A few days back, we shared with our readers some handy Google Chrome shortcuts in order to improve the productivity of our readers. This Gmail shortcuts cheat sheet could be useful to you as well, as it can boost the productivity of Gmail users. For example, pressing “C” will open the compose window or pressing “G” followed by “S” will take you to the Starred mail options.
It’s always a good idea to learn shortcut key combinations to functions you use on a regular basis. But before you start memorizing this Gmail shortcuts cheat sheet, make sure you have enabled Gmail shortcuts in your email settings. If you haven’t, follow the steps below.
Click on the wheel icon and go to Settings.
Under the General tab, locate Keyboard shortcuts and turn them on.
Note: the following keyboard shorcuts are not case-sensitive
| Shortcut Key | Function |
|---|---|
| C | Compose email |
| Shift + C | Compose Email in a new window |
| Enter / 0 | Open email |
| / | Moves to Search box |
| U | Return to Conversation list |
| J | Moves the selection to most recent emails / scrolls down |
| K | Move the cursor to next conversation / scroll up |
| M | Mute conversation, archives conversation and all future messages skip inbox |
| N | Moves to Next Message (applicable in Conversation View only) |
| P | Moves cursor to previous message (applicable in Conversation View) |
| X | Checks any conversation |
| E or Y | Moves any checked conversation to archive |
| + | Mark conversation as important |
| - | Mark conversation as not important |
| ! | Report spam |
| CTRL + S | Save draft |
| # | Move conversation to trash |
| V | Move conversation to different folder |
| S | Adds a star to any email / Starred Mail |
| Shift + 1 | Marks message as spam |
| R | Reply to sender |
| Shift + R | Replied to message in a new window |
| A | Replies to all sender |
| Shift + A | Replies to all senders in a new window |
| F | Forward message |
| Shift + F | Forward message in a new window |
| Shift + 3 | Moves an email to trash |
| L | Opens Label menu to label any email |
| Shift + I | Marks message as read |
| Shift + U | Marks message as unread |
| Shift + N | Updates current conversation window if there are new messages |
| Q | Moves cursor to chat search box |
| , | |
| . Or , | Opens more menu |
| CTRL + Shift + c | Add CC recipients |
| CTRL + Shift + b | Add BCC recipients |
| Z | Undo last action |
| Tab then Enter or CTRL + Enter | Sends email after composing |
| Y then O | Archives conversation you are reading and moves to next one |
| G then A | Open All Mail folder |
| G then S | Open Starred folder |
| G then C | Open Contacts |
| G then D | Open Drafts |
| G then L | Moves cursor to search box with Label operator |
| G then I | Return to Inbox |
| G then T | Move to Sent Mail |
| * then A | Select All Mails |
| * then U | Select all unread mails |
| * then R | Select all read mails |
| * then N | Deselect all mails |
| * then T | Select all unstarred mails |
| * then S | Select all starred mails |
It might take some time to get used to all the shortcuts, but I suggest that you try to remember the ones you can use on a regular basis first. Then over time, this Gmail shortcuts cheat sheet will end up saving you a considerable amount of time while checking emails.
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For a great shortcut, you should try “snippets” (Streak for gmail). It’s like canned responses only better. Since I like everything that is FREE, I don’t use a paid auto-responder service. So, I simply respond with the appropriate snippet.
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