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Must-know Google Chrome hacks – including keys to re-open tabs you closed accidentally

GOOGLE Chrome has loads of hidden shortcuts to get things done.

There’s even a quick key combo that can let you re-open tabs that you’ve accidentally closed.

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It’s simple: just press Ctrl + Shift + T on Windows or CMD + Shift + T on Mac.

We’ve wrapped together some of the best Google Chrome shortcuts for Windows and Mac right now.

Here’s what you need to try.

Best Google Chrome shortcuts on Windows

You can hop between tabs by pressing Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + Shift + Tab.

The shortcut to open your homepage in the current tab is Alt + Home.


You can minimise the current window with Alt + Space and then press N.

And maximising the current window is done with Alt + Space then X.

You can see your downloads with Ctrl + J.

Open up your Clear Browsing Data options with Ctrl + Shift + Delete.

You can snap your cursor to the address bar with Ctrl + F5.

Quickly turn full-screen mode on or off with F11.

Change zoom level with Ctrl + + and Ctrl + -.

And reset page zoom level with Ctrl + 0.

Best Google Chrome shortcuts on Mac

You can close the current window with CMD + Shift + W.

Hide Google Chrome quickly with CMD + H.

And quit Google Chrome with CMD + Q.

Quickly navigate to your Settings by pressing CMD + ,.

Clear your browsing data with CMD + Shift + Delete.

You can add www. and .com to a site name and open it in the current tab with the site name + Ctrl + Enter.

And you can open that in a new tab by adding a Shift too.

You can activate fullscreen mode with CMD + Ctrl + F.

Move your cursor to the beginning of the previous word in a text field with Option + Left Arrow.

And you can delete the previous word in a text field with Option + Delete.

Google even maintains a full list of Chrome shortcuts here.

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