Complete Brave Browser keyboard shortcuts reference — 60 shortcuts across 5 categories. Quick reference cheat sheet for Windows, macOS & Linux.
Brave is a Chromium browser, so this table is essentially Chrome's keymap with a few Brave-specific entries such as the task manager and profile menu. Brave's own help article writes the letters in lowercase and the table keeps that; the Additional group repeats the most common ones in the capitalised form used elsewhere on this site.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + n | Open a new window |
| Ctrl + Shift + n | Open a new window in Private mode |
| Ctrl + t | Open a new tab, and jump to it |
| Ctrl + Shift + t | Reopen the last closed tab, and jump to it |
| Ctrl + Tab | Jump to the next open tab |
| Ctrl + Shift + Tab | Jump to the previous open tab |
| Ctrl + 1 | Jump to a specific tab |
| Ctrl + 9 | Jump to the last tab |
| Alt + Home | Open your home page in the current tab |
| Alt + Left | Open the previous page from your browsing history |
| Alt + Right | Open the next page from your browsing history |
| Ctrl + w | Close the current tab |
| Ctrl + Shift + w | Close the current window |
| Alt + Space + n | Minimize the current window |
| Alt + Space + x | Maximize the current window |
| Alt + F4 | Close the current window (system) |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Alt + f | Open the Main menu |
| Ctrl + Shift + b | Show or hide the Bookmarks bar |
| Ctrl + Shift + o | Open the Bookmarks Manager |
| Ctrl + h | Open the History page in a new tab |
| Ctrl + j | Open the Downloads page in a new tab |
| Shift + Esc | Open the Brave Task Manager |
| Shift + Alt + t | Set focus on the first item in the toolbar |
| F10 | Set focus on the last item in the toolbar |
| F6 | Switch focus to unfocused dialog (if showing) |
| Ctrl + f | Open the Find Bar to search the current page |
| Ctrl + g | Jump to the next match to your Find Bar search |
| Ctrl + Shift + g | Jump to the previous match to your Find Bar search |
| Ctrl + Shift + j | Open Developer Tools |
| Ctrl + Shift + Delete | Open the Clear Browsing Data options |
| F1 | Open the Brave Help Center in a new tab |
| Ctrl + Shift + m | Open Profile menu |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + l | Jump to the address bar |
| Ctrl + k | Search from anywhere on the page |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + p | Open options to print the current page |
| Ctrl + s | Open options to save the current page |
| F5 | Reload the current page |
| Ctrl + Shift + r | Reload the current page, ignoring cached content |
| Esc | Stop the page loading |
| Tab | Browse clickable items moving forward |
| Shift + Tab | Browse clickable items moving backward |
| Ctrl + u | Display non-editable HTML source code for the current page |
| Ctrl + d | Save your current webpage as a bookmark |
| Ctrl + Shift + d | Save all open tabs as bookmarks in a new folder |
| F11 | Turn full-screen mode on or off |
| Ctrl + 0 | Return everything on the page to default size |
| Space | Scroll down a webpage, a screen at a time |
| Shift + Space | Scroll up a webpage, a screen at a time |
| Home | Go to the top of the page |
| End | Go to the bottom of the page |
| Ctrl + Left | Move your cursor to the front of the previous word in a text field |
| Ctrl + Right | Move your cursor to the back of the next word in a text field |
| Ctrl + Backspace | Delete the previous word in a text field |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + T | New tab |
| Ctrl + W | Close tab |
| Ctrl + Shift + T | Reopen tab |
| Ctrl + L | Address bar |
| Ctrl + Shift + N | Private window |
| Ctrl + Shift + B | Bookmark bar |
| F12 | Dev tools |
Tabs open on Ctrl + t and close on Ctrl + w; Ctrl + Shift + t restores whatever you closed last, walking further back with each press. Ctrl + Shift + n opens a Private window; Brave also has a Private window with Tor, which has no default key and lives in the main menu (Alt + f). Ctrl + 1 through Ctrl + 9 jump to a tab position, with 9 always the last. Ctrl + Shift + w closes the entire window, tabs and all.
Ctrl + l focuses the address bar and Ctrl + k does the same but searches whatever you type instead of treating it as a URL. F5 reloads; Ctrl + Shift + r reloads while ignoring the cache, which is the fix when a site's stylesheet changed but the page still looks old. Ctrl + d bookmarks the page, Ctrl + Shift + d bookmarks every open tab into a folder, and Ctrl + u shows the page source. Space and Shift + Space page down and up.
Shift + Esc opens Brave's task manager, which shows memory and CPU per tab and extension and lets you end one — the tool to reach for when the browser is slow. Ctrl + Shift + m opens the profile menu, Developer Tools open straight to the console with Ctrl + Shift + j; Clear Browsing Data is Ctrl + Shift + Delete. Brave Shields has no default shortcut; the shield icon in the address bar toggles it per site.
Almost all of them, because Brave is built on Chromium. Brave-specific features such as Shields and Tor windows do not have default keys.
There is no default shortcut. Open the main menu with Alt + f and choose "New private window with Tor".
Shift + Esc opens Brave's task manager with per-tab memory and CPU, and lets you end a process.
Brave's help article writes them that way. Ctrl + t and Ctrl + T are the same key; the Additional group shows the capitalised form.
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