Telegram Desktop keyboard shortcuts

Explore all 31 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys for Telegram Desktop 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+Tab — Move to the Chat Below
  • Ctrl+Shift+Tab — Move to the Chat Above
  • Escape — Exit
  • Escape — Go Back
  • Escape — Cancel Current Action
  • Ctrl+O — Send File
  • Ctrl+ArrowDown — Cancel Reply
  • ArrowUp — Edit Last Message Sent
  • Delete — Delete Currently Selected Message
  • Ctrl+E — Edit Media
  • Ctrl+F — Search Selected Chat
  • Escape — Exit Search
  • Enter — Select Chat
  • Backspace — Remove Chat
  • Ctrl+Enter — Send Message
  • Alt+Enter — Jump to the bottom of the chat
  • Alt+Enter — Scroll the chat list to the top
  • Ctrl+0 — Jump to your saved messages
  • Ctrl+Shift+ArrowDown — Jump to the next folder
  • Ctrl+Shift+ArrowUp — Jump to the previous folder
  • Ctrl+W — Minimize to System Tray
  • Ctrl+Q — Quit Telegram
  • Ctrl+L — Lock Telegram
  • Ctrl+M — Minimize Telegram
  • Ctrl+B — Bold
  • Ctrl+I — Italic
  • Ctrl+K — Create Link
  • Ctrl+U — Underline
  • Ctrl+Shift+M — Monospace
  • Ctrl+Shift+N — Null / Plain Text

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