Keyboard shorcuts – Gmail

If you have been yearning for a faster method of accessing and manipulating your mail in Gmail, you might just be aware of Gmail shortcuts, if you aren’t, well, Gmail does have a lot of helpful keyboard shortcuts.


You can turn these shortcuts on or off by going to

Settings (top right corner gear icon)->mail settings->General (by default)->Keyboard Shortcuts (third from the top)


here is a list of some of the basic shortcuts (case sensitive) available in Gmail.

Shortcut Key	Definition	Action
c	Compose	Compose a new message
/	Search	Puts the cursor in the search box
k	Move to newer conversation	Opens or moves your cursor to a more recent conversation. You can hit<Enter> to expand a conversation.
j	Move to older conversation	Opens or moves your cursor to the next oldest conversation
n	Next Message	Move to next message in conversation view
p	Previous Message	Move to previous message in conversation view
o or <Enter>	Open	Opens your conversation
u	Return to conversation list	Refreshes your page and returns you to the inbox
e	Archive
x	Select conversation	Automatically checks and selects a conversation so that you can archive, apply a label, or choose an action from the drop-down menu to apply to that conversation.
s	Add star
r	Reply
a	Reply All
f	Forward
<Ctrl>+s	Save draft
#	Delete

Remember that these shortcuts are case-sensitive.