Being an executive of an organization, most of your tasks are compatible with Gmail. Then you will be happy to know that, after reading this article, you will be able to work with Gmail. I agree that doing typical organizational work seems boring, especially when you have to go through the typical process for adding links, making text bold or similar tasks. But as a Google product, Gmail has in-built keyboard shortcuts that can help you work more efficiently.
I know you might not have heard about that but it is true. People don’t bother about this thing because on Gmail, you need to enable those shortcuts first, then you can use. As a result of our research, we discovered that Gmail keyboard shortcuts are extremely useful for any user. After all, it can make a boring email handling job a game. For this thing, here we let you know different keyboard shortcuts and the steps to enable them.
Gmail Keyboard Shortcuts to Bump Up Your Email Game
It is not necessary to enable keyvoard shortcuts in the Gmail application. But if you use Gmail on the Desktop, here is the solution. Also, note that the Gmail app has its own external keyboard shortcuts. There is a slight difference in how the Gmail keyboard shortcuts work on desktop. Altogether, we can say that being a professional who works on Gmail desktop, we need to enable Keyboard shortcuts. So, before addressing the keyboard shortcuts list, let’s see how to enable those shortcuts.
- Visit Gmail.com on your desktop.
- Log in to your Google Account.
- Next click on the Gear icon (Settings) in the upper right corner of the screen.
- Under Quick Settings, click on See all settings.
- Now in the General Tab, scroll down to Keyboard Shortcuts.
- Then select the radio button next to the option to turn on keyboard shortcuts.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Save changes.
- That’s it, you are now ready to use Keyboard Shortcuts in Gmail.
General Keyboard Shortcuts | ||
Shortcut Key | Action to be perform | |
Ctrl + ? | Show keyboard shortcuts | |
Shift | Select multiple messages | |
Command | Select all messages | |
Ctrl + SHIFT + 8 | Select all unread messages | |
e | Archive Selected messages | |
= | Mark selected messages as important | |
c | Compose a new email | |
/ | Search for messages |
Compose & Chat Keyboard Shortcuts | |
Shortcut Key | Action to be perform |
p | Previous message in an open conversation |
n | Next message in an open conversation |
Shift + Esc | Focus main window |
Esc | Focus latest chat or compose |
Ctrl + . | Advance to the next chat or compose |
Ctrl + , | Advance to previous chat or compose |
Ctrl + Enter | Send |
Ctrl + SHIFT + c | Add cc recipients |
Ctrl + SHIFT + b | Add bcc recipients |
Ctrl + SHIFT + f | Access custom from |
Ctrl + k | Insert a link |
+ ; | Go to next misspelled word (Mac only) |
Ctrl + m | Open spelling suggestions |
Formatting text | ||
Shortcut Key | Action to be perform | |
Ctrl + SHIFT + 5 | Previous font | |
Ctrl + SHIFT + 6 | Next font | |
Ctrl + SHIFT + – | Decrease text size | |
Ctrlv+ SHIFT + + | Increase Text Size | |
Ctrl + b | Bold the text | |
Ctrl + i | Italic the text | |
Ctrl + u | Underline the text | |
Ctrl + SHIFT + 7 | Convert the list into numbers | |
Ctrl + SHIFT + 8 | Convert the list into bullets | |
Ctrl + SHIFT + 9 | Quote | |
Ctrl + [ | Indent less | |
Ctrl + SHIFT + r | Align right | |
Ctrl + SHIFT + l | Align left | |
Ctrl + SHIFT + e | Align Centre |
Email Management Shortcuts | |
Shortcut Key | Action to be perform |
Ctrl+Shift+D | Delete the selected messages. |
Ctrl+Shift+R | Reply to the selected message. |
Ctrl+Shift+F | Forward the selected message. |
Ctrl+Shift+S | Star the selected message. |
Ctrl+Shift+U | Unstar the selected message |
Ctrl+Shift+L | Label the selected message. |
Ctrl+Shift+M | Move the selected message to a different folder |
Navigation Shortcuts | |
Shortcut Key | Action to be perform |
Ctrl+Shift+Left arrow/Right Arrow | Go back/Forward one page |
Ctrl+Shift+Home | Go to top or bottom of the page |
Ctrl+G | Search for Specific Message |
Ctrl+Shift+L | Open the search bar |
Ctrl+Shift+T | Open the next tab |
Ctrl+Shift+W | Close the current tab |
Ctrl+Shift+X | Close all tabs |
After having such a comprehensive view of Gmail Shortcuts, one thing is you can use these shortcuts both on desktop and mobile. However, should you want to make your own keyboard shortcut, Gmail has an option for it. All you’d need to do is go to Gmail settings and select custom shortcuts from the settings under the General Tab. Want a clear view, follow the steps below.
Note: Similar to enabling Gmail Keyboard Shortcuts, you can customize those shortcuts exclusively from the Gmail Desktop Itself.
- On your PC, visit Gmail.com
- Sign in to your Google Account.
- Next, click on Settings (Gear Icon) located in the top right corner.
- At the top, click on the keyboard shortcut.
- Now, next to the action, type your custom keyboard shortcut.
- Lastly, at the bottom of the page click on save and you are done.
In the future if you want to get back the default keyboard shortcuts go to the same page where we added the custom shortcut. Scroll down the page and click on restore defaults. Also, don’t assign a single key to multiple tasks. And apart from using these shortcuts. If you want to make the Gmail app more useful, use labels, filters, a search bar along with rememberable keyboard shortcuts. These are the things with which you can turn your ordinary Gmail into Gmail. If anyone still has questions, feel free to ask them below.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ans. For this thing, you need to enable smart compose that you can do from Gmail Desktop Settings. To have clear view, Go to Gmail on Desktop >> Settings >> See all Settings >> General >> Smart Compose >> Enable Smart Compose >> Save the changes.
Ans. This key is just to open Task bar on Chrome.
Ans. You can do this Gmail Settings similarly as we have done above.
Ans. This key is use to add a link to the mail.
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