Brave (Windows) keyboard shortcuts 

Brave (Windows)    

Zeynel -
5 years ago
- Shortcuts

The default shortcuts for Brave is listed below. Learning shortcuts of your favorite web browser will always be useful. Don't worry, many of the common web browser shortcuts will also work with Brave.

4
Ctrl + N

Open a new window

6
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + N

Open a new window in Private mode

6
Ctrl + T

Open a new tab, and jump to it

8
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + T

Reopen the last closed tab, and jump to it

8
Ctrl + Tab

Jump to the next open tab

1
or Ctrl + Page Down
0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Tab

Jump to the previous open tab

2
or Ctrl + Page Up
0
Ctrl + 1

… to 8: Jump to a specific tab

0
Ctrl + 9

Jump to the last tab

0
Alt + Home

Open your home page in the current tab

0
Alt +

Open the previous page from your browsing history in the current tab

-1
Alt +

Open the next page from your browsing history in the current tab

4
Ctrl + W

Close the current tab

0
or Ctrl + F4
-1
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + W

Close the current window

-1
Alt + Space + N

Minimize the current window

-1
Alt + Space + X

Maximize the current window

1
Alt + F4

Close the current window

-1
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Q

Quit Brave

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0
Alt + F

Open the Main menu

0
or Alt + E
-1
or ⤶ Enter
5
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + B

Show or hide the Bookmarks bar

1
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + O

Open the Bookmarks Manager

0
Ctrl + H

Open the History page in a new tab

0
Ctrl + J

Open the Downloads page in a new tab

1
↑  Shift + Esc

Open the Brave Task Manager

2
↑  Shift + Alt + T

Set focus on the first item in the toolbar

0
F10

Set focus on the last item in the toolbar

-1
F6

Switch focus to unfocused dialog (if showing)

0
Ctrl + F

Open the Find Bar to search the current page

-1
or F3
0
Ctrl + G

Jump to the next match to your Find Bar search

1
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + G

Jump to the previous match to your Find Bar search

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + J

Open Developer Tools

1
or F12
0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Del

Open the Clear Browsing Data options

1
F1

Open the Brave Help Center in a new tab

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + M

Open Profile menu

Type a search term + Enter: Search with your default search engine
Type a search engine name and press Tab: Search using a different search engine
Type a site name + Ctrl + Enter: Add www. and .com to a site name, and open it in the current tab
Type a search term + Alt + Enter: Open a new tab and perform a search
0
Ctrl + L

Jump to the address bar

0
or Alt + D
1
or F6
-1
Ctrl + K

Search from anywhere on the page

1
or Ctrl + E
Down arrow to highlight + Shift + Delete: Remove predictions from your address bar
0
Ctrl + P

Open options to print the current page

0
Ctrl + S

Open options to save the current page

0
F5

Reload the current page

0
or Ctrl + R
0
↑  Shift + F5

Reload the current page, ignoring cached content

3
or Ctrl + ↑  Shift + R

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-2
Esc

Stop the page loading

0
Tab

Browse clickable items moving forward

0
↑  Shift + Tab

Browse clickable items moving backward

0
Ctrl + O

(then select a file) Open a file from your computer in Brave

1
Ctrl + U

Display non-editable HTML source code for the current page

0
Ctrl + D

Save your current webpage as a bookmark

1
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + D

Save all open tabs as bookmarks in a new folder

-1
F11

Turn full-screen mode on or off

1
Ctrl + +

Make everything on the page bigger

-1
Ctrl + -

Make everything on the page smaller

-2
Ctrl + 0

Return everything on the page to default size

0
Space

Scroll down a webpage, a screen at a time

0
or Page Down
0
↑  Shift + Space

Scroll up a webpage, a screen at a time

0
or Page Up
0
Home

Go to the top of the page

0
End

Go to the bottom of the page

0
↑  Shift +

Scroll horizontally on the page

0
Ctrl +

Move your cursor to the front of the previous word in a text field

1
Ctrl +

Move your cursor to the back of the next word in a text field

0
Ctrl + Backspace

Delete the previous word in a text field

0
Alt + Home

Open the Home page in the current tab

Drag a link to a tab: Open a link in a current tab (mouse only)
0
Ctrl +

(click on a link) Open a link in new background tab

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift +

(click on a link) Open a link, and jump to it

Drag a link to a blank area of the tab strip: Open a link, and jump to it (mouse only)
0
↑  Shift +

(click on a link) Open a link in a new window

Drag the tab out of the tab strip: Open a tab in a new window (mouse only)
Drag the tab into an existing window: Move a tab to a current window (mouse only)
0
Esc

(when pressed while dragging) Return a tab to its original position

Drag the web address to the Bookmarks Bar: Save the current webpage as a bookmark
0
Alt +

(click on a link) Download the target of a link

Right click Back or click and hold Back: Display your browsing history
Right-click Next or click & hold Next: Display your browsing history
Double-click a blank area of the tab strip: Switch between maximized and windowed modes
-1
Ctrl +

Make everything on the page bigger

1
Ctrl +

Make everything on the page smaller

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Program information

Program name: Brave (Windows) Brave (Windows) (General)

Brave is a free and open-source web browser that blocks website trackers and ads. The browser also allows you to "tip" Twitter users directly for their tweets. It's based on Chromium web browser and available on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android.

Web page: brave.com

Last update: 3/4/2021 10:59 AM UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 83%

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Updated: Updated program information. (2 updates.) 3/30/2020 7:02:26 AM New program added.
3/4/2021 10:59:00 AM Updated program information.

Shortcut count: 80

Platform detected: Windows or Linux

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