Spark Mail Keyboard Shortcuts

Spark is a cross-platform email client from Readdle with a Smart Inbox, snooze and send later, Gatekeeper sender controls, shared drafts, calendar and meeting notes, and AI features. Its keyboard shortcuts cover the everyday workflow: triaging email, composing and formatting messages, exporting messages to task and note apps, moving through the inbox and sidebar, and working with the calendar. HKeys covers Spark Mail on Mac, Windows, iPhone, and iPad.

Choose your Platform: full shortcut list + printable PDF

Mac Cmd (⌘) for most actions, plus single-key shortcuts in the email list. A few combinations use Control.

Windows Ctrl in place of Cmd, with the same single-key list actions. The AI assistant uses the Windows key.

iPhone A hardware or Bluetooth keyboard with Cmd (⌘) based shortcuts. The available shortcuts depend on the current screen.

iPad The same hardware keyboard shortcuts as iPhone, using Cmd (⌘).

What Spark Mail shortcuts cover

Email actions. Reply, reply all, forward, archive, mark as done, snooze, pin, set aside, mark as priority, spam, and labels.

Export to other apps. Sending the current message to connected task and note apps such as Todoist, Notion, Slack, Evernote, and OneNote.

Composing and formatting. Starting a message, changing fields, sending, attachments, templates, and rich text formatting like bold, lists, quotes, and headings.

Navigation. Opening the inbox, calendar, meeting notes, focused and unread lists, the sidebar, and pinned, snoozed, or set aside emails.

Calendar. Moving between dates, creating events, and starting a meeting.

Gatekeeper and triage. Accepting or blocking senders and domains.

AI features. Opening the AI assistant and summarizing a thread.

How Spark shortcuts work

On Mac and Windows, Spark keyboard shortcuts are active by default, with no setting to turn on. Many email list actions are single keys, so they fire while a message is selected rather than open. On iPhone and iPad, shortcuts work when a hardware or Bluetooth keyboard is connected, and the set changes with the screen you are on, such as the email list, a draft, or search.

Printable PDF

A printable PDF of Spark Mail shortcuts is available for each platform.

FAQ

Do I need to turn on keyboard shortcuts in Spark?

No. On Mac and Windows, Spark shortcuts are on by default, unlike Gmail on the web. Select a message in the list and single-key actions such as r to reply all or e to mark as done work right away.

What do the export shortcuts do?

They send the current message to a connected app. On Mac the export shortcuts use Option and on Windows they use Alt, so Option or Alt with S sends to Todoist, with O sends to Notion, and with L sends to Slack. The list of targets depends on which integrations you have connected.

Do Spark shortcuts work on iPhone and iPad?

Yes, with a hardware or Bluetooth keyboard. Spark is a universal app, so the iPad and iPhone shortcuts match. The set is smaller than on desktop and depends on the current screen, covering composing, replying, navigation, and search.

References

This section lists official sources and documentation for Spark Mail. Use these references to verify shortcut behavior instead of relying on memory, old screenshots, or another person's setup. They are especially helpful when comparing platforms, where the same action may use Cmd on Mac and Ctrl on Windows or depend on a connected keyboard on iPhone and iPad.

Official references are useful for checking platform differences, keyboard layout issues, browser conflicts, operating system shortcut conflicts, and app-version differences. A shortcut can be correct in one context and still feel wrong because the OS, layout, or active tool gets in the way. When something behaves differently than expected, verify it against the official source before updating personal notes, changing a team cheat sheet, or teaching the workflow.

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