Google ChromeOS and Chromebook keyboard shortcuts

Updated: 12/10/2023 by Computer Hope

Below is a listing of all the major shortcut keys used on the ChromeOS operating system. For additional shortcuts that work in both Chrome and ChromeOS, see our Google Chrome shortcut keys page.

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Pressing Ctrl+Alt+/ shows an interactive menu with every shortcut key combination available on a ChromeOS computer.

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See the computer shortcuts page if you are looking for other shortcut keys used with other operating systems.

Shortcut keys	Description
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Q` (twice)	Sign out of your Google account.
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`L`	Lock your computer's screen.
`Alt`+`1` - `Alt`+`8`	Activates apps 1-8 on the shelf.
`Alt`+`9`	Activates the last app on the shelf.
`Alt`+`Shift`+`M`	Open the files app.
`Alt`+`Shift`+`S`	Open the status menu.
`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`Z`	Toggle ChromeVox on or off.
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`+` or `Ctrl`+`Shift`+`-`	Change the screen resolution.
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`0`	Set the screen resolution back to default.
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+Reload button	Rotate the screen 90 degrees.
`F1`-`F12`	Launcher + 1 to Launcher + = key.
`Page Up`	Alt or Launcher and up arrow.
`Page Down`	Alt or Launcher and down arrow.
`Ctrl`+ or `Ctrl`+`F5`	Take a screenshot of the current page.
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+ or `Ctrl`+`Shift`+`F5`	Take a partial screenshot of the current page.
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`→`	Select the word to the right.
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`←`	Select the word to the left.
`Shift`+Launcher+Right Arrow	Select text until the end of the line.
`Shift`+Launcher+Left Arrow	Select text until the end of the previous line.
`Ctrl`+`Backspace`	Delete the word to the left of the cursor.
`Alt`+`Backspace`	Delete the word to the right of the cursor.
`Ctrl`+`→`	Move cursor one word to the right.
`Ctrl`+`←`	Move cursor one word to the left.
`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`up`	Go to the top of the page.
`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`down`	Go to the bottom of the page.
`Ctrl`+Launcher+Right Arrow	Go to the end of a document.
`Ctrl`+Launcher+Left Arrow	Go to the beginning of a document.
`Ctrl`+`A`	Select everything on a page.
`Ctrl`+`C`	Copy selected text to clipboard.
`Ctrl`+`L`	Select everything in the address bar.
`Ctrl`+`V`	Paste text currently in clipboard.
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`V`	Paste text as plain text.
`Ctrl`+`W`	Closes the currently selected tab.
`Ctrl`+`X`	Cut text from document and copy to clipboard.
`Ctrl`+`Z`	Undo last action.
`Launcher key`+`L`	Lock the Chromebook, displaying the lock screen.