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FileZilla Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

Visual cheat sheet for 30 keyboard shortcuts in FileZilla.

General Shortcuts

Action Mac Shortcut Win Shortcut
Rename selected file F2 F2
Search remote files F3 F3
Refresh local and remote file/folder views F5 F5
Switch to next view Tab Tab
Transfer currently selected item to the item with same name in other pane Alt + Down Alt + Down
Navigate up one row in tree view, or to parent folder in file view Alt + Up Alt + Up
Add bookmark Cmd + B Ctrl + B
Manage bookmarks Cmd + Shift + B Ctrl + Shift + B
Stop current operation Cmd + C Ctrl + C
Disconnect from server Cmd + D Ctrl + D
Show files currently being edited Cmd + E Ctrl + E
Directory listing filters… Cmd + I Ctrl + I
Manual transfer Cmd + M Ctrl + M
Create new directory Cmd + Shift + N Ctrl + Shift + N
Enable directory comparison Cmd + O Ctrl + O
Process queue Cmd + P Ctrl + P
Exit Cmd + Q Ctrl + Q
Reconnect to server Cmd + R Ctrl + R
Open Site Manager Cmd + S Ctrl + S
Open new tab Cmd + T Ctrl + T
Preserve timestamps of transferred files Cmd + U Ctrl + U
Toggle synchronized browsing Cmd + Y Ctrl + Y
Close tab Cmd + W Ctrl + W
Transfer file if selected item is file; expand if selected item is directory Enter Enter
Switch to next tab Cmd + PgUp Ctrl + PgUp
Switch to previous tab Cmd + PgDn Ctrl + PgDn
Move up one item in current view Up Up
Move down one item in current view Down Down
Go up in tree view (nothing in file view) Left Left
Go down one level in tree view if subfolder exists Right Right