Composing and Sending Emails

Action Windows Shortcut Mac Shortcut
Compose new email C C
Send email Ctrl + Enter ⌘ + Enter
Add Cc recipients Ctrl + Shift + C ⌘ + Shift + C
Add Bcc recipients Ctrl + Shift + B ⌘ + Shift + B
Insert a link Ctrl + K ⌘ + K
Save draft Ctrl + S ⌘ + S

Navigating Emails

Action Windows Shortcut Mac Shortcut
Go to Inbox G then I G then I
Go to Sent Mail G then T G then T
Go to Drafts G then D G then D
Move to next email J J
Move to previous email K K
Open conversation Enter Enter
Return to threadlist U U

Managing Emails

Action Windows Shortcut Mac Shortcut
Archive email E E
Delete email # #
Mark as read Shift + I Shift + I
Mark as unread Shift + U Shift + U
Mark as important = or + = or +
Mark as not important - -
Mute conversation M M
Report as spam ! !
Undo last action Z Z
Add to Tasks Shift + T Shift + T

Formatting Text

Action Windows Shortcut Mac Shortcut
Bold Ctrl + B ⌘ + B
Italicize Ctrl + I ⌘ + I
Underline Ctrl + U ⌘ + U
Remove formatting Ctrl + \\\\ ⌘ + \\\\
Numbered list Ctrl + Shift + 7 ⌘ + Shift + 7
Bulleted list Ctrl + Shift + 8 ⌘ + Shift + 8
Quote text Ctrl + Shift + 9 ⌘ + Shift + 9
Increase text size Ctrl + Shift + + ⌘ + Shift + +
Decrease text size Ctrl + Shift + - ⌘ + Shift + -

Additional Shortcuts

Action Windows Shortcut Mac Shortcut
Search mail / /
Open "More actions" menu . .
Open "Move to" menu V V
Open "Label as" menu L L
Expand entire conversation ; ;
Collapse entire conversation : :
Select conversation X X
Toggle star S S
Go to next page G then N G then N
Go to previous page G then P G then P

Note: To enable these shortcuts in Gmail, click the Settings gear icon, select See all settings, scroll to the Keyboard shortcuts section, choose Keyboard shortcuts on, and save changes.

For a comprehensive list of shortcuts, press Shift + ? while in Gmail.