The ultimate guide Part 1: List of Essential Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts and explaination
Essential Windows 10, keyboard shortcuts are quick ways to navigate and perform actions using one or multiple key combos, which otherwise would take many more clicks and time to complete the task with the mouse. Windows 10 have a lot of shurcuts, we will show them to You here with short explain. In each of Cheat Sheets DeutscheSec.com will explain you all important shourtcuts.
Essential shortcuts
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Keyboard shortcut |
Action |
|---|---|
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Ctrl + A |
Select all content. |
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Ctrl + C (or Ctrl + Insert) |
Copy selected items to clipboard. |
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Ctrl + X |
Cut selected items to clipboard. |
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Ctrl + V (or Shift + Insert) |
Paste content from clipboard. |
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Ctrl + Z |
Undo an action, including undelete files (limited). |
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Ctrl + Y |
Redo an action. |
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Ctrl + Shift + N |
Create new folder on desktop or File Explorer. |
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Alt + F4 |
Close active window. (If no active window is present, a shutdown box appears.) |
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Ctrl + D (Del) |
Delete selected item to the Recycle Bin. |
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Shift + Delete |
Delete the selected item permanently, skipping Recycle Bin. |
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F2 |
Rename selected item. |
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Esc |
Close current task. |
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Alt + Tab |
Switch between open apps. |
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PrtScn |
Take a screenshot and stores it in the clipboard. |
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Windows key + I |
Open Settings app. |
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Windows key + E |
Open File Explorer. |
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Windows key + A |
Open Action center. |
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Windows key + D |
Display and hide the desktop. |
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Windows key + L |
Lock device. |
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Windows key + V |
Open Clipboard bin. |
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Windows key + Period (.) or Semicolon (;) |
Open emoji panel. |
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Windows key + PrtScn |
Capture a full screenshot in the "Screenshots" folder. |
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Windows key + Shift + S |
Capture part of the screen with Snip & Sketch. |
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Windows key + Left arrow key |
Snap app or window left. |
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Windows key + Right arrow key |
Snap app or window right. |
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