The best Windows 11 keyboard shortcuts

We gathered the best Windows 11 keyboard shortcuts for you. Microsoft has added new keyboard shortcuts in Windows 11 to support the new features and changes implemented in the operating system. Added to those that already worked in Windows 10 and Windows 8.1 (mostly maintained) they form a very interesting set to facilitate the handling of the system and its main functions, increasing productivity.

The keyboard and mouse are the two main input peripherals of a PC and on computer desktops, we use them massively even if we have other forms of interaction such as touch screens or voice control. They are still the most intuitive methods.

Of course, in addition to data entry, the keyboard of a personal computer can be used as a means of controlling the system and applications. This is where these ‘shortcuts’ come in. As you know, they are combinations of two or more keys that as a general rule replicate the tasks we would do with a mouse or other pointing peripheral such as a laptop’s touchpad. However, they are very useful, as they save time and effort when performing certain actions. The truth is that once you get used to them, they are very useful.

Windows 11 keyboard shortcuts

These shortcuts are as old as the operating systems themselves and have been maintained despite the constant improvements in graphical interfaces, reinforced with everything that has come from the touch section used to fully handle mobiles or tablets, but not so useful on a personal computer.

Microsoft’s latest operating system supports most of the Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts, but with some new ones and others modified to respond to its new features. Their operation is, as usual, you press the corresponding keys and the system will respond by performing a certain task. There are hundreds of them covering the interface, the main internal tools of the system, and also applications. We leave you a selection of the most useful ones, differentiated by the main sections.

New shortcuts for Windows 11

Shortcuts for the desktop

General shortcuts in applications

For the file explorer

Other keyboard shortcuts in Windows 11

These keyboard shortcuts are very useful. Once you learn them and start using them you won’t be able to stop using them. They can be activated with peripherals like a mouse, but it is a good way to save time and effort. The ones shown above are only a selection of the hundreds available. Although most of them carry over from one version to another, here is Microsoft’s list for Windows 11, 10, 8.1, or Windows 7.

And it’s not just the operating systems that have them. There is another large collection for almost all Windows applications as you can see in this guide. And not only Microsoft but there are also keyboard shortcuts for any kind of software like these for the Google Chrome browser.