Google Chrome OS shortcut keys
Updated: 09/03/2019 by Computer Hope
Below is a listing of all the major shortcut keys used on the Chrome OS operating system. For additional shortcuts that work in both Chrome and Chrome OS, 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 Chrome OS computer.
Tip
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 through Alt+8 | Activates apps 1-8 on your 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 and + or - | Change the screen resolution. |
| Ctrl+Shift and 0 | Set the screen resolution back to default. |
| Ctrl+Shift and Reload | Rotate the screen 90 degrees. |
| F1-F12 | Search + 1 to Search + = key. |
| Page up | Alt or Search and up arrow. |
| Page down | Alt or Search 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+Right Arrow | Select the next word. |
| Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow | Select the previous word. |
| Shift+Search + Right Arrow | Select text until the end of the line. |
| Shift+Search + Left Arrow | Select text until the end of the previous line. |
| Ctrl+Backspace | Delete the previous word. |
| Alt+Backspace | Forward delete. |
| Ctrl+Right Arrow | Move cursor one word to the right. |
| Ctrl+Left Arrow | Move cursor one word to the left. |
| Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow | Go to the top of the page. |
| Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow | Go to the bottom of the page. |
| Ctrl+Search + Right Arrow | Go to the end of a document. |
| Ctrl+Search + 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. |
| Paste text currently in clipboard. | |
| Ctrl+Shift+V | Paste text as plain text |
| Ctrl+X | Cut text from document and copy to clipboard. |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo last action. |
| Ctrl+W | Closes the currently selected tab. |