Information

Below are Gmail online web interface hotkeys for their mail service. Please note that hotkeys must be turned on within the Gmail interface using the steps immediately below.

Enabling hotkeys in Gmail

1. On a computer, go to Gmail.
2. In the top right, click Settings Settings and then See all settings.
3. Click Settings.
4. Scroll down to the "Keyboard shortcuts" section.
5. Select Keyboard shortcuts on.
6. At the bottom of the page, click Save Changes.

Gmail hotkeys

Compose & chat

Previous message in an open conversation p
Next message in an open conversation n
Focus main window Shift + Esc
Focus latest chat or compose Esc
Advance to the next chat or compose Ctrl + .
Advance to previous chat or compose Ctrl + ,
Send ⌘/Ctrl + Enter
Add cc recipients ⌘/Ctrl + Shift + c
Add bcc recipients ⌘/Ctrl + Shift + b
Access custom from ⌘/Ctrl + Shift + f
Insert a link ⌘/Ctrl + k
Go to next misspelled word (Mac only) ⌘ + ;
Open spelling suggestions ⌘/Ctrl + m
Formatting text
Action Shortcut
Previous font ⌘/Ctrl + Shift + 5
Next font ⌘/Ctrl + Shift + 6
Decrease text size ⌘/Ctrl + Shift + -
Increase text size ⌘/Ctrl + Shift and +
Bold ⌘/Ctrl + b
Italics ⌘/Ctrl + i
Underline ⌘/Ctrl + u
Numbered list ⌘/Ctrl + Shift + 7
Bulleted list ⌘/Ctrl + Shift + 8
Quote ⌘/Ctrl + Shift + 9
Indent less ⌘/Ctrl + [
Indent more ⌘/Ctrl + ]
Align left ⌘/Ctrl + Shift + l
Align center ⌘/Ctrl + Shift + e
Align right ⌘/Ctrl + Shift + r
Remove formatting ⌘/Ctrl + \

Actions

Note: These shortcuts won't work unless keyboard shortcuts are turned on.
Move focus to toolbar ,
Select conversation x
Toggle star/rotate among superstars s
Archive e
Mute conversation m
Report as spam !
Delete #
Reply r
Reply in a new window Shift + r
Reply all a
Reply all in a new window Shift + a
Forward f
Forward in a new window Shift + f
Update conversation Shift + n
Archive conversation and go previous/next ] or [
Undo last action z
Mark as read Shift + i
Mark as unread Shift + u
Mark unread from the selected message _
Mark as important + or =
Mark as not important -
Snooze b
Note: This shortcut isn't available in classic Gmail.

Expand entire conversation ;
Collapse entire conversation :
Add conversation to Tasks Shift + t
Hangouts
You may have been moved to Google Chat and may no longer be able to use classic Hangouts on some platforms.
Note: These keyboard shortcuts won't work unless keyboard shortcuts are turned on.
Action Shortcut
Show menu h + m
Show archived hangouts h + a
Show Hangout requests h + i
Focus on the conversation list h + c

Jumping

Go to Inbox g + i
Go to Starred conversations g + s
Go to Snoozed conversations g + b
Go to Sent messages g + t
Go to Drafts g + d
Go to All mail g + a

Switch between the Calendar/Keep/Tasks sidebar and your inbox.

⌘/Ctrl + Alt + ,
and
⌘/Ctrl + Alt + .
Go to Tasks g + k
Go to label g + l

Threadlist selection

Select all conversations * + a
Deselect all conversations * + n
Select read conversations * + r
Select unread conversations * + u
Select starred conversations * + s
Select unstarred conversations * + t

Navigation

Go to next page g + n
Go to previous page g + p
Back to threadlist u
Newer conversation k
Older conversation j
Open conversation o or Enter
Go to next Inbox section `
Go to previous Inbox section ~

Application

Compose c
Compose in a new tab d
Search mail /
Search chat contacts g
Open "more actions" menu .
Open "move to" menu v
Open "label as" menu l
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