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ChatGPT keyboard shortcuts

Since Codex joined the ChatGPT desktop app in July 2026, one set of keys covers Chat, Work and Codex, and OpenAI publishes the whole set. That reference covers the desktop app on Mac and Windows, whose Linux preview uses the Windows keys, but not chatgpt.com in a browser: the one browser key OpenAI documents is marked in its row. These are the defaults, and Settings > Keyboard Shortcuts changes any of them.

76 shortcutsWindows and MacChecked 27 September 2026

Checked against OpenAI — ChatGPT desktop app: Commands (keyboard shortcuts), OpenAI — ChatGPT desktop app: Settings, OpenAI — ChatGPT desktop app: Pets and the floating controls, OpenAI — ChatGPT desktop app: Appshots, OpenAI — Projects and chats, on the web, OpenAI — ChatGPT desktop app: Slash commands, OpenAI — Prompting: voice dictation, OpenAI — ChatGPT Voice, OpenAI — Integrated terminal, OpenAI — Image inputs, OpenAI — Code review, OpenAI — Browser extension, OpenAI — ChatGPT desktop app for Windows, OpenAI — Use ChatGPT: Chat, Work and Codex and OpenAI — ChatGPT and Codex changelog. Version: ChatGPT desktop app for macOS and Windows, current release (26.908, 11 September 2026), default keys.

76 shortcuts

The top 18 are the ChatGPT shortcuts this page marks as the ones to learn first, in the order they appear here. The drill asks the marked ones first too, shuffled. Or tick your own and print those.

The 18 to learn first: the shortcuts the ChatGPT page marks as the ones to learn first, in the order they appear on it.

Your own sheet: the ChatGPT shortcuts you ticked.

Start here

Practise these
Show ChatGPT's own list of shortcuts # Settings > Keyboard Shortcuts is where you change or reset any of them, and its search finds a command by name or by the keys you press.WinControl plusSlashMacCommand plusSlash
Open the command menu #WinControl plusShift plusPorControl plusKMacShift plusCommand plusPorCommand plusK
Start a new chat #WinControl plusNorControl plusShift plusOMacCommand plusNorShift plusCommand plusO
Send the message # Settings > General has an option to require Cmd+Enter for multiline prompts. OpenAI names only the Mac key for it.WinEnterMacReturn
Open settings #WinControl plusCommaMacCommand plusComma
Show or hide the sidebar #WinControl plusBMacCommand plusB

Chats and the sidebar

Practise these
Start a temporary chat # ChatGPT only, not Codex.WinControl plusShift plusNMacShift plusCommand plusN
Open a quick chat # It opens an ordinary ChatGPT chat, which stays out of the Codex sidebar. The icon beside New chat does the same, where it is available.WinControl plusAlt plusNMacOption plusCommand plusN
Search your chats # On chatgpt.com in a browser. The desktop app gives Search chats no key until you assign one in Settings > Keyboard Shortcuts, and there Ctrl+K, or Cmd+K on a Mac, opens the command menu.WinControl plusKMacCommand plusK
Archive this chat # Restore it from Settings > Archived chats.WinControl plusShift plusAMacShift plusCommand plusA
Mark this chat as unread #WinControl plusShift plusUMacShift plusCommand plusU
Pin or unpin this chat # Pinning changes only where the chat sits in the sidebar, not what ChatGPT can see.WinControl plusAlt plusPMacOption plusCommand plusP
Rename this chat #WinControl plusAlt plusRMacOption plusCommand plusR
Open or close the Activity view # Chats that are unread, running or waiting for your answer. It is the bell in the sidebar, where Activity is available.WinControl plusAlt plusUMacOption plusCommand plusU
Copy the session ID #WinControl plusAlt plusCMacOption plusCommand plusC

Moving around and finding text

Practise these
Go to the previous chat or tab #WinControl plusShift plusTaborControl plusShift plusLeft bracketorControl plusPage UpMacControl plusShift plusTaborShift plusCommand plusLeft bracketorOption plusCommand plusLeft arrow
Go to the next chat or tab #WinControl plusTaborControl plusShift plusRight bracketorControl plusPage DownMacControl plusTaborShift plusCommand plusRight bracketorOption plusCommand plusRight arrow
Go to that numbered chat # Ctrl+1 to Ctrl+9, or Cmd+1 to Cmd+9 on a Mac.WinControl plus1MacCommand plus1
Open one of your recent chats # Recent chats one to six: Ctrl+Alt+1 to Ctrl+Alt+6, or Cmd+Opt+1 to Cmd+Opt+6 on a Mac.WinControl plusAlt plus1MacOption plusCommand plus1
Find in this chat # Only in the chat that is open. It does not search your other chats.WinControl plusFMacCommand plusF
Find the next match #WinControl plusGMacCommand plusG
Find the previous match #WinShift plusF3MacShift plusCommand plusG
Go back # The back button on a mouse does the same.WinControl plusLeft bracketMacCommand plusLeft bracket
Go forward # So does the forward button on a mouse.WinControl plusRight bracketMacCommand plusRight bracket

Writing the prompt

Practise these
Bring back your previous prompt # When the composer is empty.WinUp arrowMacUp arrow
Add a file or other context # Type it in the composer.Win@Mac@
Open the slash commands # Type it in the composer. Which commands appear depends on where the chat runs and what your account can use, and enabled skills are listed too.WinSlashMacSlash
Choose a skill # Type it in the composer.Win$Mac$
Add an image to the prompt # Hold Shift while you drag the image into the composer.WinShift plusdragMacShift plusdrag
Choose the model #WinControl plusShift plusMMacControl plusShift plusM
Choose the project #WinControl plusAlt plusShift plusOMacOption plusShift plusCommand plusO
Switch to Chat # For a question or a back-and-forth.WinAlt plus1MacControl plus1
Switch to Work # For a larger task that ChatGPT carries through to a result you can review.WinAlt plus2MacControl plus2
Switch to Codex # The view with developer tools and technical detail.WinAlt plus3MacControl plus3
Dictate the prompt # While the composer is visible, where dictation is available. What you say is typed into the composer for you to check before sending.WinControl plusShift plusDMacControl plusShift plusD
Start a voice chat # Where voice chat is available, on the Plus, Pro, Business, Edu and Enterprise plans. Settings > Voice has a separate voice chat hotkey you can set.WinControl plusShift plusVMacControl plusShift plusV

When ChatGPT asks before it acts

These work while an approval request is open.

Approve the request #WinEnterMacReturn
Decline the request #WinEscapeMacEscape
Send your own feedback on the request # For custom approval feedback, typed in place of a plain approve or decline.WinControl plusEnterMacCommand plusReturn

The app and its windows

Practise these
Show the floating controls over whatever you are doing # Works from any app while ChatGPT is running, with the cursor in Quick Chat: type, then press Enter. Choose a pet, or Mini for the controls alone, in Settings > Pets, and change the key under Show pet in Settings > Keyboard Shortcuts.WinAlt plusWindows key plusPMacOption plusSpace bar
Send the frontmost app window to a chat # Press both Alt keys at once, or both Command keys on a Mac. The appshot carries a picture of the window and the text ChatGPT can read from it. Settings > Appshots sets the hotkey and which chat it goes to.WinAlt plusAlt plusMacCommand plusCommand plus
Close the tab or window #WinControl plusWorControl plusF4MacCommand plusW
Turn full screen on or off #WinF11MacControl plusCommand plusF
Quit ChatGPT #WinControl plusQMacCommand plusQ
Make the text bigger # The plus key on a numeric keypad works too.WinControl plusPlusorControl plusEqualsMacCommand plusPlus
Make the text smaller # So does the keypad's minus key.WinControl plusMinusMacCommand plusMinus
Reset the text size # Or the keypad's 0.WinControl plus0MacCommand plus0
Undo the last app action #WinControl plusZMacCommand plusZ
Redo the last app action #WinControl plusYorControl plusShift plusZMacShift plusCommand plusZ
Open a folder # In Codex and Work only. On Windows, type \\wsl$\ in the File Explorer window it opens to add a project from WSL.WinControl plusOMacCommand plusO

Codex

The developer view of the app. OpenAI marks these Codex only, unless a note says otherwise.

Practise these
Start a standalone chat #WinControl plusAlt plusOMacOption plusCommand plusO
Open a side chat # A temporary chat that does not interrupt the main one. Typing /side does the same.WinControl plusAlt plusSMacOption plusCommand plusS
Jump to the next chat that needs you #WinControl plusAlt plusAMacOption plusCommand plusA
Clear every unread marker #WinShift plusEscapeMacShift plusEscape
Show or hide the bottom panel #WinControl plusJMacCommand plusJ
Show or hide the terminal # Each chat has its own terminal, scoped to its project or worktree.WinControl plusBacktickMacControl plusBacktick
Clear the terminal # With the terminal focused. OpenAI's shortcut list also gives Ctrl+K, or Cmd+K on a Mac, but its terminal page says Cmd+K opens the command menu and does not clear the terminal.WinControl plusLMacControl plusL
Search the project's files #WinControl plusPMacCommand plusP
Show or hide the file tree #WinControl plusShift plusEMacShift plusCommand plusE
Open the review tab #WinControl plusShift plusGMacControl plusShift plusG
Show or hide the review panel #WinControl plusAlt plusBMacOption plusCommand plusB
Open a line of the diff in your editor # In the review pane. The editor is set in developer settings. OpenAI gives the Mac key only.WinNot listedMacCommand plusclick
Run the environment's main action # When the project's environment defines one. Not marked Codex only. On Linux, Super+Shift+D.WinShift plusWindows key plusDMacShift plusCommand plusD
Copy the conversation's path # OpenAI lists it for macOS only.WinNot listedMacOption plusShift plusCommand plusC
Copy the working directory # With the built-in browser focused, the same keys copy the page's address instead.WinControl plusShift plusCMacShift plusCommand plusC

The built-in browser

The browser inside the app, where it is available. Most of these need it to have focus.

Practise these
Show or hide the browser panel #WinControl plusShift plusBMacShift plusCommand plusB
Open a browser tab #WinControl plusTMacCommand plusT
Go to the address bar, or to a line in a file # Which one depends on the view that has focus.WinControl plusLMacCommand plusL
Go back a page #WinAlt plusLeft arrowMacCommand plusLeft arrow
Go forward a page #WinAlt plusRight arrowMacCommand plusRight arrow
Reload the page #WinControl plusRMacCommand plusR
Reload the page without the cache #WinControl plusShift plusRMacShift plusCommand plusR
Copy the page's address #WinControl plusShift plusCMacShift plusCommand plusC
Switch between browsing and commenting # Where browser comments are available.WinControl plusFull stopMacCommand plusFull stop
Open ChatGPT beside a page in your own browser # With the ChatGPT browser extension, in Chrome, Edge, Brave or Vivaldi but not Opera. OpenAI gives a key for macOS only; elsewhere, select ChatGPT in the browser toolbar.WinNot listedMacShift plusCommand plusFull stop

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ChatGPT keyboard shortcuts — comboshelf.com. Checked 27 September 2026 against OpenAI — ChatGPT desktop app: Commands (keyboard shortcuts).