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Microsoft Edge Shortcut Keys

Diwakar Kumar

May 19,2021
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Microsoft Edge is a browser-based on Chromium open source project. This makes the Edge browser similar in functionality to chrome. As per Microsoft, Edge tends to provide some great enhancements in performance as compared to Google Chrome due to better tweaks in performance and memory optimizations. Being a Chromium project, you do get a bunch of experimental features to try on. They are called "Edge Flags" or simply "Flags"

Microsoft Edge is at an upper edge over other browsers in terms of privacy. It provides privacy control in your hands. You can manually set your desired privacy level as "Basic, Balanced, and Strict". Edge also blocks “potentially unwanted apps” from installing which is not unlike other browser protective measures but Edge seems to take it up a notch. Beyond security, Edge offers a clean-looking design that feels right at home on both Windows 10 and Mac. These are some good reasons to go with Edge browser if you can easily migrate from chrome.????

Coming to the main gist of the topic, below is a list of shortcuts that you can use to make your browsing experience even better. These shortcut keys would be helpful for you all.

Microsoft Edge Shortcut Keys

Function	Windows	macOS
Show or hide the favorites bar	Ctrl + Shift + B	Command + Shift + B
Set focus on the first item in the favorites bar	Alt + Shift + B
Save the current tab as a favorite	Ctrl + D	Command + D
Save all open tabs as favorites in a new folder	Ctrl + Shift + D	Command + Shift + D
Select the URL in the address bar to edit	Alt + D	Command + L
Open a search query in the address bar	Ctrl + E
Open the Settings and more “…” menu	Alt + E	Command + , (comma)
Find on page	Ctrl + F	Command + F
Search the web		Command + Option + F
Toggle tab mute on and off		Ctrl + M
Open the Settings and more “…” menu	Alt + F
Jump to the next match to your Find Bar search	Ctrl + G	Command + G
Jump to the previous match to your Find Bar search	Ctrl + Shift + G	Command + Shift + G
Open History in a new tab (web UI)	Ctrl + H	Command + Y
Open Developer Tools	Ctrl + Shift + I	Command + Shift + C
Open the Send feedback dialog	Alt + Shift + I
Open Downloads in a new tab (web UI)	Ctrl + J	Command + Shift + J
Open a search query in the address bar	Ctrl + K
Duplicate the current tab	Ctrl + Shift + K
Search the typed query in the new tab		Command + Return
Select the URL in the address bar to edit	Ctrl + L
Paste and search or Paste and go (if it’s a URL)	Ctrl + Shift + L
Mute the current tab (toggle)	Ctrl + M
Sign in as a different user or browse as a Guest	Ctrl + Shift + M	Command + Shift + M
Open a new window	Ctrl + N	Command + N
Minimize window		Command + M
Minimize all windows of the front app		Command + Option + M
Open a new InPrivate window	Ctrl + Shift + N	Command + Shift + N
Open a file from your computer in Edge	Ctrl + O	Command + O
Open Favorites management	Ctrl + Shift + O
Quit		Command + Q
Print the current page	Ctrl + P	Command + P
Print using the system dialog	Ctrl + Shift + P
Reload the current page	Ctrl + R
Reload the current page, ignoring cached content	Ctrl + Shift + R
Save the current page	Ctrl + S	Command + S
Open a new tab and switch to it	Ctrl + T	Command + T
Reopen the last closed tab, and switch to it	Ctrl + Shift + T	Command + Shift + T
Set focus on the first item in the toolbar	Alt + Shift + T
View source	Ctrl + U
Open the JavaScript Console		Command + Option + J
Start or stop Read Aloud	Ctrl + Shift + U
Paste without formatting	Ctrl + Shift + V	Command + Shift + V
Close the current tab	Ctrl + W	Command + W
Close the current window	Ctrl + Shift + W	Command + Shift + W
Open Collections	Ctrl + Shift + Y
Reset zoom level	Ctrl + 0 (zero)	Command + 0 (zero)
Switch to a specific tab	Ctrl + 1, 2, … 8	Command + 1,2,…8
Switch to the last tab	Ctrl + 9	Command + 9
Move the cursor to the beginning of the first word in the same line		Command + Left arrow
Move the cursor to the end of the last word in the same line		Command + Right arrow
Delete the entire text field / entire line of text		Command + Delete
Add www. to the beginning and .com to the end of the text typed in the address bar	Ctrl + Enter
Switch to the next tab	Ctrl + Tab	Ctrl + Fn + Down arrow
Switch to the previous tab	Ctrl + Shift + Tab	Ctrl + Fn + Up arrow
Zoom in	Ctrl + Plus (+)	Command + Plus (+)
Zoom out	Ctrl + Minus (-)	Command + Minus (-)
Toggle PDF between fit to page / fit to width	Ctrl + \ (in a PDF)	Ctrl + \ (in a PDF)
Rotate PDF counter-clockwise 90*	Ctrl + [ (in a PDF)	Ctrl + [ (in a PDF)
Rotate PDF clockwise 90*	Ctrl + ] (in a PDF)	Ctrl + ] (in a PDF)
Open clear browsing data options	Ctrl + Shift + Delete	Command + Shift + Delete
Set focus on the Settings and more “…” button	Alt
Go back	Alt + Left arrow	Command + [
Go forward	Alt + Right arrow	Command + ]
Open your home page in the current tab	Alt + Home	Command + Shift + H
Close the current window	Alt + F4	Command + Shift + W
Open Help	F1
Find in the current tab	F3
Close the current page in the current tab	F4
Enable/disable video	Ctrl + F4
Reload the current tab	F5	Command + R
Reload the current tab, ignoring cached content	Shift + F5	Command + Shift + R
Switch focus to the next pane	F6
Switch focus to the previous pane	Shift + F6
Turn caret browsing on or off	F7
Enter or exit Immersive Reader	F9	F9
Set focus on the Settings and more “…” button	F10
Open Setting and more “…” menu	F10 + Enter
Open context menu	Shift + F10
Enter full screen (toggle)	F11	Command + Ctrl + F
Open Developer Tools	F12	F12
Stop loading page; close dialog or pop-up	Esc	ESC
Scroll down a webpage, one screen at a time	Spacebar	Space
Scroll up a webpage, one screen at a time	Shift + Spacebar	Shift + Space
Scroll down a webpage, one screen at a time	PgDn
Switch to the next tab	Ctrl + PgDn	Ctrl + Fn + Down arrow
Scroll up the webpage, one screen at a time	PgUp
Switch to the previous tab	Ctrl + PgUp
Go to the top of the page, Move keyboard focus to the first item of the pane	Home
Go to the bottom of the page, Move keyboard focus to the last item of the pane	End
Go to the next tab stop	Tab	Ctrl + Tab
Go to the previous tab stop	Shift + Tab	Shift + Ctrl + Tab
Move to the next control		Tab
Move to the previous control		Shift + Tab