Learn Gmail Shortcuts

Here are the G-Mail Keyboard shortcuts help you save time by allowing you to never take your hands off the keyboard to use the mouse. You’ll need a Standard 101/102-Key or Natural PS/2 Keyboard to use the

shortcuts.

To turn these case-sensitive shortcuts on or off, click Settings, and then pick an option next to Keyboard

shortcuts.

Shortcut Key Definition Action
c Compose

Allows you to compose

a new message. <Shift> + c allows you to compose

a message in a new window.

/ Search Puts your cursor in the search box.
k Move to newer conversation

Opens or moves your cursor

to a more recent conversation. You can hit <Enter> to expand

a conversation.

j Move to older conversation

Opens or moves your cursor

to the next oldest conversation. You can hit <Enter> to expand

a conversation.

n Next message

Moves your cursor to the

next message. You can hit <Enter> to expand or collapse a message.

(Only applicable in ‘Conversation View.’)

p Previous message

Moves your cursor to the

previous message. You can hit <Enter> to expand or collapse

a message. (Only applicable in ‘Conversation View.’)

o or <Enter> Open

Opens your conversation.

Also expands or collapses a message if you are in ‘Conversation View.’

u Return to conversation list Refreshes your page and returns you to the inbox, or list of conversations.
e Archive Archive your conversation from any view.
m Mute

Archives the conversation, and all future messages skip the Inbox unless sent or cc’d

directly to you. Learn more.

x Select conversation

Automatically checks and

selects a conversation so that you can archive, apply a label, or choose

an action from the drop-down menu to apply to that conversation.

s Star a message or conversation

Adds or removes a star

to a message or conversation. Stars allow you to give a message or conversation

a special status.

! Report spam

Marks a message as spam

and removes it from your conversation list.

r Reply

Replies to the message sender.

<Shift> + r

allows you to reply to a message in a new window. (Only applicable in ‘Conversation View.’)

a Reply all

Replies to all message recipients.

<Shift> +a

allows you to reply

to all message recipients in a new window. (Only applicable in ‘Conversation View.’)

f Forward

Forwards a message. <Shift>

+ f allows you to forward a message in a new

window. (Only applicable in ‘Conversation View.’)

<Esc> Escape from input field Removes the cursor from your current input field.

<Ctrl> + s

Save draft

Saves the current text as a draft when composing a message. Hold the <Ctrl> key while pressing s and make sure your cursor is in one of the text fields — either the composition pane,

or any of the To, CC, BCC, or Subject fields — when using this shortcut.

#

Delete

Moves the conversation to Trash.

l

Label

Opens the Labels menu to label a conversation.

v

Move to

Moves the conversation from the inbox to a different label, Spam or Trash.

<Shift> + i Mark as read Marks your message as ‘read’ and skip to the next message.
<Shift> + u Mark as unread Marks your message as ‘unread’ so you can go back to it later.
[ Archive and previous Archives your conversation and moves to the previous one.
] Archive and next Archives your conversation and moves to the next one.
z Undo Undoes your previous action, if possible (works for actions with an ‘undo’ link).
<Shift> + n Update current conversation Updates your current conversation when there are new messages.
q Move cursor to chat search Moves your cursor directly to the chat search box.
y Remove from Current View*

Automatically removes the message or conversation from your current view.

  • From ‘Inbox,’ ‘y’ means Archive
  • From ‘Starred,’ ‘y’ means Unstar
  • From ‘Trash,’ ‘y’ means Move to inbox
  • From any label, ‘y’ means Remove the label

* ‘y’ has no effect if you’re in ‘Spam,’ ‘Sent,’ or ‘All Mail.’

. Show more actions Displays the ‘More Actions’ drop-down menu.
<Ctrl> + <Down arrow> Opens options in Chat
  • <Ctrl> + <Down arrow> moves from edit field in your chat window to select the ‘Video and more’ menu
  • Next, press <Tab> to select the emoticon menu
  • Press <Enter> to open the selected menu
? Show keyboard shortcuts help Displays the keyboard shortcuts help menu within any page you’re on.

Combo-keys – Use the

following combinations of keys to navigate through Gmail.

Shortcut Key Definition Action
<Tab> then <Enter> Send message

After composing your message,

use this combination to send it automatically. (Supported in Internet Explorer and Firefox, on Windows.)

y then o Archive and next Archives your conversation and moves to the next one.
g then a Go to ‘All Mail’

Takes you to ‘All Mail,’ the storage site for all mail you’ve ever sent or received (and have

not deleted).

g then s Go to ‘Starred’ Takes you to all conversations you have starred.
g then c Go to ‘Contacts’ Takes you to your Contacts list.
g then d Go to ‘Drafts’ Takes you to all drafts you have saved.
g then i Go to ‘Inbox’ Returns you to the inbox.
g then t Go to ‘Sent Mail’ Takes you to all mail you’ve sent.
* then a Select all Selects all mail.
* then n Select none Deselects all mail.
* then r Select read Selects all mail you’ve read.
* then u Select unread Selects all unread mail.
* then s Select starred Selects all starred mail.
* then t Select unstarred Selects all unstarred mail.

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