Keyboard Shortcuts

Inbox Navigation

Action

Keys

Description

Next email

Move focus to the next message

Previous email

Move focus to the previous message

Select range

⇧ + ↑ / ↓

Extend selection up or down

Search / Command palette

⌘ + K

Open global search & actions

Email Actions

Action

Keys

Description

Reply

R

Reply to sender

Reply all

⇧ + R

Reply to everyone

Forward

F

Forward focused thread

Mark as read

U

Toggle read / unread

Mark as spam

⇧ + 1

Send to Spam

Move to trash

⇧ + 3

Delete thread

Archive

E

Archive thread

Move to Inbox

⌘ + ⇧ + M

Restore from Archive / Spam

Compose & Send

Action

Keys

Description

Compose new message

C

Start a new draft

Delete draft

⌘ + ⇧ + D

Discard current draft

Edit subject

⌘ + 2

Jump to Subject field

Edit “To”

⌘ + 3

Jump to To field

Edit “Cc”

⌘ + 4

Jump to Cc field

Edit “Bcc”

⌘ + 5

Jump to Bcc field

Send mail

⌘ + Enter

Send current draft

Add attachment

⌘ + ⇧ + A

Attach a file

Formatting (while composing)

Action

Keys

Description

Bold

⌘ + B

Toggle bold on the selected text

Italic

⌘ + I

Toggle italics on the selected text

Underline

⌘ + U

Toggle underline on the selected text

Strikethrough

⌘ + ⇧ + S

Toggle strikethrough on the selected text

Bullet list

⌘ + ⇧ + 8

Start or convert selection to a bulleted list

Numbered list

⌘ + ⇧ + 7

Start or convert selection to a numbered list

Quote

⌘ + ⇧ + 9

Turn selected text into a block quote

Align left

⌘ + ⇧ + L

Align paragraph to the left

Align center

⌘ + ⇧ + E

Center-align paragraph

Align right

⌘ + ⇧ + R

Align paragraph to the right

Undo

⌘ + Z

Revert the last action

Redo

⌘ + ⇧ + Z

Reapply the last undone action

Remove formatting

⌘ + \

Strip all formatting from selected text

Use these shortcuts to fly through your inbox, act on messages, and compose emails without ever touching the mouse.

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