Keyboard shortcuts in Windows 10

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Keyboard shortcuts are combinations of two or more keys that you can use to perform tasks that normally require the use of a mouse or other pointing device. Keyboard shortcuts save you time and effort when using the Windows 10 operating system and various applications.

The keyboard shortcuts are listed in the application menus. Most of them also include keyboard shortcuts to make it easier to navigate menus and perform other commands. If a letter or word in a menu is underlined, it usually means that you can press the ALT key and the key corresponding to the underlined letter at the same time to select the menu item. When using the touch keyboard, some keyboard shortcuts are displayed when you press the CTRL key.

Some new keyboard shortcuts have been added to the Windows 10 operating system. This was due to the fact that the operating system has new features and new applications.

The following tables show the keyboard shortcuts in Windows 10 by the main functions they perform: system-wide keys, taskbar application control, window control, virtual desktops, multimedia functions, command line.

Basic keyboard shortcuts
F2renaming the selected item
F3Search for a file or folder in explorer
F4display the address bar list in the explorer
F5update the active window
F6cyclic switching between screen elements in a window or on the desktop
F10activating the menu bar in the active application
Alt + F4triggers the system power menu or closing the active item or exiting the active application
Alt + Esccyclic switching between items in the order in which they were opened
Alt + underlined letterthe execution of the command corresponding to this letter
Alt + Enterdisplay the properties of the selected item
Alt + “spacebar”open the context menu of the active window
Alt + ← (left arrow)back
Alt + → (right arrow)forward
Alt + Page Upmove up one page
Alt + Page Downmove down one page
Alt + TabSwitching between open applications
Ctrl + F4close the active document (in full-screen applications that allow several documents to be opened simultaneously)
Ctrl + Aselect all elements in a document or window
Ctrl + C (or Ctrl + Insert)copy the selected item
Ctrl + D (or Delete)Remove the selected item and move it to the trash
Ctrl + R (or F5)update the active window
Ctrl + V (or Shift + Insert)inserting the selected item
Ctrl + Xcut out the selected element
Ctrl + Yrepeat action
Ctrl + Zrescission
Ctrl + → (right arrow)move the cursor to the beginning of the next word
Ctrl + ← (left arrow)move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word
Ctrl + ↓ (down arrow)move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph
Ctrl + ↑ (up arrow)move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph
Ctrl + Alt + TabUse the arrow keys to switch between open applications
Ctrl + arrow key (to move to an item) + “spacebar”Selecting several individual items in a window or on the desktop
Ctrl + Shift + arrow keytext selection
Ctrl +Escopening the Start menu
Ctrl + Shift + Escrunning the task manager
Ctrl + ShiftSwitching the keyboard layout if there is more than one
Ctrl + “spacebar”turning the input method editor for Chinese on and off
Shift + F10open the context menu for the selected item
Shift + any arrow keyselect multiple items in a window or on the desktop, as well as highlighting text in a document
Shift + DeleteRemove a selected item without first putting it in the trash
→ (right arrow)opening the next menu to the right or opening a submenu
← (left arrow)open the next menu on the left or close a submenu
EscStop the current task or quit it
System-wide keys
WinStart menu invocation
Win + SCall the Start menu search bar
Win + IOpen the “Settings” window of the “Start” menu
Win + Aopening a notification center
Win + HCalling the Share menu
Win + PCalling the “Project” menu
Win + ROpen the “Run” window
Win + “spacebar”Switching input language and keyboard layout
Win + LDesktop lock
Win + KConnecting to a wireless display or audio device
Win + XStart button context menu
Win + Dshows the desktop
Win + Eopens the guide
Ctrl + Shift + Escstarting the Task Manager
Manage applications on the taskbar
Win + TToggle between icons on the taskbar. To launch the desired application you will need to press the Enter key
Win + numbers from 0 to 9launch the application from the taskbar whose button corresponds to the number (the countdown starts immediately after the Taskbar View button)
CTRL + SHIFT + pressing the taskbar buttonrunning the application as an administrator
SHIFT + right-clicking the taskbar buttonDisplay a menu window for the application
SHIFT + right-clicking the grouped taskbar buttonwindow menu display for the group
CTRL + pressing the grouped taskbar buttoncyclic switching between group windows
Window control
Win + → (right arrow)fixing the active window on the right side of the monitor screen
Win + ← (left arrow)fixing the active window on the left side of the monitor screen
Win + ↑ (arrow up)Expand the active window horizontally and vertically
Win + ↓ (down arrow)restore the active window (if the window was maximized), or minimize the active window
Win + ← + ↑ (left arrow, then press the up arrow)the active window will be fixed in the upper left corner of the monitor screen
Win + ← + ↓ (left arrow, then press the down arrow)the active window will be fixed in the lower left corner of the monitor screen
Win + → + ↑ (right arrow, then press the up arrow)the active window will be fixed in the upper right corner of the monitor screen
Win + → + ↓ (right arrow, then press the down arrow)the active window will be fixed at the bottom right corner of the monitor screen
Ctrl + NOpen a new active window
Key combinations in the explorer
Win + Elaunch explorer
Alt + Enteropen the “Properties” window of the selected file
Shift + DelDeleting a file bypassing the Recycle Bin
Alt + Daddress bar selection
Ctrl + Eselecting a search field
Ctrl + Fselecting a search field
Ctrl + WClosing the current window
Ctrl + mouse scroll wheelchange the size and appearance of file and folder icons
Ctrl + Shift + Edisplay all folders in which the selected folder is nested
Ctrl + Shift + Ncreate a new folder
Num Lock + asterisk (*)display all folders nested in the selected folder
Num Lock + plus sign (+)display the contents of the selected folder
Num Lock + minus sign (-)Collapse the selected folder
Alt +Pdisplaying the viewing area
Virtual desktops
Win + Ctrl + DCreate a new virtual desktop
Win + Ctrl + F4Closing the virtual desktop
Win + Ctrl + → (right arrow)Switching between the created virtual desktops from left to right
Win + Ctrl + ← (left arrow)Switching between the created virtual desktops from right to left
Win + TabOpen running applications in all created virtual desktops
Multimedia functions
Win + Print Screentake a screenshot, the screenshot will be saved in a specially created folder “Screenshots”, which is located in the “Images” folder
Win + GOpening the Game DVR panel to record video in games (set up in Xbox)
Win + Alt + Print Screentake a screenshot in the game
Win + Alt + Rstart recording, if pressed again – stop recording
Win + Alt + Grecording of the last 30 seconds in the active window
Win + Pto switch between displays, if there is a second display
Win + «plus»Magnifying with the Magnifier app
Win + «minus»Reduction with the Magnifier app (Magnifier)
Command prompt
Ctrl + C or Ctrl + InsertCopying a selected test
Ctrl + V or Shift + Insertinserting text at the cursor position
Ctrl + Mhighlight at the command prompt
Ctrl + Aall text in the current line is highlighted, if there is no text in this line, all text in the command line will be highlighted
Shift + ← (left arrow)highlight a single character to the left of the cursor
Shift + → (right arrow)highlight a single character to the right of the cursor
Shift + ↑ (up arrow)highlight a character, and then the whole line up
Shift + ↓ (down arrow)highlight a character, and then the whole line down
Ctrl + Shift + ← (left arrow)select one word that is located to the left of the cursor
Ctrl + Shift + → (right arrow)select one word, which is located to the right of the cursor
Shift + Homemoves the cursor to the beginning of the current line
Shift + Endmoves the cursor to the end of the current line
Ctrl + ↑ (up arrow)move up a line
Ctrl + ↓ (down arrow)move to the line below
Ctrl + Page Upmove up one page in the command prompt
Ctrl + Page Downmove down one page in the command prompt
Ctrl + Fopening a search window on the command prompt
Alt + F4closing the command prompt
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