A list of Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts to make your life easier. Though the mouse is an essential tool, sometimes keyboard shortcuts make life much easier, allowing you to immediately access what you need by simply pressing a combination of keys.
Here are some of the most useful ones in Windows 10:
Key Combinations Action Standard Windows Shortcuts Windows Key Left Arrow / Right Arrow Snap current window to the left / right side of the screen Windows Key Up Arrow / Down Arrow Snap current window to the top / bottom of the screen Windows Key A Open Action Center Windows Key C Launch Cortana in listening mode to give it voice commands Windows Key I Open Settings Windows Key S Launch Cortana Windows Key Tab Open Task View Windows Key Ctrl D Create a new virtual desktop Windows Key Ctrl F4 Close current desktop Windows Key Ctrl left / right arrow Switch between virtual desktops Windows Key Open / close the Start menu Windows Key X Open / close the Shortcut Menu Windows Key E Launch File Explorer Windows Key L Lock desktop Alt PrtScn Take a screenshot of current window and copy it to the clipboard Windows Key PrtScn Take a screenshot of the entire display and save to Computer > Pictures > Screenshots Alt Tab Cycle between open windows Windows Key D Show desktop Windows Key G Activates the Xbox game bar so you can record games or take screenshots Windows Key H Activate share feature in Windows 10 apps Windows Key K Activate Connect so you can stream to a wireless display and audio device Windows Key P Project a screen Windows Key R Open the Run dialog box Windows Key Shift left / right arrow Move open Windows from one monitor to another
Windows Key 1 / 2 / 3 … Open programs that are pinned on the taskbar, with 1 being the first app from the left Alt F4 Close the current app or window Ctrl Z Undo the last action Ctrl A Select all Ctrl C Copy selection Ctrl X Cut selection Ctrl V Paste copied items Alt Esc Cycle through open programs/windows in the order they were opened Alt Enter Display properties for selected item Alt Spacebar Open the shorcut menu for active window Ctrl Shift Esc Open task manager Ctrl R Refresh active window Ctrl Y Redo an action Ctrl Shift Switch between keyboard layouts if you have more than one Windows Key Home Minimize all windows except active window Browser Shortcuts Ctrl T Open new tab Ctrl D Bookmark page Ctrl L Highlight current URL Ctrl Tab Cycle between open tabs Ctrl Enter add ".com" to the end of a web address Command Prompt Shortcuts Ctrl V Pastes text at the cursor Shift Insert Pastes text at the cursor Ctrl C / Insert Copies selected text to the clipboard Ctrl A Select all text in the current line if there is text. If the line is empty, select all text in Command Prompt Shift Left / Right / Up / Down / Arrow Moves the cursor left/right a character or up/down a line while selecting text at the same time Ctrl Shift left / right arrow Move the cursor one word to the left/right, selecting the word as it goes Shift Home / End Move the cursor to the start or end of the current line, selecting text as it goes Shift Page Up / Page Down Move the cursor up / down a screen while selecting text Ctrl Shift Home / End Move the cursor to the start / end of the screen buffer, selecting text along the way
