macOS keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Printable cheat sheet covering all 189 macOS 15 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.

All shortcuts

  • Meta+Space — Spotlight Search
  • Meta+Q — Quit Application
  • Meta+H — Hide Application
  • Alt+Meta+H — Hide Other Applications
  • Meta+M — Minimize Window
  • Alt+Meta+M — Minimize All Windows
  • Meta+W — Close Window
  • Alt+Meta+W — Close All Windows
  • Alt+Meta+Escape — Force Quit Applications Dialog
  • Shift+Alt+Meta+Escape — Force Quit Current Application
  • Meta+Comma — Open System Settings / Preferences
  • Ctrl+Meta+Q — Lock Screen
  • Shift+Meta+Q — Log Out
  • Shift+Alt+Meta+Q — Log Out Immediately (No Confirmation)
  • Ctrl+Space — Switch Input Sources
  • Ctrl+Meta+Space — Emoji & Symbols Picker
  • Shift+Meta+Space — Siri
  • Shift+Meta+F1 — About This Mac (from Desktop)
  • F2 — Increase Display Brightness
  • F1 — Decrease Display Brightness
  • F6 — Increase Keyboard Brightness
  • F5 — Decrease Keyboard Brightness
  • F12 — Volume Up
  • F11 — Volume Down
  • F10 — Mute / Unmute
  • F8 — Play / Pause Media
  • F9 — Next Track
  • F7 — Previous Track
  • Alt+F6 — Toggle Do Not Disturb (Focus)
  • Meta+Tab — Application Switcher
  • Shift+Meta+Tab — Application Switcher (Reverse)
  • Meta+Backquote — Switch Between Windows of Current App
  • Shift+Meta+Backquote — Switch Between Windows (Reverse)
  • Ctrl+ArrowUp — Mission Control
  • Ctrl+ArrowDown — Application Exposé
  • Meta+F3 — Show Desktop
  • Ctrl+Meta+F — Toggle Fullscreen
  • Meta+N — New Window
  • Meta+T — New Tab
  • Meta+W — Close Tab / Window
  • Shift+Meta+BracketRight — Next Tab
  • Shift+Meta+BracketLeft — Previous Tab
  • Ctrl+ArrowLeft — Move to Space on Left
  • Ctrl+ArrowRight — Move to Space on Right
  • Ctrl+Meta+ArrowLeft — Tile Window to Left of Screen
  • Ctrl+Meta+ArrowRight — Tile Window to Right of Screen
  • Meta+F12 — Open Notification Center
  • F4 — Launchpad
  • F3 — Mission Control
  • Ctrl+1 — Switch to Desktop 1
  • Ctrl+2 — Switch to Desktop 2
  • Ctrl+3 — Switch to Desktop 3
  • Shift+Meta+N — New Folder
  • Meta+Backspace — Move to Trash
  • Shift+Meta+Backspace — Empty Trash
  • Shift+Alt+Meta+Backspace — Empty Trash Without Confirmation
  • Meta+I — Get Info
  • Alt+Meta+I — Show Inspector
  • Meta+D — Duplicate
  • Space — Quick Look
  • Meta+ArrowUp — Go to Enclosing Folder
  • Meta+ArrowDown — Open Selected Folder
  • Shift+Meta+G — Go to Folder
  • Meta+N — New Finder Window
  • Meta+L — Make Alias
  • Meta+R — Show Original (of Alias)
  • Ctrl+Meta+T — Add to Sidebar
  • Shift+Meta+H — Go to Home Folder
  • Shift+Meta+D — Go to Desktop Folder
  • Shift+Meta+A — Go to Applications Folder
  • Shift+Meta+U — Go to Utilities Folder
  • Shift+Meta+L — Go to Downloads Folder
  • Shift+Meta+O — Go to Documents Folder
  • Shift+Meta+R — Go to AirDrop
  • Shift+Meta+F — Go to Recents
  • Shift+Meta+C — Go to Computer
  • Shift+Meta+I — Go to iCloud Drive
  • Meta+K — Connect to Server
  • Meta+1 — View as Icons
  • Meta+2 — View as List
  • Meta+3 — View as Columns
  • Meta+4 — View as Gallery
  • Alt+Meta+T — Show / Hide Toolbar
  • Ctrl+Meta+S — Show / Hide Sidebar
  • Alt+Meta+P — Show / Hide Path Bar
  • Meta+Slash — Show / Hide Status Bar
  • Meta+F — Find in Finder
  • Enter — Rename Selected Item
  • Meta+E — Eject Disk
  • Meta+J — Show View Options
  • Meta+ArrowLeft — Move to Beginning of Line
  • Meta+ArrowRight — Move to End of Line
  • Meta+ArrowUp — Move to Beginning of Document
  • Meta+ArrowDown — Move to End of Document
  • Alt+ArrowLeft — Move One Word Left
  • Alt+ArrowRight — Move One Word Right
  • Alt+ArrowUp — Move to Beginning of Paragraph
  • Alt+ArrowDown — Move to End of Paragraph
  • Shift+Meta+ArrowLeft — Select to Beginning of Line
  • Shift+Meta+ArrowRight — Select to End of Line
  • Shift+Meta+ArrowUp — Select to Beginning of Document
  • Shift+Meta+ArrowDown — Select to End of Document
  • Shift+Alt+ArrowLeft — Select One Word Left
  • Shift+Alt+ArrowRight — Select One Word Right
  • Shift+Alt+ArrowUp — Select to Beginning of Paragraph
  • Shift+Alt+ArrowDown — Select to End of Paragraph
  • Alt+Backspace — Delete Word to the Left
  • Alt+Delete — Delete Word to the Right
  • Meta+Backspace — Delete to Beginning of Line
  • Ctrl+K — Delete to End of Line
  • PageUp — Page Up
  • PageDown — Page Down
  • Home — Scroll to Top of Document
  • End — Scroll to Bottom of Document
  • Meta+BracketLeft — Go Back
  • Meta+BracketRight — Go Forward
  • Ctrl+A — Move to Beginning of Line (Emacs)
  • Ctrl+E — Move to End of Line (Emacs)
  • Ctrl+T — Transpose Characters
  • Shift+Meta+3 — Screenshot Entire Screen
  • Shift+Meta+4 — Screenshot Selection
  • Shift+Meta+5 — Screenshot / Screen Recording Toolbar
  • Ctrl+Shift+Meta+3 — Screenshot Entire Screen to Clipboard
  • Ctrl+Shift+Meta+4 — Screenshot Selection to Clipboard
  • Shift+Meta+6 — Screenshot Touch Bar
  • Alt+Meta+F5 — Accessibility Options
  • Meta+F5 — Toggle VoiceOver
  • Alt+Meta+Equal — Zoom In (Accessibility)
  • Alt+Meta+Minus — Zoom Out (Accessibility)
  • Ctrl+Alt+Meta+8 — Invert Colors
  • Ctrl+Alt+Meta+Comma — Reduce Contrast
  • Ctrl+Alt+Meta+Period — Increase Contrast
  • Alt+Meta+8 — Toggle Zoom
  • Alt+F5 — Show Accessibility Keyboard
  • Ctrl+F1 — Toggle Full Keyboard Access
  • Ctrl+F2 — Move Focus to Menu Bar
  • Ctrl+F3 — Move Focus to Dock
  • Ctrl+F5 — Move Focus to Window Toolbar
  • Ctrl+F6 — Move Focus to Floating Window / Sidebar
  • Ctrl+F8 — Move Focus to Status Menus
  • Ctrl+F4 — Move Focus to Next Window
  • Shift+Meta+Slash — Open Help Menu Search
  • Meta+C — Copy
  • Meta+X — Cut
  • Meta+V — Paste
  • Shift+Alt+Meta+V — Paste and Match Style
  • Meta+Z — Undo
  • Shift+Meta+Z — Redo
  • Meta+A — Select All
  • Meta+F — Find
  • Meta+G — Find Next
  • Shift+Meta+G — Find Previous
  • Alt+Meta+H — Find and Replace
  • Meta+S — Save
  • Shift+Meta+S — Save As / Duplicate
  • Meta+P — Print
  • Shift+Meta+P — Page Setup
  • Meta+O — Open
  • Meta+B — Bold
  • Meta+I — Italic
  • Meta+U — Underline
  • Meta+Equal — Zoom In
  • Meta+Minus — Zoom Out
  • Meta+0 — Actual Size / Reset Zoom
  • Meta+Semicolon — Show Spelling and Grammar
  • Shift+Meta+Semicolon — Check Document Spelling
  • Meta+T — Show Fonts
  • Shift+Meta+C — Show Colors
  • Ctrl+Meta+D — Look Up / Define Word
  • Ctrl+Meta+Space — Show Character Viewer / Emoji
  • Shift+Meta+Minus — Decrease Font Size
  • Shift+Meta+Equal — Increase Font Size
  • Alt+Meta+T — Show / Hide Toolbar
  • Delete — Forward Delete
  • Shift+Backspace — Forward Delete (on keyboards without Delete key)
  • Escape — Cancel / Escape / Close Dialog
  • Tab — Move to Next Control
  • Shift+Tab — Move to Previous Control
  • Shift+Meta+D — Start Dictation
  • Shift+Meta+O — Open Recent
  • Meta+R — Revert to Saved
  • Alt+Meta+I — Share Menu
  • Shift+Meta+BracketLeft — Align Left
  • Shift+Meta+BracketRight — Align Right
  • Shift+Meta+Backslash — Center Align
  • Alt+Meta+C — Copy Style
  • Alt+Meta+V — Paste Style
  • Shift+Meta+V — Paste and Match Style
  • Meta+K — Insert Hyperlink
  • MouseLeft — Open Item

Other Operating Systems apps

  • Awesome WM shortcuts
  • GNOME shortcuts
  • Hyprland shortcuts
  • i3 Window Manager shortcuts
  • KDE Plasma shortcuts
  • Sway shortcuts
  • Windows shortcuts
  • Yabai shortcuts
  • Zoom for Windows shortcuts

Related pages

  • macOS shortcuts
  • macOS cheat sheet
  • Learn macOS shortcuts
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