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The best Chrome shortcuts in 2022

An introduction to the best keyboard shortcuts for the popular browser.

With some smart shortcuts, you can use Google Chrome a lot smarter. We have summarized some the best keyboard shortcuts for the popular browser.

Useful keyboard shortcuts

  • If you want to open a new tab in Google Chrome, use the key combination [Ctrl] + [T].

  • Open the history, for example . your Internet history, with [Ctrl] + [H].

  • Search for a specific word on an open website by pressing [Ctrl] + [F] keys. A small search window will open. Just enter your search term there and confirm with the [Enter] key.

  • If you want to quickly open new URLs in the background while browsing, hold down [Ctrl] and click on the link with your mouse button. Chrome will open the desired website in the background.

  • This is how you can search for terms very quickly: Simply enter your search term in the address line and press [Enter].

  • Sometimes the browser reloads old data from the cache. If you want to be sure to load the latest version of the website, just use [Ctrl] + [F5].

  • You can also scroll with the buttons. To do this, use the [Spacebar]. You can jump to the bottom of a website with the [End] key. You can go up with the [Pos1] keyboard key.

  • If you have multiple tabs open and want to bookmark them all, simply use the shortcut [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [D].

  • If you have several tabs open and would like to switch back and forth between the tabs very quickly, then try this: The key combination [Ctrl] + [1] to [Ctrl] + [8] switches to the tab with the specified position number the tab bar.

If you do not want your surfing behavior to be saved all the time, open Chrome's Incognito mode with the shortcut *[Ctrl] + [Shift] + [N].

That's it for now!

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