Google Gemini Keyboard Shortcuts & Commands (10)
Complete collection of 10 Google Gemini keyboard shortcuts and commands. Browse all shortcuts organized by category with our interactive search tool.
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Web Shortcuts
| Shortcut | Action | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Enter | Send message | Submit your prompt to Gemini. |
| Shift + Enter | New line | Add a line break without sending. |
| Ctrl + Shift + C | Copy response | Copy the last response to clipboard. |
| Ctrl + Z | Edit last message | Edit your last sent message. |
| Ctrl + / | Keyboard shortcuts | Display the keyboard shortcuts reference. |
Gemini CLI
| Shortcut | Action | Description |
|---|---|---|
| gemini | Start interactive | Launch interactive Gemini CLI session. |
| gemini -p "prompt" | One-shot prompt | Send a single prompt and get a response. |
| cat file | gemini | Pipe input | Pipe file content as context. |
| / help | Show commands | Display available CLI slash commands. |
| / clear | Clear history | Clear the conversation history. |
| / quit | Exit | Exit the Gemini CLI. |
| / tools | List tools | Show available integrated tools. |
| / mcp | MCP status | Show connected MCP servers. |
| --model gemini-2.0-flash | Select model | Specify model version on startup. |
| --yolo | Auto-approve mode | Skip confirmation prompts for file edits. |
| --debug | Debug mode | Show detailed debug output. |
Prompt Tips
| Shortcut | Action | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Analyze this image: [upload] | Vision input | Use Gemini's multimodal capabilities with images. |
| Summarize this document | Long context | Leverage Gemini's 1M+ token context window. |
| Think step by step | Reasoning mode | Activate chain-of-thought reasoning. |
| Use grounding (Google Search) | Web grounding | Ground responses with real-time Google Search data. |
| Generate with code execution | Code runner | Ask Gemini to write and execute Python code. |
| Compare these two files | Multi-document | Provide multiple documents for comparison. |
| Respond in JSON format | Structured output | Request machine-readable JSON responses. |
| Watch this video and summarize | Video analysis | Upload a video for Gemini to analyse. |
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the most useful Google Gemini shortcuts?
Google Gemini has 10 essential shortcuts and commands. Visit the interactive shortcut finder at shortcut-tools.com to search and filter all Google Gemini shortcuts by category.
How many Google Gemini shortcuts are there?
Our collection includes 10 Google Gemini keyboard shortcuts and commands organized by category. New shortcuts are added regularly.
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