Learn Slack keyboard shortcuts
Practice Slack 2025 keyboard shortcuts with timed drills. Memorize all 63 hotkeys and keybindings faster through interactive exercises.
Top shortcuts
- Tab — Move focus to the next element
- Shift+Tab — Move focus to the previous element
- F6 — Move focus to the next section
- Shift+F6 — Move focus to the previous section
- Space — Take action or 'click' on buttons
- Enter — Take action or 'click' on links
- Escape — Close windows, menus, or the message field
- Ctrl+K — Quick Switcher
- Ctrl+Shift+K — Open direct messages menu
- Ctrl+Shift+L — Browse all channels
- Ctrl+Shift+T — Open All Threads view
- Alt+ArrowUp — Previous channel or DM
- Alt+ArrowDown — Next channel or DM
- Shift+Alt+ArrowUp — Previous unread channel or DM
- Shift+Alt+ArrowDown — Next unread channel or DM
- Alt+ArrowLeft — Prevous channel or DM visited
- Alt+ArrowRight — Next channel or DM visited
- Ctrl+Period — Open or close right pane
- Ctrl+Shift+I — Channel info pane
- Ctrl+Shift+M — Activity
- Ctrl+Shift+E — Directory
- Ctrl+Shift+S — Starred Items
- Ctrl+F — Search the current channel or conversation
- Ctrl+G — Open previous search
- Ctrl+Shift+F — Toggle full screen view
- Ctrl+Shift+A — Open All Unreads view
- R — Toggle current channel read or unread
- Ctrl+Shift+Tab — Switch to previous workspace
- Ctrl+Tab — Switch to next workspace
- Escape — Mark all messages in current channel or DM as read
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