| Keyboard Shortcut | Usage |
|---|---|
| Open Start Menu or Screen. |
| + E | Open File Explorer. |
| + C | Open Chat. |
| + S or + Q | Open Search (online and offline). |
| + I | Open Settings app. |
| + A | Open Action Center. |
| + N | Open Notification Center. |
| + H | Start voice typing. |
| + F | Open Feedback hub. |
| + W | Open Widgets. |
| + K | Connect to wireless displays and audio devices. |
| + X | Open Start context menu. |
| + G | Open Game bar. |
| + [1][2][3][…] | Open programs that are pinned to task bar. |
| + Space | Switch keyboard input language (only if 2 or more than 2 languages present). |
| + R | Open Run. |
| + P | Project current screen. |
| + L | Lock your Windows 11. |
| + D | Show Windows Desktop. |
| + V | Show Clipboard history. |
| + O | Change orientation. |
| + M | Minimize all open windows. |
| + , | Take a peek look at the desktop until you release the key. |
| + Shift + S | Capture part of the screen with Snip & Sketch. |
| + U | Open Accessibility settings. |
| + ; or **. | Open Emoji viewer. |
| + B | Highlight the first item in the Notification Area and use the Arrow key switch between the items. |
| + PrtScr or + Fn + PrtScr | Take screenshot of current screen and saves it to Screenshots directory under Pictures library. |
| + T | Cycle through apps on taskbar. |
| + Tab** | Open Task View. |
| + Ctrl + Left / Right | Switch to the virtual desktop on the left/right. |
| + Down | Snap current window to the bottom of the screen. |
| + Up | Snap current window to the top of the screen. |
| + Right | Snap current window the the right side of the screen. |
| + Left | Snap current window to the left side of the screen. |
| + Ctrl + D | Create a new virtual desktop and switch to it. |
| + Ctrl + F4 | Close the current virtual desktop. |
Other useful keyboard shortcuts
| Keyboard shortcut | Usage |
|---|---|
| Alt + F4 | Closes current program window. When no program is open, it provides Shut down Windows dialog. |
| Ctrl + F | Opens a Find dialog for searching the currently opened program. |
| Ctrl + M | Enter mark mode which helps for selecting text especially in Command Prompt. |
| Ctrl + Page Up / Page Down | Scrolling up / down on current screen or page. |
| Ctrl + Up / Down | Move up / down on current screen or page line by line. |
| Ctrl + A | Select all content on the screen. |
| Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert | Copies all content on screen to clipboard. |
| Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert | Pastes text at the cursor. |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo operation. |
| Ctrl + Y | Redo operation, provided if you’ve used Ctrl + Z already. |
| Ctrl + Page Up / Page Down | Scrolling up / down on current screen or page. |
| Ctrl + Page Up / Page Down | Scrolling up / down on current screen or page. |
| Alt + Tab | This is the good older shortcut we’ve used for year to switch between tabs. |
| Shift + Left / Right / Up / Down | Moves the cursor left a character, right a character, up a line, or down a line, selecting the text along the way. Continue pressing arrow keys to select more text. |
| Ctrl + Shift + Left / Right | Moves the cursor one word to the left or right, selecting that word along the way. |
| Shift + Home / End | Moves the cursor to the beginning or end of the current line, selecting text along the way. |
| Shift + Page Up / Page Down | Moves the cursor up or down a screen, selecting text. |
| Ctrl + Shift + Home / End | Moves the cursor to the beginning or end of the screen buffer, selecting all text between the cursor and the beginning or end. |
| Ctrl + Shift + Esc | Open Task Manager. |
| Alt + Tab + F4 | Restart File Explorer. |