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title: Telegram Desktop
date: 2022-11-23 16:23:31.700963
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  A visual cheat-sheet for the 37 keyboard shortcuts found on the Telegram Desktop app
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## Keyboard Shortcuts

### Chats

| Shortcut             | Action                        |
| -------------------- | ----------------------------- |
| `Up/Down`            | In-Chat Navigation            |
| `Up/Down/Left/Right` | Suggested Stickers Navigation |
| `Left/Right`         | Suggested Emojis Navigation   |
| `Ctrl` `Tab`         | Move to the Chat Below        |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `Tab` | Move to the Chat Above        |
| `Esc`                | Exit                          |
| `Esc`                | Go Back                       |
| `Esc`                | Cancel Current Action         |
| `Ctrl` `O`           | Send File                     |

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### Messages

| Shortcut              | Action                              |
| --------------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| `Ctrl` `Up/Down`      | Reply to a Message                  |
| `Ctrl` `Down`         | Cancel Reply                        |
| `Up`                  | Edit Last Message Sent              |
| `Del`                 | Delete Currently Selected Message   |
| `Ctrl` `E`            | Edit Media                          |
| `Ctrl` `(click gif)`  | Send GIF Directly                   |
| `Ctrl` `(click name)` | Open Bot Profile via Inline Message |

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### Search

| Shortcut   | Action               |
| ---------- | -------------------- |
| `Ctrl` `F` | Search Selected Chat |
| `Esc`      | Exit Search          |

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### QuickShare Panel

| Shortcut       | Action       |
| -------------- | ------------ |
| `Up/Down`      | Navigate     |
| `Enter`        | Select Chat  |
| `Backspace`    | Remove Chat  |
| `Ctrl` `Enter` | Send Message |

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### Jump to

| Shortcut              | Action                          |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------- |
| `Alt` `Enter`         | Jump to the bottom of the chat  |
| `Alt` `Enter`         | Scroll the chat list to the top |
| `Ctrl` `0`            | Jump to your saved messages     |
| `Ctrl` `1-5`          | Jump between folders            |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `Down` | Jump to the next folder         |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `Up`   | Jump to the previous folder     |

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### Window Related

| Shortcut   | Action                  |
| ---------- | ----------------------- |
| `Ctrl` `W` | Minimize to System Tray |
| `Ctrl` `Q` | Quit Telegram           |
| `Ctrl` `L` | Lock Telegram           |
| `Ctrl` `M` | Minimize Telegram       |

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### Selected Text

| Shortcut           | Action            |
| ------------------ | ----------------- |
| `Ctrl` `B`         | Bold              |
| `Ctrl` `I`         | Italic            |
| `Ctrl` `K`         | Create Link       |
| `Ctrl` `U`         | Underline         |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `M` | Monospace         |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `N` | Null / Plain Text |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `X` | Strikethrough     |

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## Also see

- [Keyboard shortcuts for Telegram Desktop](https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/wiki/Keyboard-Shortcuts)
  _(github.com)_