Windows

Open Task view

Add a virtual desktop

Switch between virtual desktops you’ve created on the right

Switch between virtual desktops you’ve created on the left

Close the virtual desktop you're using

Open or close Start

Open Quick Settings

Set focus to the first icon in the Taskbar corner

Open Windows Copilot

Open the charms menu

Turn on color filters

Display and hide the desktop

Open File Explorer

Open Feedback Hub and take a screenshot

Open Xbox Game Bar when a game is open

Turn HDR on or off

Launch voice typing

Open Settings

Set focus to a Windows tip when one is available

Open Cast from Quick Settings. Updated in Windows 11

Toggle microphone mute in apps that support Call Mute. Available starting in Windows 11, version 22H2

Lock your PC or switch accounts

Minimize all windows

Restore minimized windows on the desktop

Open notification center and calendar. Updated in Windows 11

Lock device orientation

Choose a presentation display mode

Open Quick Assist

Open the Run dialog box

Record video of game window in focus (using Xbox Game Bar)

Open search

Take a screenshot of part of your screen

Cycle through apps on the taskbar

Open Accessibility Settings

Open the clipboard history

Set focus to a notification

Open Widgets. Updated in Windows 11

Open the Quick Link menu

Switch input between Windows Mixed Reality and your desktop

Open the snap layouts. Updated in Windows 11

Open emoji panel

Open emoji panel

Temporarily peek at the desktop

Search for PCs (if you're on a network)

Maximize the window

Snap window in focus to top half of screen. New with Windows 11

Remove current app from screen or minimize the desktop window

Snap window in focus to bottom half of screen. New with Windows 11

Maximize the app or desktop window to the left side of the screen

Maximize the app or desktop window to the right side of the screen

Minimize all except the active desktop window (restores all windows on second stroke)

Stretch the desktop window to the top and bottom of the screen

Restore/minimize active desktop windows vertically, maintaining width

Move an app or window in the desktop from one monitor to another

Move an app or window in the desktop from one monitor to another

Cycle backwards through language and keyboard layout

Switch input language and keyboard layout

Change to a previously selected input

Turn on Narrator

Open Magnifier and zoom in

Zoom out in Magnifier

Close Magnifier

Begin IME reconversion

Wake PC from blank or black screen

Open taskbar settings

Cut the selected item

Copy the selected item

Paste the selected item

Paste as plain text

Undo an action

Switch between open apps

Close the active item, or exit the active app

Display and hide the desktop

Rename the selected item

Search for a file or folder in File Explorer

Display the address bar list in File Explorer

Refresh the active window

Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop

Activate the Menu bar in the active app

Set focus to the first icon in the Suggested actions menu

Show your password on the sign-in screen

Cycle through items in the order in which they were opened

Display properties for the selected item

Open the shortcut menu for the active window

Go back

Go forward

Move up one screen

Move down one screen

Close the active document (in apps that are full-screen and let you have multiple documents open at the same time)

Select all items in a document or window

Delete the selected item and move it to the Recycle Bin

Open Search (in most apps)

Refresh the active window

Redo an action

Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word

Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word

Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph

Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph

Use the arrow keys to switch between all open apps

Open Start

Open Task Manager

Switch the keyboard layout when multiple keyboard layouts are available

Turn the Chinese input method editor (IME) on or off

Display the shortcut menu for the selected item

Delete the selected item without moving it to the Recycle Bin first

Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu

Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu

Stop or leave the current task