File Explorer shortcuts
Here’s the list of the keyboard shortcuts you can use in a File Explored which are very useful and this shortcut increase your computer use faster.
You can also check all windows 10 shortcut keys related to the different types. Please check the bottom of the page where we have listed different types of shortcut keys links.
File Explorer includes many keyboard shortcuts to help you get things done a little quicker on Windows 10.
For Windows 10 shortcut keys for File Explorer shortcut keys are listed below, please check and if anything is remaining then please comment at the bottom of the page comment form and we will update it as soon as possible.
Nowadays, we need to do any task or action faster as of the scope of the IT field. Every work we need to complete faster and yes we can but for that, we need to know about the shortcut keys.
Why do we need to know about the shortcut keys, the reason of that if we know about all shortcut keys of different types of the actions, and when we need to use any action(shortcut key) it increases our time and makes us faster so all computer shortcut keys are important to do any action faster.
Windows 10 Official Site
Windows 10 provide a quick way to navigate and operate the experience and features using one or multiple key combos, which otherwise would take several clicks and more time to do the same with a mouse and we are covering here only Windows 10 shortcut keys for File Explorer.
It really faster for new users or existing users which is already using and they are faster and excellent speed to do anything.
Keyboard shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Windows key (or Ctrl + Esc) |
Open Start menu. |
Ctrl + Arrow keys |
Change Start menu size. |
Ctrl + Shift + Esc |
Open Task Manager. |
Ctrl + Shift |
Switch keyboard layout. |
Alt + F4 |
Close active window. (If no active window is present, then a shutdown box appears.) |
Ctrl + F5 (or Ctrl + R) |
Refresh current window. |
Ctrl + Alt + Tab |
View open apps. |
Ctrl + Arrow keys (to select) + Spacebar |
Select multiple items on desktop or File Explorer. |
Alt + Underlined letter |
Runs command for the underlined letter in apps. |
Alt + Tab |
Switch between open apps while pressing Tab multiple times. |
Alt + Left arrow key |
Go back. |
Alt + Right arrow key |
Go forward. |
Alt + Page Up |
Move up one screen. |
Alt + Page Down |
Move down one screen. |
Alt + Esc |
Cycle through open windows. |
Alt + Spacebar |
Open context menu for the active window. |
Alt + F8 |
Reveals typed password in Sign-in screen. |
Shift + Click app button |
Open another instance of an app from the Taskbar. |
Ctrl + Shift + Click app button |
Run app as administrator from the Taskbar. |
Shift + Right-click app button |
Show window menu for the app from the Taskbar. |
Ctrl + Click a grouped app button |
Cycle through windows in the group from the Taskbar. |
Shift + Right-click grouped app button |
Show window menu for the group from the Taskbar. |
Ctrl + Left arrow key |
Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word. |
Ctrl + Right arrow key |
Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word. |
Ctrl + Up arrow key |
Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph |
Ctrl + Down arrow key |
Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph. |
Ctrl + Shift + Arrow key |
Select block of text. |
Ctrl + Spacebar |
Enable or disable Chinese IME. |
Shift + F10 |
Open context menu for selected item. |
F10 |
Enable app menu bar. |
Shift + Arrow keys |
Select multiple items. |
Windows key + X |
Open Quick Link menu. |
Windows key + Number (0-9) |
Open app in number position from the Taskbar. |
Windows key + T |
Cycle through apps in the Taskbar. |
Windows key + Alt + Number (0-9) |
Open Jump List of the app in number position from the Taskbar. |
Windows key + D |
Display and hide the desktop. |
Windows key + M |
Minimize all windows. |
Windows key + Shift + M |
Restore minimized windows on the desktop. |
Windows key + Home |
Minimize or maximize all but the active desktop window. |
Windows key + Shift + Up arrow key |
Stretch desktop window to the top and bottom of the screen. |
Windows key + Shift + Down arrow key |
Maximize or minimize active desktop windows vertically while maintaining width. |
Windows key + Shift + Left arrow key |
Move active window to monitor on the left. |
Windows key + Shift + Right arrow key |
Move active window to monitor on the right. |
Windows key + Left arrow key |
Snap app or window left. |
Windows key + Right arrow key |
Snap app or window right. |
Windows key + S (or Q) |
Open Search. |
Windows key + Alt + D |
Open date and time in the Taskbar. |
Windows key + Tab |
Open Task View. |
Windows key + Ctrl + D |
Create new virtual desktop. |
Windows key + Ctrl + F4 |
Close active virtual desktop. |
Windows key + Ctrl + Right arrow |
Switch to the virtual desktop on the right. |
Windows key + Ctrl + Left arrow |
Switch to the virtual desktop on the left. |
Windows key + P |
Open Project settings. |
Windows key + A |
Open Action center. |
Windows key + I |
Open Settings app. |
Backspace |
Return to Settings app home page. |
Also, you can check windows 10 shortcut keys from the Microsoft official site and you can check the below other related links:
Essential shortcuts
Desktop shortcuts
File Explorer shortcuts
Settings page shortcuts
Command Prompt shortcuts
Windows key shortcuts
