The following table lists the tasks performed by Windows logo keyboard shortcuts in Windows 11.
|
Keyboard Shortcut |
Action |
|---|---|
| Win key | Toggle the Start Menu. |
| Win + A | Open Quick Settings. |
| Win + B | Set focus for the Show hidden icons dropdown menu. |
| Win + C | Open Microsoft Teams Chat. |
| Win + Ctrl + C | Toggle the Color Filters (you have to enable this shortcut first in Color Filter settings). |
| Win + D | Display and hide the desktop. |
| Win + E | Open File Explorer. |
| Win + F | Open Feedback Hub and takes a screenshot. |
| Win + G | Open Xbox Game Bar when a game is open. |
| Win + H | Launch voice typing. |
| Win + I | Open the Windows 11 Settings app. |
| Win + K | Open Cast from Quick Settings. You can use this shortcut to share your device screen on your computer. |
| Win + L | Lock your PC or switch accounts (if you have created more than one account on your PC). |
| Win + M | Minimize all the opened windows. |
| Win + Shift + M | Restore all the minimized windows on the desktop. |
| Win + N | Open the Notification Center and Calendar. |
| Win + O | Lock your device orientation. |
| Win + P | Used to select a presentation display mode. |
| Win + Ctrl + Q | Open Quick Assist. |
| Win + Alt + R | Used to record the video of the game that you are playing (using the Xbox Game bar). |
| Win + R | Open the Run dialog box. |
| Win + S | Open Windows Search. |
| Win + Shift + S | Used to take a screenshot of the entire screen or a part of it. |
| Win + T | Cycle through apps on the Taskbar. |
| Win + U | Open Accessibility Settings. |
| Win + V | Open the Windows 11 Clipboard.Note: You can turn off Clipboard history in Settings. Simply launch the Settings app and go to System > Clipboard, and turn off the Clipboard history button. After that, the Win + V shortcut keys will launch the Clipboard but not display the Clipboard history. |
| Win + Shift + V | Set focus to a notification. |
| Win + W | Open Windows 11 Widgets. |
| Win + X | Open the Quick Link menu. |
| Win + Y | Switch input between your desktop and Windows Mixed Reality. |
| Win + Z | Open the snap layouts. |
| Win + period (.) or Win + semicolon (;) | Open Windows 11 Emoji Panel. |
| Win + comma (,) | Displays the desktop temporarily until you release the Windows logo key. |
| Win + Pause | Display the System Properties dialog box. |
| Win + Ctrl + F | Search for PCs (if you’re connected to a network). |
| Win + number | Open the app pinned on the taskbar in the position indicated by the number. If the app is already running, you can use this shortcut to switch to that app. |
| Win + Shift + number | Start a new instance of the app pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number. |
| Win + Ctrl + number | Switch to the last active window of the app pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number. |
| Win + Alt + number | Open the Jump List for the app pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number. |
| Win + Ctrl + Shift + number | Open a new instance of the app located at the given position on the taskbar as an administrator. |
| Win + Tab | Open the Task View. |
| Win + Up arrow | Maximize the window or app that is currently active. |
| Win + Alt + Up arrow | Snap the currently active window or app to the top half of the screen. |
| Win + Down arrow | Restores the currently active window or app. |
| Win + Alt + Down arrow | Snap the currently active window or app to the bottom half of the screen. |
| Win + Left arrow | Maximize the currently active app or desktop window to the left side of the screen. |
| Win + Right arrow | Maximize the currently active app or desktop window to the right side of the screen. |
| Win + Home | Minimize all except the active desktop window or app (restores all windows on the second stroke). |
| Win + Shift + Up arrow | Stretch the active desktop window or app to the top of the screen by maintaining its width. |
| Win + Shift + Down arrow | Restore the active desktop window or app or stretch it vertically downwards by maintaining its width. (Minimize the restored window or app on the second stroke). |
| Win + Shift + Left arrow or Win + Shift + Right arrow | Move an app or window on the desktop from one monitor to another. |
| Win + Shift + Spacebar | Cycle backward through language and keyboard layout. |
| Win + Spacebar | Switch between different input languages and keyboard layouts. |
| Win + Ctrl + Spacebar | Change to the previously selected input. |
| Win + Ctrl + Enter | Turn on Narrator. |
| Win + Plus (+) | Open Magnifier and zoom in. |
| Win + Minus (-) | Zoom out in the Magnifier app. |
| Win + Esc | Close the Magnifier app. |
| Win + Forward-slash (/) | Begin IME reconversion. |
| Win + Ctrl + Shift + B | Wake PC from the blank or black screen. |
| Win + PrtScn | Save full-screen screenshot to file. |
| Win + Alt + PrtScn | Save a screenshot of the active game window to file (using Xbox Game Bar). |
