Hotkeys and shortcuts for Microsoft Internet Explorer 11

(Total 72)

Crtl + D
Top shortcuts
Add current site to favorites
Ctrl + W
Tabs
Close tab
Alt + Home
Browsing
Go to your home page
Ctrl + ↑   Shift + Del
Top shortcuts
Delete browsing history
F1
Top shortcuts
Get help & support
Ctrl + H
Favorites, history and feeds
View history
Ctrl + T
Tabs
Open a new tab
Ctrl + ↑   Shift + P
Top shortcuts
Open a new InPrivate Browsing window
Ctrl + P
Top shortcuts
Print the current page
F5
Top shortcuts
Refresh page
Ctrl + ⭾ Tab
Browsing
Move through items on a webpage (only works if tabbed browsing is turned off)
Ctrl + J
Top shortcuts
View downloads
Ctrl + E
Search
Open a search query in the address bar
Alt + ⤶ Enter
Search
Open a search query in a new tab
Ctrl +
Search
Open the Address bar (to view history, favorites, and search providers)
Ctrl + ↑   Shift + L
Search
Search using copied text
Ctrl + +
Zoom
Zoom in (+10%)
Ctrl + -
Zoom
Zoom out (- 10%)
Ctrl + 0
Zoom
Zoom to 100%
Ctrl + ⤶ Enter
Address bar
Add www. to the beginning and .com to the end of text typed in the Address bar
F4
Address bar
Display a list of addresses you've typed
Ctrl +
Address bar
In the Address bar, move the cursor left to the next break in the sentence
Ctrl +
Address bar
In the Address bar, move the cursor right to the next break in the sentence
Browsing
Scroll toward the end of a document
Browsing
Scroll toward the beginning of a document
Alt + D
Address bar
Select the text in the Address bar
⤶ Enter
Browsing
Activate a selected link
↑   Shift + F10
Browsing
Display a shortcut menu for a link
Ctrl + F
Browsing
Find something on this page
Alt +
Browsing
Go to the next page
⬅ Backspace
Browsing
Go to the previous page
Alt +
Browsing
Go to the previous page
Ctrl + ↑   Shift + ⭾ Tab
Browsing
Move back through items on a webpage (only works if tabbed browsing is turned off)
F6
Browsing
Move through items on a webpage (only works if tabbed browsing is turned off)
Home
Browsing
Move to the beginning of a document
End
Browsing
Move to the end of a document
Ctrl + O
Browsing
Open a new document in Internet Explorer
Ctrl + N
Browsing
Open a new window
Ctrl + S
Browsing
Save the current page
Esc
Browsing
Stop downloading a page
F11
Browsing
Toggle between full-screen and regular views
F7
Browsing
Start Caret Browsing
Ctrl + C
Clipboard
Copy selected items to the Clipboard
Ctrl + X
Clipboard
Cut selected items, and copy them to the Clipboard
Ctrl + V
Clipboard
Paste select items from the Clipboard
Ctrl + A
Clipboard
Select all items on the current webpage
Ctrl + D
Favorites, history and feeds
Add site to favorites
Alt +
Favorites, history and feeds
Move selected item up in the Favorites list (in the Organize Favorites dialog box)
Alt +
Favorites, history and feeds
Move selected item down in the Favorites list (in the Organize Favorites dialog box)
Alt + Z
Favorites, history and feeds
Open the Add to favorites menu
Alt + A
Menu bar
Open the Favorites menu
Ctrl + B
Favorites, history and feeds
Open the Organize Favorites dialog box
Ctrl + ↑   Shift + H
Favorites, history and feeds
Pin Favorites Center and display your history
Ctrl + I
Favorites, history and feeds
View favorites
Alt + C
Favorites, history and feeds
View favorites
Ctrl + G
Favorites, history and feeds
View feeds
Alt + F
Menu bar
Open the File menu
Alt + E
Menu bar
Open the Edit menu
Alt + V
Menu bar
Open the View menu
Alt + T
Menu bar
Open the Tools
Alt + H
Menu bar
Open the Help menu
Alt + N
Notification bar
Move focus to the Notification bar
Space
Notification bar
Click the Notification bar
Ctrl + F4
Tabs
Close tabs in the background
Ctrl + Mouse left click
Tabs
Open links in a new tab in the background
Ctrl + ↑   Shift + Mouse left click
Tabs
Open links in a new tab in the foreground
Ctrl + K
Tabs
Duplicate tab
Ctrl + ↑   Shift + T
Tabs
Reopen the last tab you closed
Crtl + ⭾ Tab
Tabs
Switch between tabs
Crtl + ↑   Shift + ⭾ Tab
Tabs
Switch between tabs
Ctrl + 9
Tabs
Switch to the last tab
Ctrl + 1
Tabs
(... to <keybs>8</keybs>)  Switch to a specific tab number