Ultimate Collection Of Keyboard Shortcuts For Windows 10

Keyboard shortcuts are pretty handy when we’ve to work on Windows for long sessions. Using them, not only the operations can be carried out speedily, but reliably too. All of us have used them, at some instance.

Windows 10 comes with support for some new keyboard shortcuts, while some of the shortcuts introduced in Windows 8 are no longer working with this new OS. Thus, we’re going to share only those shortcuts which are working in Windows 10.

Ultimate Collection Of Keyboard Shortcuts For Windows 10

Here is the list of shortcuts we have found till now, which are supported in Windows 10.

KEYBOARD SHORTCUT	USAGE
	Opens Start Menu or Screen.
+ E	Open File Explorer.
+ C	Search the web and Windows with Cortana (speech).
+ S or + Q	Search the web and Windows with Cortana (keyboard input).
+ I	Open Settings app.
+ A	Open Windows 10 Action Center aka Notifications Center.
+ H	Share content provided if the currently opened app supports it.
+ K	Connect to wireless displays and audio devices.
+ X	Open Start button context menu.
+ G	Opens the Windows 10 Game Bar to take game screenshots and record gaming videos of Windows 10 games (works in any game app, e.g. Microsoft Solitaire Collection).
+ [1][2][3][…]	Open programs that are pinned to task bar E.g. if first pinned program on your task bar is Windows Explorer (from left to right), the shortcut Windows + 1 opens File Explorer for you.
+ Space	Switch keyboard input language (if you have added at least a second one).
+ R	Open Run.
+ P	Projects current screen.
+ L	Locks your Windows 10 device, press Esc key to unlock.
+ D	Shows Windows Desktop.
+ U	Opens Ease of Access.
+ B	Shows hidden icons in taskbar notifications area.
+ PrtScr or + Fn + PrtScr	Captures screenshot of current screen and saves it Screenshots directory under Pictures.
+ T	Shows preview tabs above taskbar, of currently opened program.
+ Tab	Navigate between Task View desktops and see the program tabs currently open.
+ Ctrl + Left / Right	Switch to the virtual desktop on the left or 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.
Alt + F4	Closes current program window.
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.