Google Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts For Linux

by Juniya · Updated July 23, 2021

Ubuntu Keyboard Shortcuts On Google Chrome Browser

Linux Keyboard Shortcuts on Google Chrome Browser

Hello everyone, how is your Tuesday morning so far? For some reason, I am not tired at all so I think I will be up all night today getting some work done here on your number one Chrome web site, ChromeGeek.com! Anyway, check out this straight-to-the-point guide featuring useful Google chrome browser keyboard shortcuts for your Linux computer, Ubuntu OS and Mint OS featured of course, read on…

Contents

Tab and window shortcuts

Ctrl+N	Opens a new window.
Ctrl+T	Opens a new tab.
Ctrl+Shift+N	Opens a new window in incognito mode.
Press Ctrl+O, then select file.	Opens a file from your computer in Google Chrome.
Press Ctrl and click a link. Or click a link with your middle mouse button (or mousewheel).	Opens the link in a new tab in the background .
Press Ctrl+Shift and click a link. Or press Shift and click a link with your middle mouse button (or mousewheel).	Opens the link in a new tab and switches to the newly opened tab.
Press Shift and click a link.	Opens the link in a new window.
Ctrl+Shift+T	Reopens the last tab you’ve closed. Google Chrome remembers the last 10 tabs you’ve closed.
Drag a link to a tab.	Opens the link in the tab.
Drag a link to a blank area on the tab strip.	Opens the link in a new tab.
Drag a tab out of the tab strip.	Opens the tab in a new window.
Drag a tab out of the tab strip and into an existing window.	Opens the tab in the existing window.
Press Esc while dragging a tab.	Returns the tab to its original position.
Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8	Switches to the tab at the specified position number on the tab strip.
Ctrl+9	Switches to the last tab.
Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+PgDown	Switches to the next tab.
Ctrl+Shift+Tab or Ctrl+PgUp	Switches to the previous tab.
Ctrl+Shift+Q	Closes Google Chrome.
Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4	Closes the current tab or pop-up.
Click a tab with your middle mouse button (or mousewheel).	Closes the tab you clicked.
Right-click, or click and hold either the Back or Forward arrow in the browser toolbar.	Displays your browsing history in the tab.
Press Alt and the left arrow together.	Goes to the previous page in your browsing history for the tab.
Press Alt and the right arrow together.	Goes to the next page in your browsing history for the tab.
Click either the Back arrow, Forward arrow, or Go button in the toolbar with your middle mouse button (or mousewheel).	Opens the button destination in a new tab in the background.
Double-click the blank area on the tab strip.	Maximizes or minimizes the window.

Google Chrome address bar shortcuts

Type a search term, then press Enter.	Performs a search using your default search engine.
Type a search engine keyword, press Space, type a search term, and press Enter.	Performs a search using the search engine associated with the keyword.
Begin typing a search engine URL, press Tab when prompted, type a search term, and press Enter.	Performs a search using the search engine associated with the URL.
Ctrl+L	Highlights the URL.
Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E	Places a ‘?’ in the address bar. Type a search term after the question mark to perform a search using your default search engine.
Press Ctrl+Shift and the left arrow together.	Moves your cursor to the preceding key term in the address bar
Press Ctrl+Shift and the right arrow together.	Moves your cursor to the next key term in the address bar
Ctrl+Backspace	Deletes the key term that precedes your cursor in the address bar
Select an entry in the address bar drop-down menu with your keyboard arrows, then press Shift+Delete.	Deletes the entry from your browsing history, if possible.
Click an entry in the address bar drop-down menu with your middle mouse button (or mousewheel).	Opens the entry in a new tab in the background.
Press Page Up or Page Down when the address bar drop-down menu is visible.	Selects the first or last entry in the drop-down menu.

Google Chrome feature shortcuts

Alt+F	Opens the Tools menu, which lets you customize and control settings in Google Chrome.
Ctrl+Shift+B	Toggles the bookmarks bar on and off.
Ctrl+H	Opens the History page.
Ctrl+J	Opens the Downloads page.
Shift+Esc	Opens the Task Manager.
Ctrl+Shift+J	Opens Developer Tools.
Ctrl+Shift+Delete	Opens the Clear Browsing Data dialog.
F1	Opens the Help Center in a new tab (our favorite).
Ctrl+Shift+M	Switch between multiple users.

Webpage shortcuts

Ctrl+P	Prints your current page.
Ctrl+S	Saves your current page.
Ctrl+R	Reloads your current page.
Esc	Stops the loading of your current page.
Ctrl+F	Opens the find bar.
Ctrl+G or Enter	Finds the next match for your input in the find bar.
Ctrl+Shift+G or Shift+Enter	Finds the previous match for your input in the find bar.
Press Alt and click a link.	Downloads the target of the link.
Ctrl+U	Opens the source of your current page.
Drag a link to bookmarks bar	Saves the link as a bookmark.
Ctrl+D	Saves your current webpage as a bookmark.
Ctrl+Shift+D	Saves all open pages as bookmarks in a new folder.
F11	Opens your page in full-screen mode. Press F11 again to exit full-screen.
Ctrl and +, or press Ctrl and scroll your mouse wheel up.	Enlarges everything on the page.
Ctrl and –, or press Ctrl and scroll your mouse wheel down.	Makes everything on the page smaller.
Ctrl+0	Returns everything on the page to normal size.
Space bar	Scrolls down the web page.
Home	Goes to the top of the page.
End	Goes to the bottom of the page.

Text shortcuts

Ctrl+C	Copies highlighted content to the clipboard.
Ctrl+V or Shift+Insert	Pastes content from the clipboard.
Ctrl+Shift+V	Paste content from the clipboard without formatting.
Ctrl+X or Shift+Delete	Deletes the highlighted content and copies it to the clipboard