By Sophia | Last Updated
The article lists the commonly-used keyboard shortcuts you can use to quickly finish a lot of tasks in IE 11 on your Windows 10 PC, without using mouse.
Tip: These shortcuts are available in Internet Explorer.
Alt+C: View Favorites, Feed and History.
Alt+D: View the app commands (Address bar, frequent sites, etc.)
Alt+X: Open the Tools button.
Ctrl+D: Add current site to Favorites.
Ctrl+W: Close tab.
Ctrl+T: Open a new tab.
Ctrl+Shift+P: Open a new InPrivate Browsing window.
Ctrl+P: Print the current webpage.
Ctrl+Tab: Switch between tabs.
Ctrl+J: View downloads.
Ctrl+E: Open a search query in the Address bar.
Ctrl+Down arrow: Open the Address bar to view History, Favorites and search providers.
Ctrl+Shift+L: Search using copied text.
Ctrl+Plus sign: Zoom in (+10%).
Ctrl+Minus sign: Zoom out (-10%).
Ctrl+0: Zoom in to 100%.
F1: Get help and support.
F5: Refresh webpage.
Tip: These shortcuts work in the desktop browser.
Alt+A: Open the Favorites menu from the menu bar.
Alt+C or Ctrl+I: View Favorites.
Alt+D: Select the text in the Address bar.
Alt+E: Open the Edit menu.
Alt+F: Open the File menu.
Alt+H: Open the Help menu.
Alt+T: Open the Tools menu.
Alt+V: Open the View menu.
Alt+N: Move focus to the Notification bar.
Alt+Home: Go to Home page.
Alt+Right arrow: Go to the next page.
Alt+Left arrow or Backspace: Go to the previous page.
Alt+Up arrow: Move selected item up in the Favorites list (in the Organize Favorites dialog box).
Alt+Down arrow: Move selected item down in the Favorites list (in the Organize Favorites dialog box).
Alt+Z: Open the Add to favorites menu.
Ctrl+A: Select all items on the current webpage.
Ctrl+C: Copy the selected items.
Ctrl+X: Cut the selected items.
Ctrl+V: Paste the selected items.
Ctrl+Enter: Add www. to the beginning and .com to the end of text typed in the Address bar.
Ctrl+Left arrow: Move the cursor left to the next break in the sentence in the Address bar.
Ctrl+Right arrow: Move the cursor right to the next break in the sentence in the Address bar.
Ctrl+F: Find sth. on the webpage.
Ctrl+G: View Feeds.
Ctrl+H: View History.
Ctrl+O: Open a new document in the browser.
Ctrl+N: Open a new window.
Ctrl+S: Save the current page.
Ctrl+T: Open a new tab.
Ctrl+Shift+T: Reopen the last tab closed.
Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+Shift+Tab: Switch between tabs.
Ctrl+9: Switch to the last tab.
Ctrl+W: Close tab.
Ctrl+F4: Close tabs in the background.
Shift+F10: Display a shortcut menu for a link.
F4: Display a list of typed addresses.
F11: Switch between full-screen and regular view.
Enter: Activate a selected link.
Esc: Stop downloading a page.
Home: Move to the beginning of a document.
End: Move to the end of a document.
Down arrow: Move backward through the list of AutoComplete matches.
Up arrow: Move forward through the list of AutoComplete matches.
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