Keyboard Shortcuts for Microsoft Edge Browser

In our earlier article, we have explained the complete list of command URL shortcuts you can use in Edge browser. If you have noticed, the latest Chromium based Edge browser does not have a top menu bar that you can use for quick access. Obviously, you need to frequently perform tasks like opening a new tab while using the browser. Therefore, instead of searching for menu items, it makes sense to use keyboard shortcuts in Microsoft Edge to save time and get things done quickly.

Quick Example of Using Keyboard Shortcuts

Before going to the complete list, let us show some examples so that you can understand how helpful it will be to use keyboard shortcuts.

• Instead of right click and select “View page source” option, you can simply open the source code of a webpage in new tab by pressing “Control + U” keys.
• Take a quick webpage screenshot using “Control + Shift + S” without using the default Windows Snipping Tool.
• Simply press Home or End keys to jump to top or bottom of a webpage.
• Press “Control + Shift + W” keys to close currently opened Edge browser with multiple tabs without any prompt.

Complete List of Edge Keyboard Shortcuts

Below is the complete list of keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Edge browser.

Shortcut Keys	Purpose
Alt	Focus “Settings and more” icon (three horizontal dots on top right corner)
Alt + F	Open Edge “Settings and more” (three horizontal dots on top right corner of the browser) menu (same as Alt + E)
Alt + Home	Open home page from your settings
Alt + Left Arrow	Go to previously visited webpage
Alt + Right Arrow	Go to the next webpage in forward direction
Alt + Shift + B	Focus first item in favorites bar
Alt + Shift + I	Send feedback or report problem with screenshot and diagnostic data
Alt + Shift + T	Focus the first item in Edge toolbar (generally back arrow)
Control + [	In PDF viewer, rotate 90 degrees anticlockwise
Control + ]	In PDF viewer, rotate 90 degrees clockwise
Control + \	Toggle fitting the PDF viewer to fitting to page or width
Control + 0	Reset zoom in/out to default view
Control + 1 to 8	Go to corresponding browser tab starting from 1 to 8
Control + 9	Navigate to last open tab
Control + A	Select all content of a webpage
Control + C	Copy the selected content
Control + D	Add currently viewing page to favorites
Control + Enter	Quickly open the site address with .com and www. For example, type bing in the address bar and press “Control + Enter” to open https://www.bing.com/
Control + F	Search and find text on a page
Control + G	Go to next matched word/query when searching with Control + F
Control + H	View browsing history as dropdown
Control + J	View downloads as a dropdown
Control + K	Search in address bar with default search engine (same as Control + E)
Control + L	Quickly go to address bar with the URL selected (like Alt + D or F4)
Control + Left Click	Opens a link background on new tab and stays on the current page
Control + M	Mute the tab playing media content
Control + Minus	Zoom out
Control + N	Open a new browser window
Control + O	Open a file in Edge
Control + P	Open Edge print dialog box
Control + Page Down	Go to next tab
Control + Page Up	Go to previous tab
Control + Plus	Zoom in
Control + R or F5	Refresh or reload current webpage
Control + S	Save the webpage to computer
Control + Shift + ,	Toggle vertical tabs on or off
Control + Shift + B	Show or hide bookmarks bar
Control + Shift + C	Directly open “Elements” tab in Developer Console from a webpage
Control + Shift + D	Add all open tabs to favorites in a new folder
Control + Shift + Delete	Clear browsing data
Control + Shift + G	Go to previous matched word/query when searching with Control + F
Control + Shift + I or F12	Open Developer Tools (you can disable F12 shortcut under the settings page – edge://settings/system)
Control + Shift + J	Directly open Console section in Edge Developer Tool
Control + Shift + K	Duplicate current tab in a new tab
Control + Shift + L	Paste and open URL in address bar or paste and search any queries
Control + Shift + N	New InPrivate or incognito window
Control + Shift + O	Access favorites section as a dropdown from the favorites icon next to address bar
Control + Shift + P	Open system print dialog box
Control + Shift + R	Reload page without cache
Control + Shift + S	Capture webpage screenshot
Control + Shift + T	Reopen previously closed tab, press continuously to open all previously closed tabs (last closed will open first)
Control + Shift + Tab	Navigate to tabs in left direction
Control + Shift + U	Toggle reading the page’s content aloud
Control + Shift + W	Close Edge current window without warning prompt – all tabs in the current window will be closed at once (works like Alt + F4)
Control + Shift + X	Select area to copy in clipboard
Control + Shift + Y	Open Collections
Control + Shift M	Open profile dropdown to login/logout, add profile, use guest/kids mode.
Control + T	Open and go to a new tab
Control + Tab	Navigate to tabs in right direction
Control + U	View webpage source code
Control + W	Close current tab
End	Take you to the bottom of page
Escape	Immediately stop loading the content of a page
F1	Opens Microsoft support page for getting Edge help online
F10 + Enter	Access “Settings and more” menu
F11	Toggle full screen on/off
F3	Find the searched query in current tab
F6	Toggle focus to next item
F7	Toggle caret browsing
F9	Toggle immersive reader on or off
Home	Move to top of a page
Shift + 10	Edge right click context menu
Shift + Esc	Open Edge task manager
Shift + F6	Toggle focus to previous item
Shift + Space	Go up one screen on a page (like Page Up)
Space	Go down one screen on a page (like Page Down)

Note: The + symbol in the shortcuts indicates you should hold the combination of keys together and not pressing the actual + key. For example, “Control + W” indicates – press and hold Control and then press W to close the current tab.