10 essential Windows keyboard shortcuts that will make you forget your mouse
Basic Windows keyboard shortcuts
Ctrl+Z: Undo
No matter what program you’re running, Ctrl+Z will roll back your last action. Whether you’ve just overwritten an entire paragraph in Microsoft Word or deleted a file you didn’t mean to, this one is an absolute lifesaver.
Ctrl+W: Close
Another shortcut that works just about everywhere, Ctrl+W will close down whatever you’re viewing. Shut that File Explorer window, browser tab.
Ctrl+A: Select all
This command lets you highlight all the text in a document or select all the files in a folder. Hitting Ctrl+A can save you time you’d otherwise spend clicking and dragging your mouse.
Windows shortcuts for navigation
Win+D: Show or hide the desktop
This keyboard combo minimizes all your open windows, bringing your home screen into view.
Win+Tab: Open the Task view
This shortcut lets you switch apps.
Win+M: Minimize all windows.
This shortcut lets you minimize all open apps.
Ctrl+Esc: Open the Start menu
If you’re using a keyboard that doesn’t have a Windows key, this shortcut will open the Start menu. Otherwise, a quick tap of the Windows key will do the same thing. From there, you can stay on the keyboard and navigate the Start menu with the cursor keys, Tab, and Shift+Tab.
Win+PrtScn: Save a screenshot
No need to open a dedicated screenshot tool: Win+PrtScn grabs the whole screen and saves it as a PNG file in a Screenshots folder inside your Pictures folder. At the same time, Windows will also copy the image to the clipboard. If you don’t want to snap the whole screen, the Alt+PrtScn combination will take a screenshot of just the active window, but it will only copy this image to the clipboard, so you won’t get a saved file.
Ctrl+Shift+Esc: Open the Task Manager
The Task Manager is your window having everything running on your Windows system, from the open programs to the background processes. This shortcut will open the Task Manager.
Win+U: Open Ease of Access Center
You can also navigate to Ease of Access Center from Settings (Win+I)
Win+L: Lock your computer
Keep your computer safe from any prying eyes by using this keyboard combo right before you step away. Win+L locks the machine and returns you to the login screen, so any snoops will need your user account password to regain access.
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