new background tab
Ctrl+Click
Open a link, and jump to it
Ctrl+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
Alt+Click
Display your browsing historyRight-click or click & hold the Back or Next button.
Right-click
or
Clickand hold
Switch between maximized and windowed modes by double-clicking a blank area of the tab strip
Double-click
Make everything on the page bigger
Ctrl+Scrollup
Make everything on the page smaller
Ctrl+Scrolldown

Intro

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

Windows-specific shortcut notes

Closing vs quitting. Ctrl+Shift+W and Alt+F4 both close the current window; Alt+F4 is the general Windows shortcut, Ctrl+Shift+W is Brave's own. Quitting Brave entirely uses the same Ctrl+Shift+W, or the older menu path Alt+F then X.

The Alt+Space window menu. Alt+Space opens the window's system menu, then N minimizes or X maximizes, this is a two-step sequence, not a single chord.

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 Windows 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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