Gmail keyboard shortcuts
Gmail keyboard shortcuts
69 shortcuts
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Gmail is Google's webmail client. Almost none of these work until you switch them on: open Settings, then See all settings, then General, and set Keyboard shortcuts to on. Once enabled, most actions are a single letter, and several are two-key chords written here as "g then i" — press the keys one after the other, not together.
Compose and reply
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| c | Compose a new message |
| d | Compose in a new tab |
| r | Reply to the sender |
| Shift + r | Reply in a new window |
| a | Reply to everyone |
| Shift + a | Reply to everyone in a new window |
| f | Forward the message |
| Shift + f | Forward in a new window |
| Ctrl/⌘ + Enter | Send the message |
| Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + c | Add Cc recipients |
| Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + b | Add Bcc recipients |
| Ctrl/⌘ + k | Insert a link |
| Esc | Move focus to the latest compose or chat window |
Navigation
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| g then n | Go to the next page of the thread list |
| g then p | Go to the previous page of the thread list |
| u | Go back to the thread list |
| k | Move to a newer conversation |
| j | Move to an older conversation |
| o | Open the selected conversation — Enter does the same |
| p | Move to the previous message in an open conversation |
| n | Move to the next message in an open conversation |
| ` | Go to the next inbox section |
| ~ | Go to the previous inbox section |
Message actions
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| x | Select the conversation |
| s | Star the conversation, or cycle through superstars |
| e | Archive the conversation |
| m | Mute the conversation |
| ! | Report the conversation as spam |
| # | Delete the conversation |
| z | Undo the last action |
| Shift + i | Mark as read |
| Shift + u | Mark as unread |
| + | Mark as important — The equals key does the same |
| - | Mark as not important |
| b | Snooze the conversation |
| Shift + t | Add the conversation to Tasks |
| ; | Expand the whole conversation |
| : | Collapse the whole conversation |
| ] | Archive and move to the next conversation — [ does the same but moves to the previous one |
Selecting threads
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| * then a | Select every conversation |
| * then n | Deselect every conversation |
| * then r | Select the read conversations |
| * then u | Select the unread conversations |
| * then s | Select the starred conversations |
| * then t | Select the unstarred conversations |
Formatting
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl/⌘ + b | Bold the selected text |
| Ctrl/⌘ + i | Italicise the selected text |
| Ctrl/⌘ + u | Underline the selected text |
| Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + 7 | Insert a numbered list |
| Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + 8 | Insert a bulleted list |
| Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + 9 | Insert a block quote |
| Ctrl/⌘ + [ | Decrease the indentation |
| Ctrl/⌘ + ] | Increase the indentation |
| Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + l | Left-align the text |
| Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + e | Centre the text |
| Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + r | Right-align the text |
| Ctrl/⌘ + \ | Strip the formatting |
Jumping and search
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| g then i | Go to the inbox |
| g then s | Go to starred conversations |
| g then b | Go to snoozed conversations |
| g then t | Go to sent messages |
| g then d | Go to drafts |
| g then a | Go to all mail |
| g then l | Go to a label |
| / | Search your mail |
| . | Open the more actions menu |
| v | Open the move-to menu |
| l | Open the label-as menu |
| ? | Open the keyboard shortcut help |
Common questions
- How many keyboard shortcuts does Gmail have?
- This page lists 69 shortcuts across 6 groups, covering the ones people actually use day to day rather than every binding the application defines.
Related pages
Sources
- Official vendor product documentation — At One Place