Internet Explorer keyboard shortcuts

You can use the Internet Explorer shortcut keys to perform lots of different tasks quickly or to work without a mouse.

Viewing and exploring webpages

The following table describes shortcuts used to view and explore webpages.

To do this	Press this
Display Help	F1
Toggle between full-screen and regular views of the browser window	F11
Move forward through the items on a webpage, the Address bar, or the Favorites bar	TAB
Move back through the items on a webpage, the Address bar, or the Favorites bar	SHIFT+TAB
Go to your home page	ALT+HOME
Start Caret Browsing	F7
Go to the next page	ALT+RIGHT ARROW
Go to the previous page	ALT+LEFT ARROW or BACKSPACE
Display a shortcut menu for a link	SHIFT+F10
Move forward through frames and browser elements (only works if tabbed browsing is disabled)	CTRL+TAB or F6
Move backward between frames (only works if tabbed browsing is disabled)	CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
Scroll toward the beginning of a document	UP ARROW or SHIFT+SPACEBAR
Scroll toward the end of a document	DOWN ARROW or SPACEBAR
Scroll toward the beginning of a document in larger increments	PAGE UP
Scroll toward the end of a document in larger increments	PAGE DOWN
Move to the beginning of a document	HOME
Move to the end of a document	END
Find on this page	CTRL+F
Refresh the current webpage	F5
Refresh the current webpage, even if the time stamp for the web version and your locally stored version are the same	CTRL+F5
Stop downloading a page	ESC
Open a new website or page	CTRL+O
Open a new window	CTRL+N
Open a new InPrivate Browsing window	CTRL+ALT+P
Duplicate tab (open current tab in a new tab)	CTRL+K
Close the current window (if you only have one tab open)	CTRL+W or ALT+F4
Save the current page	CTRL+S
Print the current page or active frame	CTRL+P
Activate a selected link	ENTER
Open Favorites	CTRL+I
Open History	CTRL+H
Open Feeds	CTRL+J
Open the Page menu	ALT+P
Open the Tools menu	ALT+T
Open the Help menu	ALT+H

Working with tabs

The following table describes shortcuts used when working with tabs.

To do this	Press this
Open links in a new tab in the background	CTRL+click
Open links in a new tab in the foreground	CTRL+SHIFT+click
Open a new tab in the foreground	CTRL+T
Switch between tabs	CTRL+TAB or CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
Close current tab (or the current window if tabbed browsing is disabled)	CTRL+W or ALT+F4
Open a new tab in the foreground from the Address bar	ALT+ENTER
Switch to a specific tab number	CTRL+n (where n is a number between 1 and 8)
Switch to the last tab	CTRL+9
Close other tabs	CTRL+ALT+F4
Toggle Quick Tabs (thumbnail view) on or off	CTRL+Q

Etc

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