Brave Browser Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

A cheat sheet for 64 keyboard shortcuts in the Brave browser.

Tabs and Windows

Action	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Open a new window	`Cmd` + `N`	`Ctrl` + `N`
Open a new window in private mode	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `N`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `N`
Open a new tab and jump to it	`Cmd` + `T`	`Ctrl` + `T`
Reopen the last closed tab and jump to it	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `T`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `T`
Jump to the next open tab	`Cmd` + `Tab`	`Ctrl` + `Tab`
Jump to the previous open tab	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `Tab`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Tab`
Jump to a specific tab	`Cmd` + `1-8`	`Ctrl` + `1-8`
Jump to the last tab	`Cmd` + `9`	`Ctrl` + `9`
Open the home page in the current tab	`Alt` + `Home`	`Alt` + `Home`
Open the previous page from browsing history in the current tab	`Cmd` + `Left`	`Ctrl` + `Left`
Open the next page from browsing history in the current tab	`Alt` + `Right`	`Alt` + `Right`
Close the current tab	`Cmd` + `W`	`Ctrl` + `W`
Close the current window	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `W`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `W`
Minimize the current window	`Alt` + `Space` + `N`	`Alt` + `Space` + `N`
Maximize the current window	`Alt` + `Space` + `X`	`Alt` + `Space` + `X`
Close the current window	`Alt` + `F4`	`Alt` + `F4`
Quit Brave	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `Q`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Q`

Browser

Action	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Open the main menu	`Alt` + `F`	`Alt` + `F`
Show or hide the bookmarks bar	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `B`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `B`
Open the history page in a new tab	`Cmd` + `H`	`Ctrl` + `H`
Open the downloads page in a new tab	`Cmd` + `J`	`Ctrl` + `J`
Open the Brave Task Manager	`Shift` + `Esc`	`Shift` + `Esc`
Set focus on the first item in the toolbar	`Shift` + `Alt` + `T`	`Shift` + `Alt` + `T`
Set focus on the last item in the toolbar	`F10`	`F10`
Switch focus to the unfocused dialog, if shown	`F6`	`F6`
Open the find bar to search the current page	`Cmd` + `F`	`Ctrl` + `F`
Jump to the next match in the find bar search	`Cmd` + `G`	`Ctrl` + `G`
Jump to the previous match in the find bar search	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `G`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `G`
Open developer tools	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `J`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `J`
Open clear browsing data options	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `Delete`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Delete`
Open the Brave Help Center in a new tab	`F1`	`F1`
Open the profile menu	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `M`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `M`

Address Bar

Action	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Search with the default search engine (after typing)	`Enter`	`Enter`
Search with another search engine (after typing)	`Tab`	`Tab`
Add www. and .com to the site name and open in the current tab (after typing)	`Cmd` + `Enter`	`Ctrl` + `Enter`
Open a new tab and perform search (after typing)	`Alt` + `Enter`	`Alt` + `Enter`
Jump to the address bar	`Cmd` + `L`	`Ctrl` + `L`
Search from anywhere on the page	`Cmd` + `K`	`Ctrl` + `K`
Remove predictions from the address bar (after highlighting)	`Shift` + `Delete`	`Shift` + `Delete`

Web Pages

Action	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Open options to print the current page	`Cmd` + `P`	`Ctrl` + `P`
Open options to save the current page	`Cmd` + `S`	`Ctrl` + `S`
Reload the current page	`Cmd` + `R`	`Ctrl` + `R`
Reload the current page, ignoring cached content	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `R`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `R`
Stop page loading	`Esc`	`Esc`
Browse clickable items	`Tab`	`Tab`
Browse clickable items backward	`Shift` + `Tab`	`Shift` + `Tab`
Open a file from the computer in Brave	`Cmd` + `O`	`Ctrl` + `O`
Show uneditable HTML source code of the current page	`Cmd` + `U`	`Ctrl` + `U`
Save the current webpage as a bookmark	`Cmd` + `D`	`Ctrl` + `D`
Save all open tabs as bookmarks in a new folder	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `D`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `D`
Turn full-screen mode on or off	`F11`	`F11`
Zoom in on all content on the page	`Cmd` + `+`	`Ctrl` + `+`
Zoom out on all content on the page	`Cmd` + `-`	`Ctrl` + `-`
Return all content on the page to default size	`Cmd` + `0`	`Ctrl` + `0`
Scroll down the webpage one screen at a time	`Space`	`Space`
Scroll up the webpage one screen at a time	`Shift` + `Space`	`Shift` + `Space`
Go to the top of the page	`Home`	`Home`
Go to the bottom of the page	`End`	`End`
Scroll horizontally on the page	`Shift` + `(Scroll)`	`Shift` + `(Scroll)`
Move the cursor to the front of the previous word in a text field	`Alt` + `Left`	`Alt` + `Left`
Move the cursor to the back of the next word in a text field	`Cmd` + `Right`	`Ctrl` + `Right`
Delete the previous word in a text field	`Cmd` + `Backspace`	`Ctrl` + `Backspace`
Open the home page in the current tab	`Alt` + `Home`	`Alt` + `Home`