Brave Browser Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

A cheat sheet for 64 keyboard shortcuts in the Brave browser.

Tabs and Windows

Operation	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Open new window	`Cmd` + `N`	`Ctrl` + `N`
Open new window in private mode	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `N`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `N`
Open new tab and jump to it	`Cmd` + `T`	`Ctrl` + `T`
Reopen last closed tab and jump to it	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `T`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `T`
Jump to next open tab	`Cmd` + `Tab`	`Ctrl` + `Tab`
Jump to previous open tab	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `Tab`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Tab`
Jump to a specific tab	`Cmd` + `1-8`	`Ctrl` + `1-8`
Jump to last tab	`Cmd` + `9`	`Ctrl` + `9`
Open home page in current tab	`Alt` + `Home`	`Alt` + `Home`
Open previous page in history in current tab	`Cmd` + `Left`	`Ctrl` + `Left`
Open next page in history in current tab	`Alt` + `Right`	`Alt` + `Right`
Close current tab	`Cmd` + `W`	`Ctrl` + `W`
Close current window	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `W`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `W`
Minimize current window	`Alt` + `Space` + `N`	`Alt` + `Space` + `N`
Maximize current window	`Alt` + `Space` + `X`	`Alt` + `Space` + `X`
Close current window	`Alt` + `F4`	`Alt` + `F4`
Exit Brave	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `Q`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Q`

Operation	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Open main menu	`Alt` + `F`	`Alt` + `F`
Show or hide bookmarks bar	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `B`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `B`
Open history page in new tab	`Cmd` + `H`	`Ctrl` + `H`
Open downloads page in new tab	`Cmd` + `J`	`Ctrl` + `J`
Open Brave task manager	`Shift` + `Esc`	`Shift` + `Esc`
Set focus on first item in toolbar	`Shift` + `Alt` + `T`	`Shift` + `Alt` + `T`
Set focus on last item in toolbar	`F10`	`F10`
Switch focus to unfocused dialog (if shown)	`F6`	`F6`
Open find bar to search current page	`Cmd` + `F`	`Ctrl` + `F`
Jump to next match in find bar search	`Cmd` + `G`	`Ctrl` + `G`
Jump to previous match in find bar search	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `G`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `G`
Open developer tools	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `J`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `J`
Open clear browsing data options	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `Delete`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Delete`
Open Brave help center in new tab	`F1`	`F1`
Open profile menu	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `M`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `M`

Operation	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Search with default search engine (after typing)	`Enter`	`Enter`
Search with another search engine (after typing)	`Tab`	`Tab`
Add www. and .com to site name and open (after typing)	`Cmd` + `Enter`	`Ctrl` + `Enter`
Open new tab and perform search (after typing)	`Alt` + `Enter`	`Alt` + `Enter`
Jump to address bar	`Cmd` + `L`	`Ctrl` + `L`
Search from anywhere on page	`Cmd` + `K`	`Ctrl` + `K`
Remove prediction from address bar (after highlighting)	`Shift` + `Delete`	`Shift` + `Delete`

Operation	Mac Shortcut	Win Shortcut
Open options to print current page	`Cmd` + `P`	`Ctrl` + `P`
Open options to save current page	`Cmd` + `S`	`Ctrl` + `S`
Reload current page	`Cmd` + `R`	`Ctrl` + `R`
Reload current page, ignoring cached content	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `R`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `R`
Stop page loading	`Esc`	`Esc`
Browse clickable items	`Tab`	`Tab`
Browse clickable items backwards	`Shift` + `Tab`	`Shift` + `Tab`
Open file from computer in Brave	`Cmd` + `O`	`Ctrl` + `O`
Show non-editable HTML source for current page	`Cmd` + `U`	`Ctrl` + `U`
Save current web page as bookmark	`Cmd` + `D`	`Ctrl` + `D`
Save all open tabs as bookmarks in new folder	`Cmd` + `Shift` + `D`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `D`
Toggle full screen mode	`F11`	`F11`
Zoom in on everything on page	`Cmd` + `+`	`Ctrl` + `+`
Zoom out on everything on page	`Cmd` + `-`	`Ctrl` + `-`
Reset everything on page to default size	`Cmd` + `0`	`Ctrl` + `0`
Scroll down one screen at a time	`Space`	`Space`
Scroll up one screen at a time	`Shift` + `Space`	`Shift` + `Space`
Go to top of page	`Home`	`Home`
Go to bottom of page	`End`	`End`
Scroll horizontally on page	`Shift` + `(scroll)`	`Shift` + `(scroll)`
Move cursor to start of previous word in text field	`Alt` + `Left`	`Alt` + `Left`
Move cursor to end of next word in text field	`Cmd` + `Right`	`Ctrl` + `Right`
Delete previous word in text field	`Cmd` + `Backspace`	`Ctrl` + `Backspace`