Introduction

These are integrated into the operating system.
Keyboard shortcuts can save you a lot of time and help you to do things faster. Plus, it is more convenient to do tasks with a single press of one or multiple keys than endless clicks and scrolls. In this post, we’re going to list the important keyboard shortcut keys (also known as Windows hotkeys) for Windows 11 that every Windows user should learn.
You can choose to learn only the shortcuts for the tasks you do more frequently to make you faster and more efficient.

List of Shortcuts

Windows 11

This is a list of the shortcuts that you should find useful and a brief description of their use:

Keys	Action	Detail
Win + W	Widgets pane
Win + A	Quick Settings	Volume, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Brightness etc.
Win + N	Notification and Calendar	Shows all your notifications
Win + Z	Opens Snap Layouts	Organize apps and windows for multitasking
Win + C	Open Teams Chat	Select a chat thread from the Taskbar
Win + Up Arrow	Snap an active window	to top half of display
Win + Dn Arrow	Snap an active window	to bottom half of display
Win + K	Open Quick Cast settings
Win + H	Launch Voice Typing
Win + L	Lock your screen
Win + D	Display or hide desktop
Win + Shift + S	Snip & Sketch	Capture part of the screen
Win + X	Open the Start menu	Open the Start button context menu
Win + Shift + C	Open the charms menu
Win + P	Project a screen
Win + R	Open Run command
Win + Shift + S	Take a screen clipping
Win + I	Open Windows settings
Win + period (.)	Emoji keyboard
Win + Ctrl + Q	Req Remote Assistance
Win + Tab	Open Task View


Ctrl + Esc	Open the Start menu
Ctrl + A	Select all contents
Ctrl + X	Cut the selected items
Ctrl + V	Paste the items
Ctrl + Z	Undo an action
Ctrl + Y	Redo an action
Ctrl + I	Italicize selected text
Ctrl + U	Underline selected text
Ctrl + B	Bolden selected text
Ctrl + N	Opens new window/doc
Ctrl + Delete	Delete item	Move to the Recycle Bin
Ctrl + P	Print the current page
Ctrl + Delete	Delete item	Move to the Recycle Bin
Shift + Delete	Delete item permanently
Win + Shift + C	Open the charms menu
Ctrl + Shift + Esc	Open Task Manager
Ctrl + P	Print the current page
Shift + Arrow	Select more than one item
Ctrl + S	Save the current file
Ctrl + Shift + S	Save As
Ctrl + O	Open a file in the app
Shift + F10	Open classic/full Menu	(right-click menu)
Ctrl + N	Open a new program	window of the current app
Ctrl+ Backspace	Delete last entered word
Ctrl + Right	Move the cursor to	beginning of the next word
Ctrl + Left	Move the cursor to	beginning of the previous word
Ctrl + Down	Move the cursor to	beginning of the next paragraph
Ctrl + Up	Move the cursor to	beginning of the previous paragraph
Ctrl + F	Open Search box

Alt + A	Set focus to first icon	in the Suggested actions menu
Alt + Tab	Switch between Apps
Alt + F4	Close the active app	Open the Shutdown box
Alt + Left arrow	Go back
Alt + Right arrow	Go forward
Alt +Page Up	Move up one screen	??
Alt + Page Down	Move down one screen	??
Alt + Esc	Cycle through the apps	on the taskbar
Alt + F8	Display your password	on the login screen
Alt + Spacebar	Open the shortcut menu	for the current window
Alt + Enter	Open properties for item

Esc	Stop or leave current task
Backspace	Go back to	Settings home page
F2	Rename selected item
F3	Search for a file or folder	in File Explorer
F4	Display the address bar	list in File Explorer
F5	Refresh active window
F6	Cycle through screen	elements in a window or on the desktop
F10	Open the Menu bar	for the current app
F11	Enter/Exit full-screen

Taskbar Shortcuts

You can use below keyboard shortcuts to take control of your taskbar:

Keys	Action	Detail
Win + E	Open the File Explore
Ctrl + T	Open New Tab
Ctrl + Tab	Switch to the next tab
Ctrl + Shift + Tab	Switch to the previous tab
Ctrl + W	Close the active tab
F3	Open the search	in most apps
Ctrl + N	Open the current window	in a new window
Ctrl + W	Close active window
Ctrl + M	Start the mark mode
Ctrl + Shift + N	Create a new folder
Alt + D	Select the address bar	of File Explorer

Command Prompt Shortcuts

If you are a Command Prompt user, then these shortcuts will come in handy:

Keys	Action	Detail
Ctrl + Home	Scroll to the top
Ctrl + End	Scroll to the bottom
Ctrl + A	Select everything on the	current line
Page Up	Cursor up a page
Page Down	Cursor down a page
Ctrl + M	Enter Mark mode
Esc	Clear everything typed
Shift + Page Up	cursor up one screen	and select text
Shift + Page Dn	Cursor down one screen	and select text

Browser Shortcuts

Use these shortcuts to navigate and use browsers such as Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox: