What is Ctrl + F4 keyboard shortcut for?

This shortcut is used by 142 programs in our database.

General description for this shortcut: On tabbed interfaces, generally closes active tab

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General (16)

Google Chrome - Close the current tab

Opera - Close active tab

DOSBox - Update cached information about mounted drives. Useful if you changed something on a mounted drive outside of DOSBox. Also cycles through disk images mounted using IMGMOUNT

Brave (Windows) - Close the current tab

Firefox - Close tab

Skype - Hide conversation

Mozilla Thunderbird - Close tab

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 - Close tabs in the background

Vuze - Close current tab

Maxthon - Close the current tab

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E-Sword - Dictionary maximized

Vivaldi - Close tab

Microsoft Edge (Chromium) - Close the current tab

Microsoft Edge (Chromium) - Close the current tab

Windows 11 - Close the active document (in apps that are full-screen and let you have multiple documents open at the same time)

Windows XP - Close active document or tab in a program

Text editing (14)

Nuance Power PDF - Close the document

Notepad2 - Close file, identical with Ctrl + N

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Windows and Unix) - Close current document

FocusWriter - Close

WordPerfect X8 - Close

Microsoft Word 2019 - Close the window

PSPad - Close

TextRoom - Find previous

Microsoft FrontPage - Close a Web page.

Microsoft FrontPage - Close the active window.

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Scrivener 1.9.9 - Close project

Tomboy 0.23 - Close current note window

WikidPad (Windows) - Close current tab

Notepad3 (v5.21) - Close file (identical with Ctrl + N)

Imaging (12)

Substance Painter - Close project

Paint.NET - Close image

ACDSee - Closes the current item

Inkscape - Close the dialog

Inkscape - Close document window

ProgeCAD - Close window

PaintShop Pro 2018 - Close image

DraftSight 2019 - Exit the drawing

Navisworks Freedom 2020 - Toggles the docking window for the currently active graphics system (i.e. the Autodesk Rendering window ).

Enterprise Architect 14 - Close the current window.

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CorelDRAW 2020 - Close Window

DesignSpark Mechanical 5.0 - Close document

System tools (4)

KDE Plasma Desktop - Switch to Desktop 4

VMware Workstation 5.0 - Close the summary/console view for the selected virtual machine.

SECURECRT 8.7 - Close current tab

Royal TS - Close document

Developer tools (26)

Roblox Studio - Close

Spyder 4.1.5 - Close file 2

Unreal Engine 5.0 (early access) - Close major tab

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) - Close the current MDI child window

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) - Close

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) - Closes Activity Monitor

Visual Studio Code (Windows) - Close

FileMaker - Close a file or window

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - Window.CloseDocumentWindow

Sublime Text 4 - Close file

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GoLand (Windows) - Close active tab

HeidiSQL - Close query tab

Android Studio - Close active editor tab

Qt Creator - Close current file

NetBeans - Close selected window

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (Most used shortcuts) - Window.CloseDocumentWindow

SQL Server Profiler - Close a trace window

Atom (Windows) - core:close

SAP ABAP - Close

SQLyog - Disconnect The Current Connection

SmartGit 19 - Close

FBIde - Close the active tab

HxD 2.3 - Close

WinDev 25 - Close the current window

IBM COBOL Editor - Close

Code::Blocks 20.03 - Close current file

File manager (7)

Total Commander - Sort by extension

Xyplorer - Close Tab

Xyplorer - Close current tab

WinSCP - Sort files in the active panel by extension

7-Zip - Sort items by type

PeaZip - Browse desktop

Adobe Bridge CC - Output

Media player (4)

Winamp - Close (hide) graphical equalizer

AIMP - Close playlist

BSPlayer - Close movie

Corel Photo-Paint 2021 - Close window

Games - PC (9)

Command & Conquer: Generals - Camera bookmark

Tibia - (Healing / Support) HMM

Caesar III Heaven - Remember map view location

Command & Conquer Remastered Collection - Set camera bookmarks

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 - Toggle Drone Auto Exposure

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 - Propeller Pitch Hi

Battlezone 98 Redux - Select player / mapped group

Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge - Bookmark creation

Oxygen Not Included (PC) - Debug Instant Build Mode

Social & Messaging (1)

NewsBin Pro - Close window

Security (2)

Comodo IceDragon - Close Tab

KeepassXC 2.6.4 - Close database

Productivity (35)

FL Studio 20 - Next empty pattern

Sumatra PDF - Close current document

REAPER - Close current project tab

FineReader 15 - Close Page

Microsoft Excel 2019 - Closes the selected workbook window

Microsoft Access 2019 - Close the active database window

The Bat! - Reply to the sender

The Bat! - Automatic spell checking

LibreOffice - Closes the current document (close LibreOffice when the last open document is closed)

Bluebeam Revu - Close current document

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QuickBooks Desktop - Close Active window

Browser tab management - Close tab

MYOB AccountRight - Close window

yEd 3.19 - Close

Voyager - Close open window

Voyager - Close the active window (works in all Circulation windows)

MetaTrader 5 - Close the current chart window

Ninja Trader 8 - Risk-reward

Sage 50 - Close the current document window

Oxygen Light - Add to selection

Vegas Pro 18 - Close the current project

GoldenDict 1.0.1 - Close the main window to system tray

Cakewalk by Bandlab - Close current floating window

Cakewalk by Bandlab - Close project

Onyx - Select Screenview 4/12

Studio One 5.4 - Close

Creo View 8 - Close window

Scribus - Close the current document

TallyPrime - Open Payroll voucher

Dynamics NAV (Windows client) - Look up to the related list

Act! - Daily calendar

PerfectTablePlan v6.2 - Close window

Incredible Charts (Windows) - Chart Forum: Topics

Microsoft Publisher 2021 - Close the current publication

CSM 2022.3 Client Suite - Go to home page

Scientific (11)

Rhino 6 - SetMaximizedViewport > Perspective

Maple - Close Current Worksheet

Alteryx - Close open workflow

Solidworks 2019 - Close file

FreeCAD 0.18 - Close window

Originlab Origin 2020 - Close the active worksheet / graph / matrix window

Eplan Platform 2.9 - Close graphical editor

Altium Designer - Close active document

TrueCAD 2021 - Close the active drawing window (Typed entry: WCLOSE)

CEREC 4.0x - Design phase

Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect 16.1 - Close the currently active window

Hardware (1)

CNC12 Mill Operator - Aux Key 4

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