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Windows and Linux

Tab and window shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+N	Opens a new window.
Ctrl+T	Opens a new tab.
Ctrl+Shift+N	Opens a new window in incognito mode.
Press Ctrl+O, then select file	Opens a file from your computer in Google Chrome.
Press Ctrl and click a link	Opens the link in a new tab in the background.
Press Ctrl+Shift and click a link	Opens the link in a new tab and switches to the newly opened tab.
Press Shift and click a link	Opens the link in a new window.
Ctrl+Shift+T	Reopens the last tab you've closed.
Drag a link to a tab	Opens the link in the tab.
Drag a link to a blank area on the tab strip	Opens the link in a new tab.
Drag a tab out of the tab strip	Opens the tab in a new window.
Drag a tab out of the tab strip and into an existing window	Opens the tab in the existing window.
Press Esc while dragging a tab	Returns the tab to its original position.
Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8	Switches to the tab at the specified position number on the tab strip.
Ctrl+9	Switches to the last tab.
Right-click, or click and hold either the Back or Forward arrow in the browser toolbar.	Displays your browsing history in the tab.
Press Backspace, or Alt and the left arrow together.	Goes to the previous page in your browsing history for the tab.
Press Shift+Backspace, or Alt and the right arrow together.	Goes to the next page in your browsing history for the tab.
Double-click the blank area on the tab strip.	Maximizes or minimizes the window.
Ctrl+Q	Quits Google Chrome.

Mac

Tab and window shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
⌘+N	Opens a new window.
⌘+T	Opens a new tab.
⌘+Shift+N	Opens a new window in incognito mode.
Press ⌘+O, then select a file	Opens a file from your computer in Google Chrome.
Press ⌘ and click a link	Opens the link in a new tab in the background .
Press ⌘+Shift and click a link	Opens the link in a new tab and switches to the newly opened tab.
Press Shift and click a link	Opens the link in a new window.
⌘+Shift+T	Reopens the last tab you've closed. Google Chrome remembers the last 10 tabs you've closed.
Drag a tab out of the tab strip	Opens the tab in a new window.
Drag a tab out of the tab strip and into an existing window	Opens the tab in the existing window.
Press ⌘+Option and the right arrow together	Switches to the next tab.
Press ⌘+Option and the left arrow together	Switches to the previous tab.
⌘+W	Closes the current tab or pop-up.
⌘+Shift+W	Closes the current window.
Click and hold either the Back or Forward arrow in the browser toolbar.	Displays your browsing history in the tab.
Press Delete or ⌘+[	Goes to the previous page in your browsing history for the tab.
Press Shift+Delete or ⌘+]	Goes to the next page in your browsing history for the tab.
Press Shift while clicking the + button in the top left corner of the window	Maximizes the window.
⌘+M	Minimizes the window.
⌘+H	Hides Google Chrome.
⌘+Option+H	Hides all other windows.
⌘+Q	Closes Google Chrome.