Adobe Illustrator keyboard shortcuts

Explore all 136 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys for Adobe Illustrator 2025 on an interactive visual keyboard. Toggle modifiers (Ctrl, Shift, Alt, Meta), filter by category, and search any command or key combination.

Top shortcuts

  • Ctrl+Z — Undo
  • Ctrl+Shift+Z — Redo
  • Ctrl+X — Cut
  • Ctrl+C — Copy
  • Ctrl+V — Paste
  • Ctrl+F — Paste in front
  • Ctrl+B — Paste at back
  • Ctrl+Shift+V — Paste in place
  • Ctrl+I — Check spelling
  • Ctrl+Shift+K — Open Color Settings dialog
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+K — Open Keyboard Shortcuts dialog
  • Ctrl+K — Open Preferences dialog
  • Ctrl+N — Create a document
  • Ctrl+Shift+N — Create from template
  • Ctrl+O — Open a document
  • Ctrl+W — Close document window
  • Ctrl+S — Save changes
  • Ctrl+Shift+S — Save As dialog
  • Ctrl+Alt+S — Save a copy
  • Ctrl+Alt+E — Export for screens dialog
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S — Save For Web dialog
  • Ctrl+P — Print
  • Ctrl+Q — Exit application
  • Shift+O — Artboard tool
  • V — Selection tool
  • A — Direct Selection tool
  • Y — Magic Wand tool
  • Q — Lasso tool
  • P — Pen tool
  • Shift+B — Blob Brush tool

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