Wireshark keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Printable cheat sheet covering all 86 Wireshark 2025 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.

All shortcuts

Ctrl+O — Open a capture file
Ctrl+W — Close this capture file
Ctrl+S — Save this capture file
Ctrl+Shift+S — Save as a different file
Ctrl+Shift+X — Export Packet Bytes…
Ctrl+P — Print…
Ctrl+Q — Quit Wireshark
Ctrl+N — Find the next packet
Ctrl+F — Find a packet
Ctrl+B — Find the previous packet
Ctrl+M — Mark or unmark each selected packet
Ctrl+Shift+M — Mark all displayed packets
Ctrl+Alt+M — Unmark all displayed packets
Ctrl+Shift+N — Go to the next marked packet
Ctrl+Shift+B — Go to the previous marked packet
Ctrl+D — Ignore or unignore each selected packet
Ctrl+Shift+D — Ignore all displayed packets
Ctrl+Alt+D — Unignore all displayed packets
Ctrl+T — Set or unset a time reference for this packet
Ctrl+Alt+T — Remove all time references
Ctrl+Alt+N — Go to the next time reference
Ctrl+Alt+B — Go to the previous time reference
Ctrl+Shift+T — Shift+ or change packet timestamps
Ctrl+Alt+C — Add or change a packet comment
Ctrl+Shift+A — Manage your configuration profiles
Ctrl+Shift+P — Manage Wireshark's preferences
F11 — Full Screen
Shift+ArrowLeft — Collapse the current packet detail
Shift+ArrowRight — Expand the current packet detail
Ctrl+ArrowRight — Expand packet details
Ctrl+ArrowLeft — Collapse all packet details
Ctrl+Shift+W — Reset appearance layout to default size
Ctrl+Shift+R — Resize packet list columns to fit contents
Ctrl+Shift+F — Reload as File Format/Capture
Ctrl+R — Reload this file
Ctrl+G — Go to specified packet
Ctrl+ArrowDown — Go to the next packet
Ctrl+ArrowUp — Go to the previous packet
Ctrl+Home — Go to the first packet
Ctrl+End — Go to the last packet
Ctrl+Period — Go to the next packet in this conversation
Ctrl+Comma — Go to the previous packet in this conversation
Alt+ArrowRight — Go to the next packet in your selection history
Alt+ArrowLeft — Go to the previous packet in your selection history
Ctrl+K — Capture options
Ctrl+E — Start capturing packets
Ctrl+E — Stop capturing packets
Ctrl+R — Restart current capture
F5 — Refresh interfaces
Ctrl+Shift+I — Create a packet list column from the selected field.
Ctrl+Shift+E — Enable and disable specific protocols
Ctrl+Shift+U — Change the way packets are dissected
Ctrl+Shift+L — Reload Lua plugins
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T — TCP Stream
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+U — UDP Stream
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S — TLS Stream
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+H — HTTP Stream
Ctrl+Shift+O — Show Packet Bytes…
F1 — Help contents
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+D — Copy this item's description
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F — Copy this item's field name
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+V — Copy this item's value
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+A — All Visible Items
Ctrl+Shift+C — Copy this item as a display filter
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+C — Capture file properties
Ctrl+Space — Reset colorized conversations.
Ctrl+1 — Mark the current conversation with its own color.
Ctrl+2 — Mark the current conversation with its own color.
Ctrl+3 — Mark the current conversation with its own color.
Ctrl+4 — Mark the current conversation with its own color.
Ctrl+5 — Mark the current conversation with its own color.
Ctrl+6 — Mark the current conversation with its own color.
Ctrl+7 — Mark the current conversation with its own color.
Ctrl+8 — Mark the current conversation with its own color.
Ctrl+9 — Mark the current conversation with its own color.
Ctrl+Alt+1 — Show packet times as the date and time of day.
Ctrl+Alt+2 — Show packet times as the date and time of day.
Ctrl+Alt+3 — Show packet times as seconds since the UNIX epoch (1970-01-01).
Ctrl+Alt+4 — Show packet times as the date and time of day.
Ctrl+Alt+5 — Show packet times as seconds since previous captured packet.
Ctrl+Alt+6 — Show packet times as seconds since previous displayed packet.
Ctrl+Alt+7 — Show packet times as the UTC date and time of day.
Ctrl+Alt+8 — Show packet times as the UTC time of day.
Ctrl+Equal — Enlarge the main window text
Ctrl+Minus — Shrink the main window text
Ctrl+0 — Return the main window text to its normal size

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Wireshark keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Printable cheat sheet covering all 86 Wireshark 2025 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.

All shortcuts

Ctrl+O — Open a capture file
Ctrl+W — Close this capture file
Ctrl+S — Save this capture file
Ctrl+Shift+S — Save as a different file
Ctrl+Shift+X — Export Packet Bytes…
Ctrl+P — Print…
Ctrl+Q — Quit Wireshark
Ctrl+N — Find the next packet
Ctrl+F — Find a packet
Ctrl+B — Find the previous packet
Ctrl+M — Mark or unmark each selected packet
Ctrl+Shift+M — Mark all displayed packets
Ctrl+Alt+M — Unmark all displayed packets
Ctrl+Shift+N — Go to the next marked packet
Ctrl+Shift+B — Go to the previous marked packet
Ctrl+D — Ignore or unignore each selected packet
Ctrl+Shift+D — Ignore all displayed packets
Ctrl+Alt+D — Unignore all displayed packets
Ctrl+T — Set or unset a time reference for this packet
Ctrl+Alt+T — Remove all time references
Ctrl+Alt+N — Go to the next time reference
Ctrl+Alt+B — Go to the previous time reference
Ctrl+Shift+T — Shift+ or change packet timestamps
Ctrl+Alt+C — Add or change a packet comment
Ctrl+Shift+A — Manage your configuration profiles
Ctrl+Shift+P — Manage Wireshark's preferences
F11 — Full Screen
Shift+ArrowLeft — Collapse the current packet detail
Shift+ArrowRight — Expand the current packet detail
Ctrl+ArrowRight — Expand packet details
Ctrl+ArrowLeft — Collapse all packet details
Ctrl+Shift+W — Reset appearance layout to default size
Ctrl+Shift+R — Resize packet list columns to fit contents
Ctrl+Shift+F — Reload as File Format/Capture
Ctrl+R — Reload this file
Ctrl+G — Go to specified packet
Ctrl+ArrowDown — Go to the next packet
Ctrl+ArrowUp — Go to the previous packet
Ctrl+Home — Go to the first packet
Ctrl+End — Go to the last packet
Ctrl+Period — Go to the next packet in this conversation
Ctrl+Comma — Go to the previous packet in this conversation
Alt+ArrowRight — Go to the next packet in your selection history
Alt+ArrowLeft — Go to the previous packet in your selection history
Ctrl+K — Capture options
Ctrl+E — Start capturing packets
Ctrl+E — Stop capturing packets
Ctrl+R — Restart current capture
F5 — Refresh interfaces
Ctrl+Shift+I — Create a packet list column from the selected field.
Ctrl+Shift+E — Enable and disable specific protocols
Ctrl+Shift+U — Change the way packets are dissected
Ctrl+Shift+L — Reload Lua plugins
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T — TCP Stream
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+U — UDP Stream
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S — TLS Stream
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+H — HTTP Stream
Ctrl+Shift+O — Show Packet Bytes…
F1 — Help contents
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+D — Copy this item's description
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F — Copy this item's field name
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+V — Copy this item's value
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+A — All Visible Items
Ctrl+Shift+C — Copy this item as a display filter
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+C — Capture file properties
Ctrl+Space — Reset colorized conversations.
Ctrl+1 — Mark the current conversation with its own color.
Ctrl+2 — Mark the current conversation with its own color.
Ctrl+3 — Mark the current conversation with its own color.
Ctrl+4 — Mark the current conversation with its own color.
Ctrl+5 — Mark the current conversation with its own color.
Ctrl+6 — Mark the current conversation with its own color.
Ctrl+7 — Mark the current conversation with its own color.
Ctrl+8 — Mark the current conversation with its own color.
Ctrl+9 — Mark the current conversation with its own color.
Ctrl+Alt+1 — Show packet times as the date and time of day.
Ctrl+Alt+2 — Show packet times as the date and time of day.
Ctrl+Alt+3 — Show packet times as seconds since the UNIX epoch (1970-01-01).
Ctrl+Alt+4 — Show packet times as the date and time of day.
Ctrl+Alt+5 — Show packet times as seconds since previous captured packet.
Ctrl+Alt+6 — Show packet times as seconds since previous displayed packet.
Ctrl+Alt+7 — Show packet times as the UTC date and time of day.
Ctrl+Alt+8 — Show packet times as the UTC time of day.
Ctrl+Equal — Enlarge the main window text
Ctrl+Minus — Shrink the main window text
Ctrl+0 — Return the main window text to its normal size