Obsidian keyboard shortcuts

Explore all 22 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys for Obsidian 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+S — Save a file in the editor
  • Ctrl+N — Create a new note
  • Ctrl+P — Open the command palette
  • Ctrl+O — Open the quick switcher
  • Ctrl+Shift+F — Search in all files
  • Ctrl+G — Open the graph view
  • Ctrl+Alt+ArrowLeft — Navigate backwards
  • Ctrl+Alt+ArrowRight — Navigate forwards
  • Ctrl+F — Search the current file
  • Ctrl+E — Toggle edit or preview mode
  • Ctrl+B — Bold selected text
  • Ctrl+I — Italic selected text
  • Ctrl+K — Insert an external link
  • Ctrl+BracketRight — Indent
  • Ctrl+BracketLeft — Unindent
  • Alt+Enter — Jump into the selected backlink
  • F1 — Open help
  • Ctrl+Alt+Enter — Open link under cursor in new pane
  • Ctrl+Comma — Open settings
  • Ctrl+W — Close active pane
  • Ctrl+H — Search & replace in current file
  • Ctrl+D — Delete paragraph

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