Complete Asana keyboard shortcuts and commands reference — 61 shortcuts across 7 categories. Quick reference cheat sheet for Windows & Mac.
Asana's shortcuts are unusual in one way: instead of a modifier key, they use Tab followed by a letter — press Tab, release, then the letter — so they never collide with browser bindings. Once that is clear, the set is small and consistent. The table lists the task-management sequences; Tab + ? in the app shows the full list.
| Shortcut | Action | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| K / J | Move up/down | Move between inbox notifications. Same on Mac. |
| A | Jump to Activity tab | Same on Mac. |
| D | Jump to Archive tab | Same on Mac. |
| F | Join or leave task | Same on Mac. |
| I or E | Archive | Archive the notification. Same on Mac. |
| U | Move to inbox | Move an archived notification back to the inbox. Same on Mac. |
| Shortcut | Action | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Tab + Q | Quick add task | Hold Tab and press Q. Same on Mac. |
| Tab + Del | Delete selected task(s) | Same on Mac. |
| Ctrl + Enter | Complete selected task(s) | Mac: Cmd + Enter. |
| Tab + Enter | Open task details | Same on Mac. |
| Esc | Close task details | Same on Mac. |
| Tab + D | Set due date | Same on Mac. |
| Tab + M | Assign to me | Same on Mac. |
| Tab + R | Jump to task description | Same on Mac. |
| Tab + K | Like selected task | Same on Mac. |
| Tab + C | Comment on task | Same on Mac. |
| Tab + F | Add collaborators | Same on Mac. |
| Tab + J | Join task | Same on Mac. |
| Tab + L | Leave task | Same on Mac. |
| Tab + T | Add tag | Same on Mac. |
| Tab + P | Add task(s) to project | Same on Mac. |
| Tab + S | Add subtask(s) | Same on Mac. |
| Tab + X | View full screen | Same on Mac. |
| Shortcut | Action | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Enter | Create a new task | Same on Mac. |
| Shift + Enter | Create a new task above the current task | Same on Mac. |
| Tab + N | Create a section | Same on Mac. |
| Shift + Ctrl + F | Create a follow-up task | Mac: Shift + Tab + F. |
| Up / Down | Change selected task | Same on Mac. |
| Ctrl + Up / Down | Move selected task(s) up/down | Mac: Cmd + Up / Down. |
| Ctrl + Shift + Up / Down | Move selected task(s) to next/previous section | Mac: Cmd + Shift + Up / Down. |
| Ctrl + C | Copy selected tasks | Mac: Cmd + C. |
| Ctrl + V | Paste tasks (one per line) | Mac: Cmd + V. |
| Shortcut | Action | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Tab + Z | Navigate to My tasks | Same on Mac. |
| Tab + I | Navigate to Inbox | Same on Mac. |
| Tab + H | Navigate to Home | Same on Mac. |
| Tab + O | Collapse sidebar | Same on Mac. |
| Tab + A | Assign selected task | Same on Mac. |
| Tab + / | Search for a project, tag, person, or task | Same on Mac. |
| Right, Right | Enable list view field navigation | Press Right twice. Same on Mac. |
| Shortcut | Action | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Up / Down | Change selection | Same on Mac. |
| Shift + Click | Select range | Same on Mac. |
| Shift + Up / Down | Select range with the keyboard | Same on Mac. |
| Ctrl + Click | Multi-select individual task | Mac: Cmd + Click. |
| Shortcut | Action | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + / | Show keyboard shortcuts | Mac: Cmd + /. |
| Esc | Collapse the right pane | Same on Mac. |
| Tab + X | Enter focus mode | Same on Mac. |
| Tab + Enter | Post comment (from comment field) | Same on Mac. |
| Tab + B | What it sounds like | Requires the Tab-B hack to be enabled in Settings. Same on Mac. |
| Shortcut | Action | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + N | New window | Mac: Cmd + N. |
| Ctrl + T | New tab | Mac: Cmd + T. |
| Ctrl + W | Close tab | Mac: Cmd + W. |
| Ctrl + Shift + W | Close window | Mac: Cmd + Shift + W. |
| Ctrl + Shift + T | Reopen closed tab | Mac: Cmd + Shift + T. |
| Ctrl + Tab | Next tab | Mac: Cmd + Option + Right. |
| Ctrl + Shift + Tab | Previous tab | Mac: Cmd + Option + Left. |
| Ctrl + Shift + Page Up | Move tab right | Same on Mac. |
| Ctrl + Shift + Page Down | Move tab left | Same on Mac. |
| Ctrl + M | Minimize the window | Mac: Cmd + M. |
| Ctrl + H | Hide Asana | Mac: Cmd + H. |
| Ctrl + Q | Quit Asana | Mac: Cmd + Q. |
| Ctrl + Shift + + | Create task | Mac: Cmd + Shift + +. |
The most essential Asana shortcuts are: Tab + Q (Quick add), Tab + Enter (Open task), Tab + C (Comment).
The Asana shortcut for quick add is Tab + Q.
Print the Asana cheat sheet and keep it next to your keyboard for the first week, then switch to active recall: open Shortcut Speedrun and practice Asana shortcuts against the clock until they're automatic.
Yes — use My Stack to combine Asana shortcuts with any other platform on this site into one printable reference, which is useful if your daily workflow spans several tools.
Press Tab + Q — Tab, then Q — and a quick-add box appears for a new task from anywhere in Asana. The same shape applies to every row in the table: Tab + Enter opens the highlighted task, Tab + / jumps to search. If a sequence does nothing, focus is probably in a text field; press Esc first. On the task detail pane the sequences act on the open task, and in a list they act on the highlighted row.
Tab + A assigns the task to you, Tab + D opens the due date picker, Tab + C jumps to the comment box and Tab + H marks the task complete (Tab + H again reopens it). The J and K keys move the highlight through a list as in Gmail, so a review pass over a project is J, then Tab + a letter, repeated. Multi-select with Shift + click or Ctrl + click applies the sequence to every selected task.
Creating projects, changing sections and opening the timeline are menu or mouse actions, and the Asana desktop app follows the same keys as the browser. Because the sequences start with Tab, they work on Windows, macOS and Linux without translation.
Open your assistant with this page preloaded as the source — great for follow-up questions like "which of these work in other apps?"