Thunderbird keyboard shortcuts

Explore all 178 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys for Thunderbird 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+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)

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  • Missive shortcuts
  • Signal Desktop shortcuts
  • Skype shortcuts
  • Slack shortcuts
  • Superhuman shortcuts

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  • Thunderbird shortcuts
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  • Learn Thunderbird shortcuts
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