Telegram Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

Cheat sheet for 37 keyboard shortcuts in the Telegram desktop application.

Chat

Action	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Navigation within chat	Up/Down	Up/Down
Recommended stickers navigation	Arrows	Arrows
Suggested emoji navigation	Left/Right	Left/Right
Move to chat below	Cmd + Tab	Ctrl + Tab
Move to chat above	Cmd + Shift + Tab	Ctrl + Shift + Tab
Exit	Esc	Esc
Back	Esc	Esc
Cancel current operation	Esc	Esc
Send file	Cmd + O	Ctrl + O

Messages

Action	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Reply to message	Cmd + Up/Down	Ctrl + Up/Down
Cancel reply	Cmd + Down	Ctrl + Down
Edit last sent message	Up	Up
Delete current selected message	Del	Del
Edit media	Cmd + E	Ctrl + E
Send GIF directly	Cmd + (Click on GIF)	Ctrl + (Click on GIF)
Open bot profile via inline message	Cmd + (Click on Name)	Ctrl + (Click on Name)

Search

Action	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Search selected chat	Cmd + F	Ctrl + F
Exit search	Esc	Esc

Quick Share Panel

Action	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Navigation	Up/Down	Up/Down
Select “Chat”	Enter	Enter
Delete chat	Backspace	Backspace
Send message	Cmd + Enter	Ctrl + Enter

Jump to

Action	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Jump to bottom of chat	Alt + Enter	Alt + Enter
Scroll chat list to top	Alt + Enter	Alt + Enter
Jump to Saved Messages	Cmd + 0	Ctrl + 0
Jump between folders	Cmd + 1-5	Ctrl + 1-5
Jump to next folder	Cmd + Shift + Down	Ctrl + Shift + Down
Jump to previous folder	Cmd + Shift + Up	Ctrl + Shift + Up

Window Related

Action	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Minimize to system tray	Cmd + W	Ctrl + W
Quit Telegram	Cmd + Q	Ctrl + Q
Lock Telegram	Cmd + L	Ctrl + L
Minimize Telegram	Cmd + M	Ctrl + M

Selected Text

Action	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Bold	Cmd + B	Ctrl + B
Italic	Cmd + I	Ctrl + I
Create link	Cmd + K	Ctrl + K
Underline	Cmd + U	Ctrl + U
Monospace	Cmd + Shift + M	Ctrl + Shift + M
Plain text	Cmd + Shift + N	Ctrl + Shift + N
Strikethrough	Cmd + Shift + X	Ctrl + Shift + X