iTerm keyboard shortcuts

Explore all 51 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys for iTerm 2025 on an interactive visual keyboard. Toggle modifiers (Ctrl, Shift, Alt, Meta), filter by category, and search any command or key combination.

Top shortcuts

  • Meta+T — New tab
  • Meta+ArrowLeft — Previous tab
  • Meta+ArrowRight — Next tab
  • Meta+W — Close tab
  • Shift+Meta+ArrowRight — Move tab right
  • Shift+Meta+ArrowLeft — Move tab left
  • Meta+D — Split vertically with current profile
  • Shift+Meta+D — Split horizontally with current profile
  • Meta+BracketRight — Move to the next pane
  • Meta+BracketLeft — Move to the previous pane
  • Alt+Meta+ArrowUp — Select pane above
  • Alt+Meta+ArrowDown — Select pane below
  • Alt+Meta+ArrowLeft — Select pane to the left
  • Alt+Meta+ArrowRight — Select pane to the right
  • Ctrl+L — Clear window
  • Meta+K — Clear buffer
  • Shift+PageUp — Scroll up
  • Meta+F — Find
  • Meta+Minus — Make text smaller
  • Meta+0 — Make text normal size
  • Meta+1 — Go to Tab
  • Meta+Backquote — Cycle iTerm Windows
  • Meta+Enter — Fullscreen
  • Shift+Meta+Enter — Maximize a pane
  • Ctrl+Meta+ArrowLeft — Resize Pane
  • Alt+Meta+H — Split Window Horizontally (new profile)
  • Alt+Meta+V — Split Window Vertically (new profile)
  • Alt+Meta+1 — Go to window
  • Ctrl+B — Move back one character
  • Ctrl+F — Move forward one character

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