Learn about the Windows 11 keyboard shortcuts you need to know in this post. Also, take a look at the video that demonstrates these shortcuts.
Last month, Microsoft announced Windows 11. You may download the Preview Build right now and provide feedback to Microsoft on new features. All Windows 10 users who have a PC that meets the Windows 11 basic requirements are eligible for a free upgrade to Windows 11. Windows 11 is slated to be released later this year, as of this writing. We’ll go through the Windows 11 keyboard shortcuts you need to know in this article.
Different apps on Windows 11 may have their own shortcuts, but in this guide, we’ll go over the operating system-wide shortcuts. This article has been broken into two parts for your convenience. In the first section, you’ll learn about a shortcut that includes pressing the Windows key. Read about common keyboard shortcuts in the second section.
List of New Windows 11 Keyboard Shortcuts
The Windows key is used in keyboard shortcuts.
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Opens Start Menu or Screen. |
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Open File Explorer. |
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Open Cortana. |
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Open Search (online and offline). |
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Open Settings app. |
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Open Action Center. |
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Open Notification Center. |
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Start voice typing. |
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Open Feedback hub. |
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Open Widgets. |
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Connect to wireless displays and audio devices. |
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Open Start context menu. |
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Opens Game bar. |
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Open programs that are pinned to task bar.
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Change the input language on your keyboard (only if 2 or more than 2 languages present). |
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Open Run. |
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Projects current screen. |
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Windows 11 is locked.
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Display the Windows Desktop.
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Show the history of the clipboard.
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Show the current time, date, and calendar. |
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Adjust orientation. |
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Reduce the number of open windows. |
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Look around the desktop until you let go of the Windows Key. |
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With Snip & Sketch, you may capture a portion of the screen. |
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Opens the Accessibility menu. |
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Opens Emoji viewer. |
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Switch between the items in the Notification Area by selecting the first one and pressing the Arrow key. |
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Take a snapshot of the current screen and save it to the Screenshots folder in the Pictures library. |
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On the taskbar, cycle through the apps. |
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Open Task View. |
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Move to the virtual desktop on the left/right. |
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The current window will be snapped to the bottom of the screen. |
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The current window will be snapped to the top of the screen. |
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Snap the current window to the screen’s right side. |
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The current window will be snapped to the left side of the screen. |
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Create a new virtual desktop and switch to it. |
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Close the current virtual desktop. |
Other keyboard shortcuts
The rest of the keyboard shortcuts you should know are mentioned below.
Alt + F4 | Closes current program window. |
Ctrl + F | Opens the Find dialog, which allows you to search the currently running program. |
Ctrl + M | Enter mark mode, which aids with text selection, particularly in Command Prompt. |
Ctrl + Page Up / Page Down | Scrolling up / down on current screen or page. |
Ctrl + Up / Down | Move up / down on current screen or page line by line. |
Ctrl + A | Choose all content on the screen. |
Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert |
Copies all content on screen to clipboard. |
Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert | Pastes text at the cursor. |
Ctrl + Z |
Undo operation. |
Ctrl + Y | Redo operation, provided if you’ve used Ctrl + Z already. |
Ctrl + Page Up / Page Down | Scrolling up / down on current screen or page. |
Ctrl + Page Up / Page Down | Scrolling up / down on current screen or page. |
Alt + Tab |
This is the good old shortcut for switching between tabs that we’ve been using for years. |
Shift + Left / Right / Up / Down | Selects text by moving the cursor left a character, right a character, up a line, or down a line. To pick more text, keep pressing the arrow keys. |
Ctrl + Shift + Left / Right | The cursor is moved one word to the left or right, picking that word in the process. |
Shift + Home / End | The cursor is moved to the start or finish of the current line, picking text as it goes. |
Shift + Page Up / Page Down | Selects text by moving the cursor up and down a screen. |
Ctrl + Shift + Home / End | Moves the cursor to the beginning or end of the screen buffer, choosing all text between the cursor and the beginning or end. |
Here’s the video guide illustrating above shortcuts:
That’s about it.