Learn Thunderbird keyboard shortcuts

Practice Thunderbird 2025 keyboard shortcuts with timed drills. Memorize all 178 hotkeys and keybindings faster through interactive exercises.

Top shortcuts

  • Ctrl+N — New message
  • Ctrl+M — New message
  • Ctrl+R — Reply to Message (sender only)
  • Ctrl+Shift+R — Reply to All in Message (sender and all recipients)
  • Ctrl+Shift+L — Reply to List
  • Ctrl+L — Forward Message
  • Ctrl+E — Edit Message as New
  • F5 — Get New Messages for Current Account
  • F9 — Get New Messages for Current Account
  • Shift+F5 — Get New Messages for All Accounts
  • Shift+F9 — Get New Messages for All Accounts
  • Ctrl+O — Open message (in new window or tab)
  • Enter — Open message (in new window or tab)
  • Ctrl+Shift+O — Open message in conversation
  • Ctrl+Equal — Zoom In
  • Ctrl+Equal — Zoom In
  • Ctrl+Minus — Zoom Out
  • Ctrl+0 — Reset Zoom
  • ArrowRight — Expand Collapsed Thread
  • ArrowLeft — Collapse Expanded Thread
  • Backslash — Collapse All Threads
  • K — Newsgroups: Ignore or Unignore Thread
  • Shift+K — Newsgroups: Ignore or Unignore Subthread
  • W — Newsgroups: Watch Thread
  • Ctrl+P — Print message or selected message text
  • Ctrl+S — Save Message as File
  • Ctrl+U — View Message Source
  • Ctrl+A — Select All (messages, text, or attachments)
  • Ctrl+Shift+A — Select Thread
  • F7 — Toggle Caret browsing (select text with keyboard)

Other Communication apps

  • Discord shortcuts
  • Element shortcuts
  • Gmail shortcuts
  • Google Meet shortcuts
  • Microsoft Teams shortcuts
  • Missive shortcuts
  • Signal Desktop shortcuts
  • Skype shortcuts
  • Slack shortcuts
  • Superhuman shortcuts

Related pages

  • Thunderbird shortcuts
  • Thunderbird cheat sheet
  • Learn Thunderbird shortcuts
  • All Communication apps