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title: Brave Browser
date: 2022-11-23 16:23:31.698868
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  A visual cheat-sheet for the 64 keyboard shortcuts found in the Brave browser
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## Keyboard Shortcuts {.cols-2}

### Tabs and Windows

| Shortcut             | Action                                                               |
| -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Ctrl` `N`           | Open a new window                                                    |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `N`   | Open a new window in Private mode                                    |
| `Ctrl` `T`           | Open a new tab, and jump to it                                       |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `T`   | Reopen the last closed tab, and jump to it                           |
| `Ctrl` `Tab`         | Jump to the next open tab                                            |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `Tab` | Jump to the previous open tab                                        |
| `Ctrl` `1-8`         | Jump to a specific tab                                               |
| `Ctrl` `9`           | Jump to the last tab                                                 |
| `Alt` `Home`         | Open your home page in the current tab                               |
| `Ctrl` `Left`        | Open the previous page from your browsing history in the current tab |
| `Alt` `Right`        | Open the next page from your browsing history in the current tab     |
| `Ctrl` `W`           | Close the current tab                                                |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `W`   | Close the current window                                             |
| `Alt` `Space` `N`    | Minimize the current window                                          |
| `Alt` `Space` `X`    | Maximize the current window                                          |
| `Alt` `F4`           | Close the current window                                             |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `Q`   | Quit Brave                                                           |

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### Browser

| Shortcut                | Action                                             |
| ----------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| `Alt` `F`               | Open the main menu                                 |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `B`      | Show or hide the bookmarks bar                     |
| `Ctrl` `H`              | Open the history page in a new tab                 |
| `Ctrl` `J`              | Open the downloads page in a new tab               |
| `Shift` `Esc`           | Open the Brave task manager                        |
| `Shift` `Alt` `T`       | Set focus on the first item in the toolbar         |
| `F10`                   | Set focus on the last item in the toolbar          |
| `F6`                    | Switch focus to unfocused dialog, if showing       |
| `Ctrl` `F`              | Open the find bar to search the current page       |
| `Ctrl` `G`              | Jump to the next match in your find bar search     |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `G`      | Jump to the previous match in your find bar search |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `J`      | Open developer tools                               |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `Delete` | Open the clear browser data options                |
| `F1`                    | Open the Brave help center in a new tab            |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `M`      | Open profile menu                                  |
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### Address Bar

| Shortcut         | Action                                                                          |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Enter`          | Search with your default search engine (after typing)                           |
| `Tab`            | Search using a different search engine (after typing)                           |
| `Ctrl` `Enter`   | Add www. and .com to a site name, and open it in the current tab (after typing) |
| `Alt` `Enter`    | Open a new tab and perform a search (after typing)                              |
| `Ctrl` `L`       | Jump to the address bar                                                         |
| `Ctrl` `K`       | Search from anywhere on the page                                                |
| `Shift` `Delete` | Remove predictions from your address bar (after highlighting them)              |

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### Webpage

| Shortcut           | Action                                                             |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `Ctrl` `P`         | Open options to print the current page                             |
| `Ctrl` `S`         | Open options to save the current page                              |
| `Ctrl` `R`         | Reload the current page                                            |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `R` | Reload the current page, ignoring cached content                   |
| `Esc`              | Stop the page loading                                              |
| `Tab`              | Browse clickable items moving forward                              |
| `Shift` `Tab`      | Browse clickable items moving backwards                            |
| `Ctrl` `O`         | Open a file from your computer in Brave                            |
| `Ctrl` `U`         | Display non-editable HTML source code for the current page         |
| `Ctrl` `D`         | Save your current webpage as a bookmark                            |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `D` | Save all open tabs as bookmarks in a new folder                    |
| `F11`              | Turn full-screen mode on or off                                    |
| `Ctrl` `+`         | Make everything on the page bigger                                 |
| `Ctrl` `-`         | Make everything on the page smaller                                |
| `Ctrl` `0`         | Return everything on the page to default size                      |
| `Space`            | Scroll down a webpage, a screen at a time                          |
| `Shift` `Space`    | Scroll up a webpage, a screen at a time                            |
| `Home`             | Go to the top of the page                                          |
| `End`              | Go to the bottom of the page                                       |
| `Shift` `(scroll)` | Scroll horizontally on the page                                    |
| `Alt` `Left`       | Move your cursor to the front of the previous word in a text field |
| `Ctrl` `Right`     | Move your cursor to the back of the next word in a text field      |
| `Ctrl` `Back`      | Delete the previous word in a text field                           |
| `Alt` `Home`       | Open the home page in the current tab                              |

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## Also see

- [Keyboard shortcuts for Brave](https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360032272171-What-keyboard-shortcuts-can-I-use-in-Brave-)
  _(support.brave.com)_