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15 essential Chrome OS keyboard shortcuts
Google's Chrome OS uses some familiar keyboard shortcuts as well as some unique ones. We reveal 15 essential keyboard shortcuts in Chrome OS.
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Google's Chrome OS uses some familiar keyboard shortcuts as well as some unique ones. A few of these access Chrome OS settings and others take the place of missing physical keys on Chromebook keyboards (Page Up, Page Down, Home, End). Here are 15 essential keyboard shortcuts in Chrome OS:
Settings:
| Ctrl+? | Open help |
| Shift+Esc | Open task manager |
| Ctrl+Alt+/ | Open keyboard shortcut list |
| Ctrl+M | Open file manager |
Navigation and text editing:
| Alt+ up arrow | Page Up |
| Alt+ down arrow | Page Down |
| Ctrl+Alt+ up arrow | Home |
| Ctrl+Alt+ down arrow | End |
| Ctrl+Tab | Switch to next browser tab |
| Ctrl+W | Close current tab |
| Ctrl+Shift+T | Reopen last closed tab |
| Ctrl+N | Open new browser window |
| Alt+Tab | Switch to next open window |
| Ctrl+Shift+Q | Sign out of Google account |
| Alt+backspace | Delete file(s) in file manager |
