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You can use Internet Explorer keyboard shortcuts to perform a lot of different tasks quickly or to work without a mouse. Not all shortcuts work in both Internet Explorer and Internet Explorer for the desktop.
Top shortcuts
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To do this |
Press this in |
Press this in |
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Add current site to favorites |
Ctrl + D |
Crtl + D |
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Close tab |
Ctrl + W |
Ctrl + W |
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Go to your home page |
(Not available) |
Alt + Home |
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Delete browsing history |
(Not available) |
Ctrl + Shift + Delete |
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Get help & support |
F1 |
F1 |
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Open browsing history |
(Not available) |
Ctrl + H |
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Open a new tab |
Ctrl + T |
Ctrl + T |
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Open a new InPrivate Browsing window |
Ctrl + Shift + P |
Ctrl + Shift + P |
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Print the current page |
Ctrl + P |
Ctrl + P |
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Refresh page |
F5 |
F5 |
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Switch between tabs |
Ctrl + Tab |
Ctrl + Tab |
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View the app commands (address bar, frequent sites, etc.) |
Alt + D |
(Not available) |
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View downloads |
Ctrl + J |
Ctrl + J |
Search
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To do this |
Press this in Internet Explorer 11 |
Press this in |
|---|---|---|
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Open a search query in the address bar |
Ctrl + E |
Ctrl + E |
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Open a search query in a new tab |
(not available) |
Alt + Enter |
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Open the Address bar (to view history, favorites, and search providers) |
Ctrl + Down arrow |
Ctrl + Down arrow |
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Search using copied text |
Ctrl + Shift + L |
Ctrl + Shift + L |
Zoom
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To do this |
Press this in |
Press this in |
|---|---|---|
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Zoom in (+ 10%) |
Ctrl + Plus sign |
Ctrl + Plus sign |
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Zoom out (- 10%) |
Ctrl + Minus sign |
Ctrl + Minus sign |
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Zoom to 100% |
Ctrl + 0 |
Ctrl + 0 |
Shortcuts for Internet Explorer for the desktop
These shortcuts will only work in the desktop browser.
Address bar
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To do this |
Press this |
|---|---|
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Add www. to the beginning and .com to the end of text typed in the Address bar |
Ctrl + Enter |
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Display a list of addresses you've typed |
F4 |
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In the Address bar, move the cursor left to the next break in the sentence |
Ctrl + Left arrow |
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In the Address bar, move the cursor right to the next break in the sentence |
Ctrl + Right arrow |
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Move backward through the list of AutoComplete matches |
Down arrow |
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Move forward through the list of AutoComplete matches |
Up arrow |
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Select the text in the Address bar |
Alt + D |
Browsing
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To do this |
Press this |
|---|---|
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Activate a selected link |
Enter |
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Display a shortcut menu for a link |
Shift + F10 |
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Find something on this page |
Ctrl + F |
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Go to your home page |
Alt + Home |
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Go to the next page |
Alt + Right arrow |
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Go to the previous page |
Backspace or Alt + Left arrow |
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Move back through items on a webpage (only works if tabbed browsing is turned off) |
Ctrl + Shift + Tab |
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Move through items on a webpage (only works if tabbed browsing is turned off) |
Ctrl + Tab or F6 |
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Move to the beginning of a document |
Home |
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Move to the end of a document |
End |
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Open a new document in Internet Explorer |
Ctrl + O |
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Open a new window |
Ctrl + N |
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Save the current page |
Ctrl + S |
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Scroll toward the beginning of a document |
Up arrow |
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Scroll toward the end of a document |
Down arrow |
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Stop downloading a page |
Esc |
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Toggle between full-screen and regular views |
F11 |
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Start Caret Browsing |
F7 |
Clipboard
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To do this |
Press this |
|---|---|
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Copy selected items to the Clipboard |
Ctrl + C |
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Cut selected items, and copy them to the Clipboard |
Ctrl + X |
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Paste select items from the Clipboard |
Ctrl + V |
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Select all items on the current webpage |
Ctrl + A |
Favorites, history, and feeds
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To do this |
Press this |
|---|---|
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Add site to favorites |
Ctrl + D |
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Move selected item up in the Favorites list (in the Organize Favorites dialog box) |
Alt + Up arrow |
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Move selected item down in the Favorites list (in the Organize Favorites dialog box) |
Alt + Down arrow |
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Open the Add to favorites menu |
Alt + Z |
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Open the Favorites menu from the menu bar |
Alt + A |
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Open the Organize Favorites dialog box |
Ctrl + B |
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Pin Favorites Center and display your history |
Ctrl + Shift + H |
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View favorites |
Ctrl + I and Alt + C |
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View feeds |
Ctrl + G |
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View history |
Ctrl + H |
Menu bar
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To do this |
Press this |
|---|---|
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Open the File menu |
Alt + F |
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Open the Edit menu |
Alt + E |
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Open the View menu |
Alt + V |
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Open the Favorites menu |
Alt + A |
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Open the Tools |
Alt + T |
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Open the Help menu |
Alt + H |
Notification bar
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To do this |
Press this |
|---|---|
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Move focus to the Notification bar |
Alt + N |
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Click the Notification bar |
Spacebar |
Tabs
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To do this |
Press this |
|---|---|
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Close tab |
Ctrl + W |
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Close tabs in the background |
Ctrl + F4 |
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Open links in a new tab in the background |
Ctrl + click |
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Open links in a new tab in the foreground |
Ctrl + Shift + click |
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Duplicate tab |
Ctrl + K |
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Open a new tab |
Ctrl + T |
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Reopen the last tab you closed |
Ctrl + Shift + T |
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Switch between tabs |
Crtl + Tab or Crtl + Shift + Tab |
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Switch to the last tab |
Ctrl + 9 |
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Switch to a specific tab number |
Ctrl + n (where "n" is a number between 1 and 8) |