Windows 11

If Copilot isn't available, it will open Settings so you can choose what the key does

Select all text

Delete words to the left of the cursor

Delete words to the right of the cursor

Move the cursor forward to the end of the document

Find and replace text

Apply the italic format to the selected text

Move the cursor forward to the beginning of the next word

Apply the underline format to the selected text

Paste the last item from the clipboard

Redo typing that was undone with Ctrl + Z

Delete characters to the right of the cursor

Move the cursor forward to the end of the line

Move the cursor backward to the previous character

Move the cursor backward by one page

Select paragraphs forward from the current cursor position

Select text between the current cursor position and the beginning of the document

Select words forward from the current cursor position

Select lines forward from the current cursor position

Select text from the current cursor position to the beginning of the current line

Select one page of text forward from the current cursor position

Select characters forward from the current cursor position

Indent the cursor one tab stop

Cycle through windows in the order in which they were opened

Show your password on the sign-in screen

Move down one screen

Capture a screenshot of the active window and copy it to the clipboard

When a group or tile is in focus on the Start menu, move it in the specified direction

Switch between open windows. To cycle through multiple windows, continue to hold the Alt key and press Tab multiple times

Select all items in a window

View a thumbnail of all open apps. Use the arrow keys to switch between open apps

In apps that are full-screen and let you have multiple documents open at the same time, close the active document but not the entire app

When multiple keyboard layouts are available, switch the keyboard layout

Open Task Manager

Redo an action that was previously undone with Ctrl + Z

Stop or leave the current task, or dismiss a dialog box

Cycle through elements in a window or on the desktop

Select a region of the screen to capture a screenshot to the clipboard. You can then open the Snipping Tool to share or markup the image. Note: You can turn off this default behavior. Select Start > Settings > Accessibility > Keyboard , and set Use the Print Screen button to open screen snipping to Off

Open the Windows 11 action center

Turn high dynamic range (HDR) on or off. For more information, see What is HDR in Windows?

Open or close Windows search (when Copilot is not available or disabled)

Snap the active window to the bottom half of the screen

Mute or unmute the microphone in supported apps

Temporarily peek at the desktop

Open Narrator

Open Quick Assist

Change to a previously selected input option

Display and hide the desktop

Open File Explorer

Open Feedback Hub

Open the Game Bar. For more information, see Keyboard shortcuts for Game Bar

Minimize or restore all windows except the active window

Open Recall. (Available on devices that meet the minimum system requirements )

Lock the computer

Minimize all windows

Open notification center and calendar

Open project settings to choose a presentation display mode

Open the emoji panel

Capture a full screen screenshot and save it to a file in the Screenshots subfolder of the Pictures folder

Open the Run dialog box

Open search

If the active window is a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app, make it full screen

Restore minimized windows

Move the active window to the monitor on the right

Switch backward through input languages and keyboard layouts

Cycle through notifications

Open Task View

Maximize the active window

Open Widgets

Switch input between Windows Mixed Reality and your desktop

Paste the selected text

Begin selection in block mode

Move the cursor by one page up

Move the cursor to the beginning of the buffer (Mark mode)

Move up one line in the output history

If the command line is empty, move the viewport to the top of the buffer. Otherwise, delete all the characters to the left of the cursor in the command line (History navigation)

Move forward through tabs

Move to that tab number

Move back through options

Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box

Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons

Display properties for the selected item

When you drop the file, create a shortcut to the original file in that location

View the next folder

Move up a level in the folder path

Delete the selected item and move it to the Recycle Bin

Focus on the address bar

Change the size and appearance of file and folder icons

Move to that tab number

Expands all folders from the tree in the navigation pane

Change the view style. For example, 2 is Large icons and 6 is Details

Open a new tab and switch to it

Move to the next tab

Rename the selected item

Select the address bar to change the current path

Cycle through elements in the window

Scroll to the top of the active window

Display the current selection (if it's collapsed), or select the first subfolder

Permanently delete the selected item without moving it to the Recycle Bin

When you drop the file, move it to that location

Open File Explorer

Create another desktop

Switch between other desktops you've created on the left

When multiple windows for the same app are grouped on the taskbar, press Ctrl as you select the taskbar icon to shift focus through the windows in the app group

Show the window menu for the app

Open another instance of the app

Open the jump list for the app pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number

Switch to the last active window of the app pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number

Open the app pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number. If the app is already running, switch to that app

Cycle through apps in the taskbar. When connected to multiple monitors, continued use will cycle through apps on all available displays

Navigate backwards

Cycle backward through regions

Open the Settings app