Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box

Stop or leave the current task

Move forward through options

Copy the selected item

Refresh the active window

Rename the selected item

Undo an action

Paste the selected item

Select all items in a document or window

Delete the selected item and move it to the Recycle Bin

Search for a file or folder in File Explorer

Select the search box

Cut the selected item

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

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

Display the current selection (if it's collapsed), or select the first subfolder

Collapse the current selection (if it's expanded), or select the folder that the folder was in

Delete the selected item and move it to the Recycle Bin

Open a new window

Refresh the active window

Display the address bar list in File Explorer

Display the items in the active list

Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop

Redo an action

Select the search box

Display the top of the active window

View the previous folder

Go back to the settings home page

Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box

Maximize or minimize the active window

Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons

Display the bottom of the active window

Close the active window

Activate the Menu bar in the active app

Move back through options

Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word

Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word

Move forward through tabs

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

Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph

Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph

Display all folders above the selected folder

Go back

View the previous folder

Create a new folder

View the next folder

Go forward

(click a taskbar button) Open an app or quickly open another instance of an app

Display properties for the selected item

Open the Properties dialog box for the selected item

(click a grouped taskbar button) Cycle through the windows of the group

Close the active item, or exit the active app

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

Move back through tabs

View the folder that the folder was in

Display the preview panel

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

Select the address bar

Display the shortcut menu for the selected item

Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document

Refresh the active window

Paste the selected item

Resize the Start menu when it's open

Change the size and appearance of file and folder icons

Show your password on the sign-in screen

Open the shortcut menu for the active window

Move up one screen

Move down one screen

Take a screenshot of your whole screen and copy it to the clipboard

(click a taskbar button) Open an app as an administrator

Move to nth tab

(right click a taskbar button) Show the window menu for the app

(right-click a grouped taskbar button) Show the window menu for the group.

Select a block of text

When a tile is in focus on the Start menu, move it into another tile to create a folder

Switch the keyboard layout when multiple keyboard layouts are available

Switch between open apps

Open Start

When a group or tile is in focus on the Start menu, move it in the direction specified

Open or close Start

Remove current app from screen or minimize the desktop window

Maximize the window

Use the arrow keys to switch between all open apps

Open File Explorer

Cycle through items in the order in which they were opened

(underlined letter) Perform the command for that letter

(underlined letter) Perform the command (or select the option) that is used with that letter

Switch input language and keyboard layout

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 windows

Open search

Open Quick Settings

Open Task Manager

Open Quick Settings

Open Chat in Microsoft Teams / Open Copilot (after Windows 11 23H2 update)

Open Cortana in listening mode

Open Feedback Hub and take a screenshot

Lock your PC

Lock your PC or switch accounts

Choose a presentation display mode

Display and hide the desktop

Open Notification Center

Open Task view

Open Game bar when a game is open

Set focus in the notification area

Open the clipboard

Open Task view

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

Restore minimized windows on the desktop

Restore/minimize active desktop windows vertically, maintaining width

Open the Run dialog box

Open Ease of Access Center

Take a screenshot of part of  your screen

Open Settings

Open Windows Widgets

Open settings

Cycle through apps on the taskbar

Open the Connect quick action

Lock device orientation

Open the Quick Link menu

Open emoji panel

Turn on Narrator

Open Magnifier

Begin IME reconversion

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

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

Start dictation

Open the charms menu

Toggle color filter (only works if shortcut is enabled in Color Filter settings)

Launch Snap Assist

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

Cycle backward through items in the order in which they were opened

Toggle always on top (for any window). Details >>

Display and hide the date and time on the desktop

Cycle through notifications

Temporarily peek at the desktop

Switch input between Windows Mixed Reality and your desktop

Show the commands available in an app in full-screen mode

Wake PC from blank or black screen

Change to a previously selected input

Open shoulder taps