Gmail keyboard shortcuts make it easy to perform tasks within the e-mail application to carry out different tasks. They make navigation easier and saves you good amount of time. Keyboard shortcuts make you smart, and improve working time. Saving few minutes while working with PC mandates user to use the keyboard effectively.

Gmail is an email service application developed and owned by Google. Gmail is accessible in any platform – web, phones, and some third-party programs that synchronizes email content through Post Office Protocol (POP) and Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP). There are huge benefits of using Gmail.

To use the shortcuts, you must have a Gmail account and secondly you have to enable the shortcuts.
Enable the shortcuts by:

1. Open Gmail.
2. In the top right, click Settings. (Gear Icon)
3. Click on Settings.
4. Scroll down to the “Keyboard shortcuts” section.
5. Select Keyboard shortcuts on.
6. Scroll to the bottom of the page, and click Save Changes.

Note: The Gmail web interface must be active, then press any of the shortcuts key or combination to make it work. Press down the first key before hitting next ones.

Gmail Keyboard Shortcuts And Their Functions:

A – Reply to all Message Recipients.
C – Compose New Email or message.
D – Compose New message in a New tab.
E – Archive your conversation from any view.
F – Forward a message to a New Recipient.
G – Search chat contacts.
J – Go to recent Older conversation.
K – Go to recent Newer conversation.
L – Open “label as” menu to label a conversation. Also open the Group button to Group Contacts.
M – Mute conversation and all future messages unless sent or CC directly to you.

G + D – Go to Drafts Folder.
G + I – Go to Inbox.
G + K – Go to Tasks.
G + L – Go to label.
G + P – Open phone contacts.
G + S – Go to Starred conversations.
G + T – Go to Sent messages.
H + A – Show Archived Hangouts.
H + C – Focus on the conversation list.
H + I – Show Hangout requests.
H + M – Display menu.
H + P – Open phone contacts.
Y + O – Archive conversation and move to the next one.

Ctrl + B – Bold a highlighted text in compose edit box.
Ctrl + I – Italics a highlighted text in compose edit box.
Ctrl + U – Underline a highlighted text in compose edit box.
Ctrl + Enter – Send email ormessage.
Ctrl + . – Advance to the next chat or compose.
Ctrl + , – Advance to previous chat or compose.
Ctrl + [ – Indent less. Shift word or text some inches left.
Ctrl + ] – Indent more. Shift word or text some inches to the right.
Ctrl + \ – Remove formatting from a highlighted text or word.

Shift + Esc – Focus on main window.
Shift + R – Reply a message in a New window (Works only in “conversation view”).
Shift + A – Reply all Message Recipients in a New window (Works only in “conversation view”).
Shift + T – Compose Email or message in a New window.

* + A – Select all conversations.
* + N – Deselect all conversations.
* + R – Select read conversations.
* + U – Select unread conversations.
* + S – Select starred conversations.
* + T – Select unstarred conversations.

/ – The cursor appears in search box for you to search mails or messages.
_ – Mark unread from the selected message.
+ – Allow Gmail learn what’s important to you by marking unclassified messages.(Specific to Priority Inbox)
– – Mark as not important as above.
; – Expand entire conversation.
: – Collapse entire conversation.
, – Move focus to toolbar.
! – Report message as spam.
# – Delete a message.
` – Go to next Inbox section.
~ – Go to previous Inbox section.
• – Open “more actions” drop-down menu.

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