In all programs today there are "shortcodes", passing through Windows, iOS, Excel, Word, and of course... Gmail. In our particular case, we use it actively, and we even keep it up to date as a task manager, we archive the conversations that we have already concluded and in this way it allows us to be able to organize very well.
Even when we see other inboxes with 4,336 unread emails, it drives us crazy.
Since at Drew we are obsessive about time, learning these Gmail keyboard shortcuts will help you save more than 50 hours a year to invest in other more productive tasks (like selling more!).
Open Gmail / Gear / Settings / Shortcuts / Enable.
General shortcuts
| Action | Key combination |
|---|---|
| Compose | c |
| Compose in a new tab | d |
| Search message | / |
| Find chat contacts | g |
| Open the "More Actions" menu | . (dot) |
| Open the "Move to" menu | v |
| Open the "Label as" menu | l |
| Open help for keyboard shortcuts | ? |
Navigation shortcuts
| Action | Key combination |
|---|---|
| Back to the conversation list | u |
| Next conversation | k |
| Previous conversation | j |
| Open conversation | o or Intro |
| Go to the next section of the inbox | ` |
| Go to the previous section of the inbox | ~ |
Section shortcuts
| Action | Key combination |
|---|---|
| Go to Inbox | g + i |
| Go to Starred | g + s |
| Go to Sent | g + t |
| Go to Drafts | g + d |
| Go to All | g + a |
| Go to Contacts | g + c |
| Go to Tasks | g + k |
| Go to Tag | g + l |
Action shortcuts in Gmail
| Action | Key combination |
|---|---|
| Change focus to the toolbar | , |
| Select conversation | x |
| Add or remove a star / rotate between superstars | s |
| Archive | e |
| Mute the conversation | m |
| Mark as spam | ! |
| Delete | # |
| Reply | r |
| Reply in a new tab | Uppercase + r |
| Reply everyone | a |
| Reply all in a new window | Uppercase + a |
| Forward | f |
| Forward in a new window | Uppercase + f |
| Update the conversation | Uppercase + n |
| Archive the conversation and go to the previous/next conversation | ] or [ |
| Undo the last action | z |
| Mark as read | Uppercase + i |
| Mark as unread | Uppercase + u |
| Mark messages as unread after the selected one | _ |
| Mark as important | + or = |
| Mark as irrelevant | - |
| Show the whole conversation | ; |
| Hide all conversation | : |
| Add conversation to Tasks | Uppercase + t |
Text formatting shortcuts
| Action | Key combination |
|---|---|
| Previous font | ⌘/Ctrl + Uppercase + 5 |
| Following font | ⌘/Ctrl + Uppercase + 6 |
| Reduce text size | ⌘/Ctrl + Uppercase + - |
| Increase text size | ⌘/Ctrl + Uppercase y + |
| Bold font | ⌘/Ctrl + b |
| Italics | ⌘/Ctrl + i |
| Underlined | ⌘/Ctrl + u |
| Numbered list | ⌘/Ctrl + Uppercase + 7 |
| Bulleted list | ⌘/Ctrl + Uppercase+ 8 |
| Quote | ⌘/Ctrl + Uppercase+ 9 |
| Less indentation | ⌘/Ctrl + [ |
| More indentation | ⌘/Ctrl + ] |
| Align text to the left | ⌘/Ctrl + Uppercase+ l |
| Align text to center | ⌘/Ctrl + Uppercase+ e |
| Align text right | ⌘/Ctrl + Uppercase+ r |
| Remove formatting | ⌘/Ctrl + \ |
Compose shortcuts
| Action | Key combination |
|---|---|
| Previous message in an open conversation | p |
| Next message in an open conversation | n |
| Change focus to the main window | Uppercase+ Esc |
| Change focus to the most recent chat or compose window | Esc |
| Go to the next chat or compose a window | Ctrl + . |
| Go to previous chat or compose window | Ctrl + , |
| Send | ⌘/Ctrl + Intro |
| Add recipients to Cc | ⌘/Ctrl + Uppercase+ c |
| Add recipients to Bcc | ⌘/Ctrl + Uppercase+ b |
| Access custom sender address | ⌘/Ctrl + Uppercase+ f |
| Insert a link | ⌘/Ctrl + k |
| Go to the next misspelled word (Mac only) | ⌘ + ; |
| Open spelling suggestions | ⌘/Ctrl + m |
We are sure that these shortcuts will be of great help to you to save time, and dedicate more space in your agenda to really important tasks. successes!
Do you use other mechanisms to save time? Share it with us!