Windows 11 Keyboard Shortcuts

Windows Key

Win + I: Settings — Open Settings app
Win + A: Action Center — Open Windows 11 action center / quick settings
Win + N: Notifications — Open notification center and calendar
Win + S: Search — Open Windows search
Win + L: Lock — Lock the computer
Win + G: Game Bar — Open Xbox Game Bar for game recording and overlays
Win + H: Voice Typing — Open voice dictation / speech-to-text
Win + K: Cast — Open Cast from Quick Settings
Win + U: Accessibility — Open Settings to the Accessibility section
Win + W: Widgets — Open the Widgets panel
Win + R: Run — Open the Run dialog box
Win + P: Project — Choose a presentation / display mode
Win + .: Emoji — Open emoji and special characters panel
Win + PrtSc: Screenshot — Capture full screen and save to Screenshots folder
Win + Space: Input Lang — Switch forward through input languages
Win + D: Show Desktop — Toggle desktop display — show or hide all windows
Win + M: Min All — Minimize all open windows
Win + Z: Snap Layout — Open snap layouts for the active window
Win + Tab: Task View — Open Task View to see all windows and virtual desktops
Win + ←: Snap Left — Snap active window to left half of screen
Win + →: Snap Right — Snap active window to right half of screen
Win + ↑: Maximize — Maximize the active window
Win + ↓: Minimize — Minimize the active window
Win + T: Taskbar — Cycle through apps on the taskbar
Win + X: Quick Link — Open Quick Link menu (power user menu)
Win + Home: Min Others — Minimize all windows except the active one
Win + V: Clipboard — Open clipboard history panel
Win + E: File Explorer — Open File Explorer
Win + F: Feedback Hub — Open Feedback Hub

Desktop

Ctrl + C: Copy
Ctrl + V: Paste
Ctrl + X: Cut
Ctrl + Z: Undo
Ctrl + Y: Redo
Ctrl + A: Select All — Select all items in the active window
Ctrl + F: Find — Find text in the active window
Ctrl + H: Replace — Find and replace text
Alt + Tab: Switch Apps — Switch between open windows (hold Alt, tap Tab)
Alt + F4: Close Window — Close the active window; shutdown prompt on desktop
Ctrl + W: Close Tab — Close the active document or tab
Ctrl + N: New — Open a new window
Ctrl + Shift + Esc: Task Manager — Open Task Manager directly (Ctrl+Shift+Esc)
PrtSc: Screenshot — Capture a screen region to the clipboard (Win 11)
F5: Refresh — Refresh the active window
F10: Menu Bar — Activate the menu bar in the active app
Del: Delete — Delete the selected item
F2: Rename — Rename the selected item

File Explorer

F2: Rename — Rename the selected item
F3: Search — Search for a file or folder
F4: Address Bar — Select the address bar to change path
F5: Refresh — Refresh the current folder view
F11: Full Screen — Toggle window full-screen / maximized mode
Del: Recycle Bin — Delete selected item to Recycle Bin
Backspace: Go Back — Navigate to the previous folder
Home: Scroll Top — Scroll to the top of the window
End: Scroll Bottom — Scroll to the bottom of the window
←: Collapse — Collapse the selected folder or go to parent
→: Expand — Expand the selected folder
Alt + ↑: Up a Level — Navigate up one folder level
Ctrl + A: Select All — Select all items in the current folder
Ctrl + C: Copy
Ctrl + V: Paste
Ctrl + X: Cut
Ctrl + Z: Undo
Ctrl + Shift + N: New Folder — Create a new folder (Ctrl+Shift+N)
Ctrl + T: New Tab — Open a new tab in File Explorer
Ctrl + W: Close — Close the active tab or window
Ctrl + L: Address Bar — Focus the address bar
Ctrl + E: Search Box — Select the search box

Text Editing

Ctrl + C: Copy
Ctrl + V: Paste
Ctrl + X: Cut
Ctrl + Z: Undo
Ctrl + Y: Redo
Ctrl + A: Select All
Ctrl + B: Bold — Apply bold formatting
Ctrl + I: Italic — Apply italic formatting
Ctrl + U: Underline — Apply underline formatting
Ctrl + F: Find — Find text
Ctrl + H: Replace — Find and replace text
Del: Del Right — Delete character to the right of cursor
Backspace: Del Left — Delete character to the left of cursor
Home: Line Start — Move cursor to beginning of line
End: Line End — Move cursor to end of line
PgUp: Page Up — Move cursor / view backward one page
PgDn: Page Down — Move cursor / view forward one page
Ctrl + ←: Prev Word — Move to beginning of previous word
Ctrl + →: Next Word — Move to beginning of next word
Ctrl + ↑: Prev Para — Move to beginning of previous paragraph
Ctrl + ↓: Next Para — Move to beginning of next paragraph