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Brave Browser Keyboard Shortcuts

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Tabs and Windows

ShortcutAction
Ctrl NOpen a new window
Ctrl Shift NOpen a new window in Private mode
Ctrl TOpen a new tab, and jump to it
Ctrl Shift TReopen the last closed tab, and jump to it
Ctrl TabJump to the next open tab
Ctrl Shift TabJump to the previous open tab
Ctrl 1-8Jump to a specific tab
Ctrl 9Jump to the last tab
Alt HomeOpen your home page in the current tab
Ctrl LeftOpen the previous page from your browsing history in the current tab
Alt RightOpen the next page from your browsing history in the current tab
Ctrl WClose the current tab
Ctrl Shift WClose the current window
Alt Space NMinimize the current window
Alt Space XMaximize the current window
Alt F4Close the current window
Ctrl Shift QQuit Brave

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Browser

ShortcutAction
Alt FOpen the main menu
Ctrl Shift BShow or hide the bookmarks bar
Ctrl HOpen the history page in a new tab
Ctrl JOpen the downloads page in a new tab
Shift EscOpen the Brave task manager
Shift Alt TSet focus on the first item in the toolbar
F10Set focus on the last item in the toolbar
F6Switch focus to unfocused dialog, if showing
Ctrl FOpen the find bar to search the current page
Ctrl GJump to the next match in your find bar search
Ctrl Shift GJump to the previous match in your find bar search
Ctrl Shift JOpen developer tools
Ctrl Shift DeleteOpen the clear browser data options
F1Open the Brave help center in a new tab
Ctrl Shift MOpen profile menu

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Address Bar

ShortcutAction
EnterSearch with your default search engine (after typing)
TabSearch using a different search engine (after typing)
Ctrl EnterAdd www. and .com to a site name, and open it in the current tab (after typing)
Alt EnterOpen a new tab and perform a search (after typing)
Ctrl LJump to the address bar
Ctrl KSearch from anywhere on the page
Shift DeleteRemove predictions from your address bar (after highlighting them)

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Webpage

ShortcutAction
Ctrl POpen options to print the current page
Ctrl SOpen options to save the current page
Ctrl RReload the current page
Ctrl Shift RReload the current page, ignoring cached content
EscStop the page loading
TabBrowse clickable items moving forward
Shift TabBrowse clickable items moving backwards
Ctrl OOpen a file from your computer in Brave
Ctrl UDisplay non-editable HTML source code for the current page
Ctrl DSave your current webpage as a bookmark
Ctrl Shift DSave all open tabs as bookmarks in a new folder
F11Turn full-screen mode on or off
Ctrl +Make everything on the page bigger
Ctrl -Make everything on the page smaller
Ctrl 0Return everything on the page to default size
SpaceScroll down a webpage, a screen at a time
Shift SpaceScroll up a webpage, a screen at a time
HomeGo to the top of the page
EndGo to the bottom of the page
Shift (scroll)Scroll horizontally on the page
Alt LeftMove your cursor to the front of the previous word in a text field
Ctrl RightMove your cursor to the back of the next word in a text field
Ctrl BackDelete the previous word in a text field
Alt HomeOpen the home page in the current tab

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