{"id":36474,"date":"2017-02-23T21:08:25","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T02:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/?p=36474"},"modified":"2017-02-23T21:08:25","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T02:08:25","slug":"the-25-most-useful-keyboard-shortcuts-for-google-chrome-on-mac-and-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/the-25-most-useful-keyboard-shortcuts-for-google-chrome-on-mac-and-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"The 25 Most Useful Keyboard Shortcuts For Google Chrome On Mac And PC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You can save a lot of time when it comes to navigating the web by learning these simple keyboard shortcuts. The shortcuts below work with the Google Chrome browser and are shown for both a Mac and PC.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Open new tab<\/strong><\/h1>\n

To open a new tab, hold Command<\/strong> and press T<\/strong>. For PC, hold Ctrl<\/strong> and press T<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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2. Close current tab<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Never click that stupid little “x” to close tabs again. Rather, save time by holding Command<\/strong>and pressing W<\/strong>. For PC, hold Ctrl<\/strong> and press W<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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3. Reopen last tab closed<\/strong><\/h1>\n

I hate when I close a tab, then realize crap, I still needed that info. I just hold Command<\/strong> and Shift<\/strong>, then press T <\/strong>to quickly recover it. For PC, hold Ctrl<\/strong> and Shift<\/strong>, then press T<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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4. View next tab<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Rapidly move to the next tab by holding Command<\/strong> and Option<\/strong>, then pressing the right arrow key. <\/strong>For PC, hold Ctrl<\/strong> and press tab<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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5. View previous tab<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Switch to the previous tab by holding Command<\/strong> and Option<\/strong>, then press the left arrow key<\/strong>. For PC, hold Ctrl<\/strong> and press 9<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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6. Switch to a specific tab (first eight tabs)<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u00a0need to jump to a specific tab, hold Command<\/strong> and select the appropriate number. For example, if you\u00a0need to jump to the seventh tab open, hold Command and press 7. If you\u00a0need to jump back to the second tab open, hold Command and press 2. For PC, it’s the same action, just hold Ctrl<\/strong> instead of Command.<\/p>\n

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7. Open hyperlinked text in a new tab<\/strong><\/h1>\n

If you are\u00a0reading an article that has an intriguing hyperlink in it, open it in a new tab by holding Command<\/strong> and clicking the link. Try it out here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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8. Open hyperlinked text in a new window<\/strong><\/h1>\n

If you\u00a0want to open a link in a new window, hold Shift<\/strong> and click the link. Try it out here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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9. Put cursor in search bar<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Don’t want to drag your mouse to the search bar to type in a URL or Google something? Rather, hold Command<\/strong> and press L<\/strong> to jump my cursor to the search bar.<\/p>\n

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10. Erase current search<\/strong><\/h1>\n

If you\u00a0totally screw up a URL or Google search, you can quickly start it over by holding Command\u00a0<\/strong>pressing delete. <\/strong>For PC, hold Ctrl<\/strong> and press Backspace<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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11. Highlight next word in search<\/strong><\/h1>\n

To highlight the next word in a search, hold Shift<\/strong> and Option<\/strong>, then press the right arrow key<\/strong>. For PC, hold Ctrl<\/strong> and press the right arrow key<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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12. Highlight previous word in search<\/strong><\/h1>\n

To highlight the previous word, hold Shift<\/strong> and option<\/strong>, then press the left arrow key<\/strong>. For PC, hold Ctrl<\/strong> and press the left arrow key<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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13. Go back to previous page<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Want to jump back to the previous page? Just press delete<\/strong>. On PC, press Backspace<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Click NEXT<\/strong> To Keep Reading!<\/h1>\n

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You can save a lot of time when it comes to navigating the web by learning these simple keyboard shortcuts. The shortcuts below work with the Google Chrome browser and are shown for both a Mac and PC.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

14. Go forward to next page<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Want to go forward? Hold Shift<\/strong> and press delete<\/strong>. On PC, hold shift<\/strong> and press Backspace<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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15. Reloads current page<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Is the page frozen? Hold Command<\/strong> and press R<\/strong> to quickly reload it. On PC, hold Ctrl<\/strong> and press R<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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16. Opens the find bar<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Need to find a key word or phrase on the page? Hold Command<\/strong> and press F<\/strong>. Then simply type what you’re looking for. On PC, hold Ctrl<\/strong> and press F<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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17. Scrolls to next keywords in find bar<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The first keyword isn’t correct that appears in the find bar? Press Enter<\/strong> to move to the next search term. On PC, hold Ctrl<\/strong> and press G<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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18. Scrolls to previous keywords in find bar<\/strong><\/h1>\n

To scroll backwards to the previous keyword, hold Shift<\/strong> and press Enter<\/strong>. On PC, hold Ctrl\u00a0<\/strong>and press G<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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19. Save current page as bookmark<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Read an awesome article? Or need to bookmark a useful tool? Hold Command<\/strong> and press D<\/strong>. On PC, hold Ctrl<\/strong> and press D<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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20. Open settings page<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Need to activate an extension (such as Sidekick<\/a>, an email productivity tool)? Hold command\u00a0<\/strong>and press the comma<\/strong> key. There is no keyboard shortcut for this for PC.<\/p>\n

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21. Open downloads page<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Downloaded something you quickly need to reference? Hold Command<\/strong> and Shift<\/strong>, then press J<\/strong>. For PC, hold Ctrl<\/strong> and press J<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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22. Open new window<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Have too many tabs open, but don’t want to close them yet? Open a new window. To do this, hold Command<\/strong> and press N<\/strong>. On PC, hold Ctrl<\/strong> and press N<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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23. Drag tab out of strip to open in new window<\/strong><\/h1>\n

No this isn’t a keyboard shortcut, but it’s just as useful. If I want to focus on only one tab, I’ll click the tab and drag it downwards until a new window opens. This helps me focus on only one tab, by removing it from a cluster of too many other tabs.<\/p>\n

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24. Close current window<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Quickly close the current window by holding Command<\/strong> and Shift<\/strong>, then press W<\/strong>. On PC, hold Ctrl<\/strong> and Shift<\/strong> and press W<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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25. Minimize current window<\/strong><\/h1>\n

To minimize the current window, hold Command<\/strong> and press M<\/strong>. On PC, there isn’t a keyboard shortcut for this.<\/p>\n

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  You can save a lot of time when it comes to navigating the web by learning these simple keyboard shortcuts. The shortcuts below work with the Google Chrome browser and are shown for both a Mac and PC.\u00a0 1. Open new tab To open a new tab, hold Command and press T. For PC, hold Ctrl and press T. 2. Close current tab Never click that stupid little “x” to close tabs again. Rather, save time by holding Commandand pressing W. For PC, hold Ctrl and press W. 3. Reopen last tab closed I hate when I close a <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36500,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1564,1,5843],"tags":[6339,571,4761,5346,6338,2178],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36474"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36501,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36474\/revisions\/36501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36474"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=36474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}