Brave Browser


Keyboard Shortcuts

Tabs and Windows

Shortcut Action
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
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
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
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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