Brave Browser Keyboard Shortcuts
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Tabs and Windows
Shortcut | Action |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 (support.brave.com)