How much do you depend on your mouse to move around your computer, or between browser tabs, programs?
Here, we are sharing a few shortcuts that you can make use while you use your Windows 10 installed computer.
| Windows 10 Keyboard Shortcut | Description |
| Windows | Show the Windows 10 Start Menu |
| Windows + Tab | Launch Windows 10 Task View |
| Windows + C | Search the web and Windows with Cortana (speech) |
| Windows + S | Search the web and Windows with Cortana (keyboard input) |
| Windows + I | Open Windows 10 settings |
| Windows + A | Open Windows 10 Action Center |
| Windows + Ctrl + D | Create a new virtual desktop |
| Windows + Ctrl + F4 | Close current virtual desktop |
| Windows + Ctrl + [Left][Right] | Switch between virtual desktops |
| Windows + [Left][Right][Up][Down] | Position windows on your screen
E.g. Windows + [Left] moves the current window to the left half of your screen. If you use Windows + [Up] afterwards, the current window will be placed in the upper left quarter of your screen. |
| Windows + H | Share content |
| Windows + K | Connect to wireless displays and audio devices |
| Windows + X | Open Start button context menu |
| Windows + G | Opens the Windows 10 Game Bar to take game screenshots and record gaming videos of Windows 10 games |
| Windows 10 Keyboard Shortcut | Description |
| Windows + D | Show Windows desktop |
| Windows + E | Open Windows Explorer |
| Windows + L | Lock your Windows 10 device |
| Windows + Space | Switch keyboard input language |
| Windows + Shift + [Left][Right] | Move current Window from one monitor to another (when using a multiple monitor setup) |
| Windows + [1][2][3][…] | Open programs that are pinned to task bar |
| Windows + R | Run a command |
| Windows + P | Project a screen |
| Alt + Tab | Switch to the previous window |
| Alt + Space | Restore, move, size, minimize, maximize or close the current window. Also works like a charm for Windows 10 modern apps. |
| Alt + F4 | a) Close current window
b) If you’re on your Windows 10 desktop, open Power dialogue to shut down or restart Windows, put your device in sleep mode, sign out or switch the current user |
Most of these work on other versions of the OS, but some are specific for Windows 10, like video recording.
Thank you.
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