Microsoft Edge shortcuts

If Microsoft Edge is your preferred browser, you will benefit from these keyboard shortcuts. These shortcuts apply to any version of Windows.

Keyboard shortcut                                Action

Ctrl + Shift + B                                       Show or hide the favorites bar.

Alt + Shift + B                                         Focus on the first item in the favorites bar.

Ctrl + D                                                  Save the tab as a favorite.

Ctrl + Shift + D                                       Save open tabs as favorites inside a new folder.

Alt + D (or Ctrl + L or F4)                        Select the URL in the address bar to edit.

Ctrl + E (or Ctrl + K)                               Start search in the address bar.

Alt + E (or Alt + F or F10 + Enter)           Open the Settings (three-dotted) menu.

Ctrl + F (or F3)                                       Open the Find on page feature.

Ctrl + G                                                  Cycle through search matches in the Find Bar.

Ctrl + Shift + G                                       Reverse cycle through search matches in the Find Bar.

Ctrl + H                                                  Open the History page in a new tab.

Ctrl + Shift + I (or F12)                           Open Developer Tools console. 

Alt + Shift + I                                         Open the Send feedback experience.

Ctrl + J                                                  Open the Downloads page in a new tab.

Ctrl + Shift + K                                      Create a duplicate of the tab.

Ctrl + Shift + L                                       Paste and search or Paste and go.

Ctrl + M                                                 Mute the current tab.

Ctrl + Shift + M                                      Sign in as a different user in the browser or use Guest user.

Ctrl + N                                                 Open a new tab in a new window.

Ctrl + Shift + N                                      Open a new InPrivate window.

Ctrl + O                                                 Launch Open dialog.

Ctrl + Shift + O                                      Open Favorites management page.

Ctrl + P                                                 Print the current page.

Ctrl + Shift + P                                      Open print settings to print page.

Ctrl + R (or F5)                                     Reload the current page.

Ctrl + Shift + R (or Shift + F5)               Reload the page, ignoring cached content.

Ctrl + S                                                Save loaded page.

Ctrl + T                                                Open a new tab and switch to new tab.

Ctrl + Shift + T                                     Reopen the last closed tab and switch to the tab.

Alt + Shift + T                                      Focus on the first item in the toolbar.

Ctrl + U                                              View page source code.

Ctrl + Shift + U                                   Controls Read Aloud feature.

Ctrl + Shift + V                                   Paste without including formatting.

Ctrl + W (or Ctrl + F4)                        Close the current tab.

Ctrl + Shift + W                                  Close the current window and tabs.

Ctrl + Shift + Y                                   Open Collections feature.

Ctrl + 0                                              Reset zoom level setting.

Ctrl + 1, 2, ... 8                                  Switch to a specific open tab.

Ctrl + 9                                             Switch to the last tab of the window.

Ctrl + Enter                                       Add "www." to the link you typed.

Ctrl + Tab (or Ctrl + PgDn)                Switch to the next open tab.

Ctrl + Shift + Tab                              Switch to the previous open tab.

Ctrl + Plus (+)                                   Zoom in.

Ctrl + Minus (-)                                 Zoom out.

Ctrl + \ (PDF)                                   Toggle PDF between fit to page or fit to width.

Ctrl + [ (PDF)                                   Rotate PDF counter-clockwise 90 degree.

Ctrl + ] (PDF)                                   Rotate PDF clockwise 90 degree.

Ctrl + Shift + Delete                         Open clear browsing data options.

Alt (or F10)                                      Focus on the Settings (three-dotted) button.

Alt + Left arrow                                Go back.

Alt + Right arrow                             Go forward.

Alt + Home                                     Open home page.

Alt + F4                                          Close the current window.

F1                                                  Open Help page.

F6                                                  Switch focus to the next pane.

Shift + F6                                       Switch focus to the previous pane.

F7                                                  Enable or disable caret browsing.

F9                                                  Enter or exit Immersive Reader.

Shift + F10                                     Open browser context menu.

F11                                                Enter fullscreen.

Esc                                                Stop loading page, close dialog, or close pop-up.

Spacebar (or PgDn)                       Scroll down the webpage one screen at a time.

Shift + Spacebar (or PgUp)            Scroll up the webpage one screen at a time.

Tab                                                Go to the next tab stop.

Shift + Tab                                     Go to the previous tab stop

Home                                  Scroll to the top of the page, or move keyboard focus to the first item of the pane.

End                               Scroll to the bottom of the page, or move keyboard focus to the last item of the pane.