Internet Explorer Keyboard Shortcut Keys (Working Hotkeys Download)

All the keyboard shortcuts are categorized by the following sections.

1. Viewing And Exploring Web Pages: Deals with different function of webpages in view level.
2. Working With Tabs: Several Functions of Browser Tab
3. Using Zoom: Different zoom options like zoom in, zoom out, zoom in/out by a percentage
4. Search: Functions of the browser on the search box
5. Print Preview: Associated shortcuts in review and print the webpages.
6. Address Bar: Hotkeys used in the address bar.
7. Toolbar Menu: Shortcuts to access the toolbar and command bar menu of internet explorer
8. Feeds, History, Favorites: These are some of the hot-keys used in feeds, history and favorites section of Internet explorer.
9. Editing: Different text related keys used when editing a page
10. Information Bar: Shortcuts that are used in Information Bar

Internet Explorer Keyboard Shortcut Keys: Viewing And Exploring Webpages

Display Help	F1
Toggle between full-screen and regular views of the browser window	F11
Move forward through the items on a webpage, the Address bar, or the Favorites bar	Tab
Move back through the items on a webpage, the Address bar, or the Favorites bar	Shift+Tab
Start Caret Browsing	F7
Go to your home page	Alt+Home
Go to the next page	Alt+Right Arrow
Go to the previous page	Alt+Left Arrow or Backspace
Display a shortcut menu for a link	Shift+F10
Move forward through frames and browser elements (only works if tabbed browsing is disabled)	Ctrl+Tab or F6
Move backward between frames (only works if tabbed browsing is disabled)	Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Scroll toward the beginning of a document	Up Arrow
Scroll toward the end of a document	Down Arrow
Scroll toward the beginning of a document in larger increments	Page Up
Scroll toward the end of a document in larger increments	Page Down
Move to the beginning of a document	Home
Move to the end of a document	End
Find on this page	Ctrl+F
Refresh the current webpage	F5
Refresh the current webpage, even if the time stamp for the web version and your locally stored version are the same	Ctrl+F5
Stop downloading a page	Esc
Open a new website or page	Ctrl+O
Open a new window	Ctrl+N
Open a new InPrivate Browsing window	Ctrl+Shift+P
Duplicate tab (open current tab in a new tab)	Ctrl+K
Reopen the last tab you closed	Ctrl+Shift+T
Close the current window (if you only have one tab open)	Ctrl+W
Save the current page	Ctrl+S
Print the current page or active frame	Ctrl+P
Activate a selected link	Enter
Open Favorites	Ctrl+I
Open History	Ctrl+H
Open Feeds	Ctrl+J
Open the Page menu	Alt+P
Open the Tools menu	Alt+T
Open the Help menu	Alt+H

Internet Explorer Shortcut Keys: Working With Tabs

Open links in a new tab in the background	Ctrl+click
Open links in a new tab in the foreground	Ctrl+Shift+click
Open a new tab in the foreground	Ctrl+T
Switch between tabs	Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Close current tab (or the current window if tabbed browsing is disabled)	Ctrl+W
Open a new tab in the foreground from the Address bar	Alt+Enter
Switch to a specific tab number	Ctrl+n (where n is a number between 1 and 8)
Switch to the last tab	Ctrl+9
Close other tabs	Ctrl+Alt+F4
Toggle Quick Tabs (thumbnail view) on or off	Ctrl+Q

Internet Explorer Shortcuts: Zoom Option

Increase zoom (+ 10%)	Ctrl+Plus Sign
Decrease zoom (- 10%)	Ctrl+Minus Sign
Zoom to 100%	Ctrl+0

Internet Explorer Hotkeys: Search Option

Go to the search box	Ctrl+E
Open your search query in a new tab	Alt+Enter
Open the search provider menu	Ctrl+Down Arrow

Internet Explorer Shortcut Keys: Print Preview

Set printing options and print the page	Alt+P
Change paper, headers and footers, orientation, and margins for this page	Alt+U
Display the first page to be printed	Alt+Home
Display the previous page to be printed	Alt+Left Arrow
Type the number of the page you want displayed	Alt+A
Display the next page to be printed	Alt+Right Arrow
Display the last page to be printed	Alt+End
Specify how you want frames to print (this option is available only if you are printing a webpage that uses frames)	Alt+F
Close Print Preview	Alt+C

Internet Explorer Keyboard Hot Keys: Address Bar

Select the text in the Address bar	Alt+D
Display a list of addresses you’ve typed	F4
When in the Address bar, move the cursor left to the next logical break in the address (period or slash)	Ctrl+Left Arrow
When in the Address bar, move the cursor right to the next logical break in the address (period or slash)	Ctrl+Right Arrow
Add “www.” to the beginning and “.com” to the end of the text typed in the Address bar	Ctrl+Enter
Move forward through the list of AutoComplete matches	Up Arrow
Move back through the list of AutoComplete matches	Down Arrow

Keyboard Shortcut Keys For Internet Explorer: Toolbar Menus

Open the Home menu	Alt+M
Open the Print menu	Alt+R
Open the RSS menu	Alt+J
Open the Tools menu	Alt+O
Open the Safety menu	Alt+S
Open the Help menu	Alt+L

Shortcuts For Internet Explorer: Feeds, History And Favorites

Add the current page to your favorites (or subscribe to the feed when in feed preview)	Ctrl+D
Delete browsing history	Ctrl+Shift+Del
Open an InPrivate Browsing window	Ctrl+Shift+P
Open the Organize Favorites dialog box	Ctrl+B
Move selected item up in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box	Alt+Up Arrow
Move selected item down in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box	Alt+Down Arrow
Open Favorites Center and display your favorites	Alt+C
Open Favorites Center and display your history	Ctrl+H
Open Favorites Center and display your feeds	Ctrl+J
Open and dock the Favorites Center and display your feeds	Ctrl+Shift+J
Open the Add to Favorites menu (or open Subscribe to feed when in feed preview)	Alt+Z
Open the Favorites menu from the menu bar	Alt+A
Display all feeds (when in feed view)	Alt+I
Mark a feed as read (when in feed view)	Alt+M
Put the cursor in search box in feed view	Alt+S

Keyboard Shortcuts For Internet Explorer: Editing

Remove the selected items and copy them to the Clipboard	Ctrl+X
Copy the selected items to the Clipboard	Ctrl+C
Insert the contents of the Clipboard at the selected location	Ctrl+V
Select all items on the current webpage	Ctrl+A
Open Internet Explorer Developer Tools	F12

Shortcuts For Internet Explorer: Information Bar

Move focus to the Information bar	Alt+N
Click the Information bar	Spacebar

Note: Keyboard Shortcuts are not case sensitive.