Telegram Desktop

Telegram Desktop

A visual cheat-sheet for the 37 keyboard shortcuts found on the Telegram Desktop app

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 (github.com)