Top Windows 10 Shortcut Keys



Save precious time and get the most out of Windows 10 with these top Windows shortcuts. I start basic and then move on to some lesser known but equally valuable Windows shortcut keys. While researching this video, I discovered some new shortcut keys in Windows that I now use on a regular basis. Hopefully you’ll find the same.

Editing
• CTRL + C to Copy
• CTRL + V to Paste
• CTRL + X to Cut
• CTRL + Z to Undo
• CTRL + Y to Redo
• CTRL + D to Delete
• Alt + Shift + Up/Down Arrow to move bullets up and down

Find and Search
• CTRL + F to find text
• Windows Key + Q or Windows Key or Windows Key + S to search or just press the windows key

Selection
• CTRL + A to Select all
• CTRL + Click to select multiple individual items
• Shift + Click to select multiple items
• Shift + Arrow to select text
• Shift + CTRL + Arrow to select entire words

Windows Management
• Alt + Tab to jump between open windows
• Alt + F4 to close a window
• Windows + # key to bring up app on task bar where the # corresponds with the position on the taskbar
• Windows Key + arrow keys to snap a window in different positions
• Windows + D to see desktop. Toggle back and forth
• Windows + M to minimize all windows

Browser Navigation
• Alt + left or Alt + right arrow to navigate forward or back
• CTRL + T to open a new tab
• CTRL + Shift + T to bring up closed tab in browser
• CTRL + Tab to move to next tab
• CTRL + Shift + Tab to move to previous tab
• F5 or CTRL + R to refresh a web page

Zoom
• Windows + or Windows – to zoom in or out

Virtual Desktop
• Windows + Tab to open task view
• Windows + CTRL + D to add a virtual desktop
• Windows + CTRL + Left or Right Arrow Keys move between them
• Windows + CTRL + F4 to close virtual desktop

Display
• Windows + P to project to an external monitor

Others
• CTRL + Shift + ESC opens task manager
• CTRL + P prints
• Windows + L to lock your PC
• Windows + E to launch File Explorer
• Windows + G brings up Game Bar which allows you to screen record

As full-disclosure, I work at Microsoft as a full-time employee.

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This Post Has 50 Comments

  1. Garry Macdonald

    It was worth watching the whole thing just for the WIN+G shortcut! Awesome

  2. PES

    Thanks a lot, please make a tutorial about the outlook.

  3. Jira vich

    on windows 10 click the windows button on your keyboard and click the dot the same time it will show you emojis hope this helped you out

  4. Hussain Fawzer

    He works at Microsoft but still uses chrome as his browser 🤣😂.
    What a great insult.😂🤣💀❌

  5. Robert Vance

    Kevin, you answered a question I've had for a while. For those who use two or more monitors have to use the mouse to click to another monitor (for example a spreadsheet on one monitor and a browser on the other). The short cut you mentioned (Alt. + tab) will move you between monitors without having to involve the mouse. Thanks for the help.

  6. PATEL' s DJ

    Thank you so much Kevin for the this video this helped me a lot 🙏🙏

    Thank you so much

  7. Ian Gray

    Thanks. I am a big fan of keyboard shortcuts. I will share this with our team. The most useful discovery was virtual desktops. I can separate my work and personal activities using this feature on my laptop.

  8. Nick Fraser

    when typing German or French how can I put letter with umlaut = 2 dots above letter
    and also accent above letter in French and so on

  9. Thanks Kevin for all that you do… all your Contents that I watched are very informative and very easy to understand & follow 🌹❤️👍

  10. Sarit Shomrat

    How About when you have lots of things open and you just shack the one that you want and it will minimize all the others?

  11. Zaid Zihar

    what's the shortcut keys for refreshing in windows 10?

  12. Clay Cassin

    Windows + G does absolutely nothing on my computer. No "Game Bar". Windows 10 v20h2. I have uninstalled or disabled all telemetry other than Windows Update, however…maybe that is why? If so, then I clearly do not want it. I'll install something else that is safer.

  13. Hello World

    Kevin, thank you very much for sharing your knowledge!

  14. Renato Trevisan

    Is there a shortcut to send an app directly to another virtual desktop?

  15. joseph dunn

    Kevin:
    I had this suggestion for a long time…
    Let's say you have 7 virtual desktops open.
    Instead of doing WINDOWS KEY-CTRL-LEFT ARROW or WINDOWS KEY-CTRL-RIGHT ARROW
    how about WINDOWS KEY-CTRL-1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 to jump to your desired
    virtual desktop that you have open?
    In addition we would do WINDOWS KEY-CTRL-F (FOR THE 1ST VIRTUAL WINDOW)
    and do WINDOWS KEY-CTRL-L (FOR THE LAST VIRTUAL WINDOWS).
    All this to jump around quicker.

  16. AnaMaria Marrero

    I was watching another of you videos and thought of will be nice to have a list. Thank you.

  17. AJ Sharron

    Thank you so much for these tutorials. I am a beginner and feel overwhelmed so I appreciate the simplicity of your videos!

  18. Nada Farouk

    what is the short cut key for increase and decrease the sound?
    what is the short cut key for screen brightness?

  19. orkayen

    Thanks for the shortcut Keys. Is there a shortcut key to unlock the keypad or the screen ? Sometimes, both my screen and keypad get locked-up. Now, I have to reboot. The keypad doesn't have any sensor to tap on.

  20. Lisa A

    Great tips! I learned several new ones, the basic ones I already use, as I'm a typist… and as you mentioned, keyboard commands are a time saver. 🙂 I really liked the 'virtual desktop' command, never knew that was a Win10 feature.

  21. David Griffith

    I AM NOT SMART I DOWNLOADED WIN 10 MYSELF I PROBABLY DIDNT DO IT PERFECT BUT YOUR COMMENTS AND INSTRUCTIONS ARE FANTASTIC. I STILL CANT GET THE GAME BAR TO TAKE A PHOTO BUT I WILL STILL KEEP TRYING. YOUR THE BEST KEVIN, VR griff

  22. Madhan L

    what is shortcut to refresh the screen in laptop

  23. Rajeev Gosavi

    These shortcut keys are of greatv value and thank you very much. Can you please provide a PDF file of these shortcuts.

  24. Neville James

    Great job thank you. It was helpful that you have scenarios as well.

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