Try these great Internet Explorer shortcut keys to improve your browsing productivity and make life a little easier!

Viewing and exploring Web pages

  • F1 - Display the Internet Explorer Help, or when in a dialog box, display context help on an item
  • F11 - Toggle between Full Screen and regular view of the browser window
  • TAB - Move forward through the items on a Web page, the Address bar, and the Links bar
  • SHIFT+TAB - Move back through the items on a Web page, the Address bar, and the Links bar
  • ALT+HOME - Go to your Home page
  • ALT+RIGHT ARROW - Go to the next page
  • ALT+LEFT ARROW or BACKSPACE - Go to the previous page
  • SHIFT+F10 - Display a shortcut menu for a link
  • CTRL+TAB or F6 - Move forward between frames
  • SHIFT+CTRL+TAB - Move back between frames
  • UP ARROW - Scroll toward the beginning of a document
  • DOWN ARROW - Scroll toward the end of a document
  • PAGE UP - Scroll toward the beginning of a document in larger increments
  • PAGE DOWN - Scroll toward the end of a document in larger increments
  • HOME - Move to the beginning of a document
  • END - Move to the end of a document
  • CTRL+F - Find on this page
  • F5 or CTRL+R - Refresh the current Web page only if the time stamp for the Web version and your locally stored version are different
  • CTRL+F5 - Refresh the current Web page, even if the time stamp for the Web version and your locally stored version are the same
  • ESC - Stop downloading a page
  • CTRL+O or CTRL+L - Go to a new location
  • CTRL+N - Open a new window
  • CTRL+W - Close the current window
  • CTRL+S - Save the current page
  • CTRL+P - Print the current page or active frame
  • ENTER - Activate a selected link
  • CTRL+E - Open Search in Explorer bar
  • CTRL+I - Open Favorites in Explorer bar
  • CTRL+H - Open History in Explorer bar
  • CTRL+click - In History or Favorites bars, open multiple folders
 
 

Using the Address bar

  • ALT+D - Select the text in the Address bar
  • F4 - Display the Address bar history
  • CTRL+LEFT ARROW - When in the Address bar, move the cursor left to the next logical break (. or /)
  • CTRL+RIGHT ARROW - When in the Address bar, move the cursor right to the next logical break (. or /)
  • CTRL+ENTER - Add "www." to the beginning and ".com" to the end of the text typed in the Address bar
  • UP ARROW Move forward through the list of AutoComplete matches
  • DOWN ARROWMove back through the list of AutoComplete matches
 
 

Editing Text

  • CTRL+X - Remove the selected items and copy them to the Clipboard
  • CTRL+C - Copy the selected items to the Clipboard
  • CTRL+V - Insert the contents of the Clipboard at the selected location
    CTRL+A - Select all items on the current Web page