Linux Mint (Linux)

Current Application Window

Close window

Alt + F4

All hotkeys for Linux Mint (Linux)

File Manager (Nemo) - Navigating Directories
New folder

Ctrl + Shift + N

File Manager (Nemo) - Navigating Directories
Focus the location bar

Ctrl + L

File Manager (Nemo) - Navigating Directories
Navigate to the home directory

Alt + Home

File Manager (Nemo) - Navigating Directories
Navigate up one directory

Alt + Arrow Up

File Manager (Nemo) - Navigating Directories
Navigate one directory forward / back

Alt + Arrow Right / Arrow Left

File Manager (Nemo) - Selecting Items
Select multiple items

Ctrl + left click

File Manager (Nemo) - Selecting Items
Select a range of items

Shift + left click

File Manager (Nemo) - Selecting Items
Select an item in the indicated direction

Arrow Keys

File Manager (Nemo) - Selecting Items
Select a range of items in the indicated direction

Shift + Arrow Keys

File Manager (Nemo) - Selecting Items
Select items matching a pattern (opens a dialog where you type in a pattern. All items matching that pattern are selected)

Ctrl + S

File Manager (Nemo) - Selecting Items
Select the first or last item in the window

Home / End

File Manager (Nemo) - Selecting Items
Select all items

Ctrl + A

File Manager (Nemo) - Selecting Items
Invert selection

Ctrl + Shift + I

File Manager (Nemo) - Interact with the Selected Item
Open selected item

Ctrl + O OR Alt + Arrow Down OR Enter

File Manager (Nemo) - Interact with the Selected Item
Open selected item in new tab

Ctrl + Shift + O

File Manager (Nemo) - Interact with the Selected Item
Properties of selected item

Alt + Enter

File Manager (Nemo) - Interact with the Selected Item
Preview selected item

Shift + Space

File Manager (Nemo) - Interact with the Selected Item
Rename selected item

F2

File Manager (Nemo) - Interact with the Selected Item
Create shortcut to selected item

Ctrl + M

File Manager (Nemo) - Interact with the Selected Item
Delete selected item

Delete

File Manager (Nemo) - Change the View
Icon view

Ctrl + 1

File Manager (Nemo) - Change the View
List view

Ctrl + 2

File Manager (Nemo) - Change the View
Compact view

Ctrl + 3

File Manager (Nemo) - Change the View
Show hidden files

Ctrl + H

File Manager (Nemo) - Change the View
Increase / decrease icon size

Ctrl + = / - OR Ctrl + Mousewheel

File Manager (Nemo) - Change the View
Reset icon size

Ctrl + 0 (zero)

File Manager (Nemo) - Toggle Side Pane, Split View, and Terminal
Toggle Extra Pane (split view that shows two folder side by side)

F3

File Manager (Nemo) - Toggle Side Pane, Split View, and Terminal
Toggle Terminal in top pane (require the Nemo Terminal plugin)

F4

File Manager (Nemo) - Toggle Side Pane, Split View, and Terminal
Toggle left pane

F9

File Manager (Nemo) - Toggle Side Pane, Split View, and Terminal
Edit bookmarks (Opens a dialog where you can sort, rename, and delete the shortcuts that appear in the left pane)

Ctrl + B

File Manager (Nemo) - Toggle Side Pane, Split View, and Terminal
Add bookmark (a shortcut in the left pane)

Ctrl + D

File Manager (Nemo) - Toggle Side Pane, Split View, and Terminal
Cycle focus between panes

F6

File Manager (Nemo) - Toggle Side Pane, Split View, and Terminal
Resize panes. Press F8 to cycle through the separators between panes (the selected one will be highlighted). Then use the arrow keys to resize the separator.

F8 , then Arrow Keys

File Manager (Nemo) - Manage Tabs
New tab

Ctrl + T

File Manager (Nemo) - Manage Tabs
Switch to tab 1 ... 9

Alt + 1 ... 9

File Manager (Nemo) - Manage Tabs
Next / previous tab

Ctrl + Page Up / Page Down

File Manager (Nemo) - Manage Tabs
Move tab left / right

Ctrl + Shift + Page Up / Page Down

File Manager (Nemo) - Manage Tabs
Close tab

Ctrl + W

File Manager (Nemo) - General
Find

Ctrl + F

File Manager (Nemo) - General
New window

Ctrl + N

File Manager (Nemo) - General
Open file menu

F10

File Manager (Nemo) - General
Open the plugin manager

Alt + P

File Manager (Nemo) - General
Close all windows

Ctrl + Q

General
Open the Applications Menu

Win

General
Show desktop

Win + D

General
Open File Manager

Win + E

General
Open the run dialog

Alt + F2

General
Open a terminal

Ctrl + Alt + T

General
Open the context menu of the selected item

Shift + F10 OR right click

General
Undo / redo

Ctrl + Z / Ctrl + Y

General
Copy selected item

Ctrl + C

General
Paste

Ctrl + V

General
Cut selected item

Ctrl + X

Manage Windows and Workspaces
Cycle through open windows on current Workspace

Alt + Tab

Manage Windows and Workspaces
Cycle through open windows of the same application on ANY Workspace

Alt + `

Manage Windows and Workspaces
Toggle Scale view (display all windows on current Workspace)

Ctrl + Alt + Arrow Down / Alt + Esc

Manage Windows and Workspaces
Toggle Expo view (display all Workspaces)

Ctrl + Alt + Arrow Up

Manage Windows and Workspaces
Move to left / right workspace

Ctrl + Alt + Arrow Left / Arrow Right

Manage Windows and Workspaces
Move current window to left /right workspace

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Arrow Left / Arrow Right

Manage Windows and Workspaces
Move current window to different monitor (left/right/up/down)

Win + Shift + Arrow Keys

Current Application Window
Close window

Alt + F4

Current Application Window
Unmaximize window

Alt + F5

Current Application Window
Resize window

Alt + F7

Current Application Window
Move window

Alt + F8

Current Application Window
Toggle maximize / unaximize window

Alt + F10

Current Application Window
Snap window to left/right/top/bottom half of screen. Use in combination to snap to corners, e.g. right then up. Key back toward the middle of the screen to unsnap (e.g., for a right-snapped window, push super+arrow left)

Win + Arrow Keys

Current Application Window
Tile window to the left/right/top/bottom half of the screen. Other maximized windows will fill in the remaining space.

Ctrl + Win + Arrow Keys

Current Application Window
Open window menu

Alt + Space

Session
Lock screen

Ctrl + Alt + L

Session
Log out

Ctrl + Alt + Delete

Session
Open the Shut Down menu (Suspend / Restart / Shut Down)

Ctrl + Alt + End

Screenshots and Screen Recording
Take a screenshot

Print Screen

Screenshots and Screen Recording
Copy a screenshot to the clipboard

Ctrl + Print Screen

Screenshots and Screen Recording
Take a screenshot of the current window

Alt + Print Screen

Screenshots and Screen Recording
Copy a screenshot of the current window to the clipboard

Ctrl + Alt + Print Screen

Screenshots and Screen Recording
Toggle desktop recording (video will be saved to your Home folder)

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + R

Troubleshooting
Launch Linux Mint online help

F1

Troubleshooting
Restart Cinnamon, preserving all applications and windows (version 2.6+)

Ctrl + Alt + Esc

Troubleshooting
Re-detect display devices

Win + P

Troubleshooting
Toggle looking glass debugging tool

Win + L

Troubleshooting
Restart the X server (WARNING: this will close all running applications!)

Ctrl + Alt + Backspace

Accessibility
Zoom desktop in or out (Note: Zoom must be enabled in Universal Access settings)

Alt + Win + = / - or Alt + Mousewheel

Similar combinations for other applications


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Alt + F4


SharpDevelop 4.0 (Windows)
Exit SharpDevelop
Manage SharpDevelop Projects

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Access 2010 (Windows)
Close a dialog box
Manage Access Features - Dialog Boxes

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Unity3D 3 (Windows)
Quit
Window

Alt + F4


Unity3D 3 (MacOS)
Quit
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Firefox (Linux)
Close browser window
Firefox Windows

Ctrl + Shift + W / Alt + F4


Firefox (Windows)
Close browser window
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Ctrl + Shift + W / Alt + F4


Google Chrome (Linux)
Close current window
Manage Tabs

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Tally 9.0 (Windows)
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Inventory Vouchers

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Total Commander 8 (Windows)
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Main Shortcuts

Alt + F4


Inpage (Windows)
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Notepad++ 5 (Windows)
Exit Notepad++
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Access 2010 (Windows)
Close property dialog box
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Alt + F4


Evernote (Windows)
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Main Application Shortcuts - Managing Evernote

Alt + F4


Opera (Linux)
Close Opera
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Ctrl + Shift + W / Alt + F4


Microsoft Windows 8 (Windows)
Shutdown Windows
Getting around Windows 8 Start Screen and Desktop

Alt + F4


Access 2010 (Windows)
Close a dialog box
Working with Text and Data - Dialog Boxes

Alt + F4


Microsoft Word 2007 (Windows)
Exit Office Word 2007.
Function key reference: ALT+Function key

Alt + F4


Access 2010 (Windows)
Close property dialog box
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Alt + F4


Notepad2 (Windows)
Exit
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Alt + F4


Access 2010 (Windows)
Close a dialog box
Working with Access Views - Dialog Boxes

Alt + F4


Access 2010 (Windows)
Close property dialog box
Working with Access Views - Pivot Table

Alt + F4


Adobe Acrobat Pro (Windows)
Close Help window
Navigation - Navigating the Help window

Ctrl + W / Alt + F4


Notepad++ 6 (Windows)
Exit
File menu

Alt + F4


Microsoft Excel 2013 (Windows)
Close Excel
Manage Multiple Workbooks

Alt + F4


Microsoft Word 2013 (Windows)
Exit Word
The Rest

Alt + F4


Microsoft Windows 10 (Windows)
Close the current window
Windows Virtual Desktop/ Window Control

Alt + F4


Access 2010 (Windows)
Close a dialog box
The Rest - Dialog Boxes

Alt + F4


Skype for Business (Lync) 2016 (Windows)
Close the Conversation window
Conversation window

Alt + F4


Microsoft Excel 2010 (Windows)
Close Excel.
Manage Multiple Workbooks

Alt + F4


Console2 (Windows)
Exit Console
30 Shortcuts for Console2 (Windows)

Alt + F4


Safari Browser (MacOS)
Close the browser
General Shortcuts (Browser)

Alt + F4


Corel VideoStudio X9.5 (Windows)
Close
File Tab Operations

Alt + F4


Access 2010 (Windows)
Close property dialog box
The Rest - Pivot Table

Alt + F4


Microsoft Edge Browser (Windows)
Quit application (note: closing last remaining tab also quits application)
General

Alt + F4


Access 2016 (Windows)
Exit access 16
Design/Content Operation(on selected control)

Alt + F4


Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (Windows)
Exit
Edit and General Text Operations

Alt + F4


Microsoft Visio 2016 (Windows)
Close the current window
Window/Navigation Shortcut

Alt + F4


Microsoft Visio 2016 (Windows)
Close help window
Window/Navigation Shortcut

Alt + F4


Access 2010 (Windows)
Quit/ exit Access
Manage Databases

Alt + F4


FileMaker Pro (Windows)
Exit or quit FileMaker Pro
General keyboard shortcuts (Windows)

Alt + F4 / Ctrl + Q


Finale (Windows)
Quit
File Menu

Ctrl + Q / Alt + F4


Dynamics AX 2015 (Windows)
Close the current form without saving changes.
Working with Forms

Esc / Alt + F4


Wondershare Editor (Windows)
Quit
Application control

Alt + F4


Microsoft Word 2016 (Windows)
Exit
General Operation

Alt + F4


Dynamics CRM 2015 (Windows)
Closes the snap-in console.
MMC Shortcuts(Microsoft Management Console)

Alt + F4


Dynamics NAV 2015 (Windows)
Close window or close program
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Alt + F4


Dynamics AX 2015 (Windows)
Close the Help window.
General Shortcuts

Alt + F4


Microsoft Word 2016 (Windows)
Exit Office Word 2007.
All Function Key Shortcuts

Alt + F4


Adobe Acrobat Pro (MacOS)
Close Help window
Navigation - Navigating the Help window

Command + W / Alt + F4


Act! CRM (Windows)
Exit Act
General Shortcuts

Alt + F4


Microsoft Projects 2016 (Windows)
Close the program window.
Navigate Views and Windows

Alt + F4


Adobe XD (Experience Design) (Windows)
Quit
General Shortcuts

Alt + F4


Microsoft Excel 2016 (Windows)
Close Excel
The Rest

Alt + F4


Corel PhotoPaint X6 (Windows)
Exit
File Menu

Alt + F4


HTML-Kit (Windows)
Exit HTML-Kit Tools
87 Shortcuts for HTML-Kit (Windows)

Alt + F4


Corel Quattro Pro X8 (Windows)
Exit
File Menu

Alt + F4


Corel Ventura 10 (Windows)
Exit
General Shortcuts

Alt + F4


Corel Quattro Pro X8 (Windows)
Exit Quattro Pro
Function Keys

Alt + F4


Forte (Windows)
Exit agent
All Window

Alt + F4


TradeStation (Windows)
Close Application
Development Environment

Alt + F4


Soundforge (Windows)
Exit Sound Forge
Project File Shortcuts

Alt + F4


Tencent QQ Player (Windows)
Exit and Quit
30 Shortcuts for Tencent QQ Player (Windows)

Alt + F4


MetaTrader MT4 (Windows)
Close Client Terminal
Miscellaneous Shortcuts

Alt + F4


CA Client Automation (Windows)
Exit
File Menu

Alt + F4


Vegas Pro 14 (Windows)
Exit Vegas Pro
Project File

Alt + F4


XYplorer (Windows)
Exit
Navigation

Alt + F4


Teamcenter (Windows)
Exit Teamcenter
Miscellaneous Shortcuts

Alt + F4


KMPlayer (Windows)
Exit
General

Alt + F4


GOM Player (Windows)
Close
Others

Alt + F4 / Alt + X


Quickbooks Desktop (Windows)
Close Quickbooks
The Rest

Alt + F4


Tableau (Windows)
Closes the current workbook
General

Alt + F4


Solidworks 2019
Close Solidworks
Windows

Alt + F4


Spotify (Windows)
Quit
General

Alt + F4


Surfcam (Windows)
Exit SURFCAM
60 Shortcuts for Surfcam (Windows)

Alt + F4


Exact Audio Copy
Exit
File menu

Alt + F4


Xyplorer
Exit
File Menu

Alt + F4


progeCAD (Windows)
Closes all drawings and exits progeCAD
51 Shortcuts for progeCAD (Windows)

Alt + F4


Surfcam (Windows)
Exit the program
60 Shortcuts for Surfcam (Windows)

Alt + F4


Mastercam (Windows)
Exit Mastercam
53 Shortcuts for Mastercam (Windows)

Alt + F4


Vectorworks (Windows)
Exit
File Menu

Alt + F4 / Ctrl + Q


SpaceClaim (Windows)
Exit
71 Shortcuts for SpaceClaim (Windows)

Alt + F4


Altium Designer (Windows)
Close Altium Designer
Environment Shortcuts

Alt + F4


Sage Simply Accounting (Windows)
Close window or exit program
General

Alt + F4


Openbox
Close the active window
General

Alt + F4


LXDE
Close window
LDXE / Openbox

Alt + F4


DraftSight (Windows)
Exit Program
37 Shortcuts for DraftSight (Windows)

Alt + F4


GeoGebra
Quit GeoGebra
Windows shortcuts

Alt + F4


FlexiSign Pro 8.1 (Windows)
Exit
Other Shortcuts

Alt + F4


FlexiSign Pro 8.1 (MacOS)
Exit
Other Shortcuts

Alt + F4


SuperMemo (Windows)
Close Program
129 Shortcuts for SuperMemo (Windows)

Alt + F4


Tableau
Close the current workbook
Managing workbooks, sheets, and files (Tableau Desktop)

Alt + F4


Cisco Webex
Close any dialog box
Windows

Alt + F4


Google Chrome
Close the current window
Tab and window shortcuts

Alt + F4


Ubuntu
Close the window
Windows

Alt + F4


HitFilm
Exit
General

Alt + F4


Tibia
Try exiting game (this shortcut isn't listed in official manual)
Control Buttons

Alt + F4


QuickBooks Desktop
Exit
Opening / Closing QuickBooks

Alt + F4


Evernote for Windows
Close separate windows / Minimize main window to tray
Application-wide

Alt + F4


Xfce
Close window
Window manipulation

Alt + F4


Old School RuneScape (OSRS)
Close browser window. (This is browser/OS command, not a RuneScape hotkey)
General

Alt + F4


Alteryx
Close Alteryx Designer
Other shortcuts

Alt + F4


ProgeCAD
Exit
General

Alt + F4


PureSync
Exit
Actions menu

Alt + F4


CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2018
Exit
General

Alt + F4


Logo Accounting
Close the program
General

Alt + F4


Bluebeam Revu
Close application
Advanced text

Alt + F4


Metapad
Exit Metapad
File menu

Alt + F4


Nuance Power PDF
Quit application
Application exit

Alt + F4


KMPlayer
Exit
General

Alt + F4


Windows PowerShell ISE
Exit
Starting and exiting

Alt + F4


Microsoft FrontPage
Quit Microsoft FrontPage.
Work with and manage Web pages

Alt + F4


Microsoft Paint
Close the window
Alt key menu

Alt + F4


Camtasia
Exit Theater
Camtasia Theater

Alt + F4


KDE Plasma Desktop
Close
Working with windows

Alt + F4


Linux Mint
Close the window
Frequently used shortcuts

Alt + F4


GNOME
Close window
Windows

Alt + F4


LightWave 3D
Show / hide motion paths
Layout: General

Alt + F4


PhraseExpress
Minimize / exit PhraseExpress
General

Alt + F4


Warcraft III
Exit Warcraft III
Menu commands

Alt + F4


Adobe XD (Windows)
Close
Keys for File menu

Alt + F4


Microsoft Word 2016
Exit Word
Alt + Function keys

Alt + F4


Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (Most used shortcuts)
File.Exit
File

Alt + F4


Sweet Home 3D
Close
General

Alt + F4


Comodo IceDragon
Close window
Windows and Tabs

Alt + F4


Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts)
File.Exit
File

Alt + F4


GIMP
Close the window
Dialogs

Alt + F4


WinHex
Exit
File menu

Alt + F4


WordPerfect X8
Quit WordPerfect
General

Alt + F4


LibreOffice
Closes the current document (close LibreOffice when the last open document is closed)
Controlling documents and windows

Alt + F4


Maple
Exit Maple
Menu accelerators

Alt + F4


FileMaker
Exit or quit FileMaker Pro
General

Alt + F4


WinNc
Quit
General

Alt + F4


NewsBin Pro
Close application
Standard Windows keyboard navigation

Alt + F4


Microsoft Access 2016
Exit Access
Miscellaneous keyboard shortcuts

Alt + F4


Python IDLE for Windows
Close current window
File menu

Alt + F4


SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Exit
Code editor

Alt + F4


ACDSee Free
Closes ACDSee Free
General

Alt + F4


7-Zip
Close the program
File menu

Alt + F4


Notepad++
Exit
File menu

Alt + F4


Paint.NET
Exit Paint.net
Toolbar

Alt + F4


Microsoft Excel 2016
Closes Excel
Function keys

Alt + F4


Windows 3.1
Close the application or dialog box
Common features

Alt + F4


WinSCP
Quit
Service commands

Alt + F4


Mozilla Thunderbird
Close window
Controlling Thunderbird windows and tabs

Alt + F4


GOM Player
Close
Others

Alt + F4


WhatsApp Web and Desktop
Exit app
General

Alt + F4


Spotify
Exit
General

Alt + F4


Opera
Close application window
Application windows

Alt + F4


Wordpad
Close WordPad
General

Alt + F4


Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Windows and Unix)
(Windows only) Close Help window
Help window

Alt + F4


Microsoft Projects 2007 (Windows)
Close the program window.
Navigate views and windows

Alt + F4


Gnome 3.0 (Linux)
Close current window.
Window Commands

alt + f4


Gnome 2.32 (Linux)
Close current window
Window Management

Alt + F4


Microsoft Windows Vista (Windows)
Close the active item or folder. Also will open "Shuts Down Windows" menu when on an empty desktop.
Work with Vista (Application) Windows

Alt + F4


Windows Media Player 11 (Windows)
Close WMP (default Windows feature).
Manage the Media Player Windows

Alt + F4


Microsoft Word 2010 (Windows)
Exit Word
The Rest

Alt + F4


Pinnacle Studio 22
Close application
General

Alt + F4