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⤢ GNU EMACS KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 47 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 Alt Shift Query re… 6 7 8 9 0 Q Alt Fill (re… W Ctrl Kill reg… E Ctrl Move to … R Ctrl Incremen… T Ctrl Transpos… Y Ctrl Yank (pa… U I O Ctrl Insert n… P Ctrl Previous… A Ctrl Move to … S Ctrl Incremen… D Ctrl Delete c… F Ctrl Move for… G Ctrl Abort cu… H Ctrl Run tuto… J K Ctrl Kill (cu… L Ctrl Redraw g… Z Ctrl Suspend … X Ctrl Find (op… C V Ctrl Scroll t… B Ctrl Move bac… N Ctrl Next line M MORE SHORTCUTS Save file Ctrl X › Ctrl S Undo an unwan… Ctrl X › U Execute exten… Alt X Copy region t… Alt W Select anothe… Ctrl X › B Exit Emacs pe… Ctrl X › Ctrl C Set mark here Ctrl Space Mark entire b… Ctrl X › H Delete all ot… Ctrl X › 1 Switch cursor… Ctrl X › O Save all files Ctrl X › S Go to buffer … Alt Shift , Go to buffer … Alt Shift . Split window … Ctrl X › 2 Split window … Ctrl X › 3 Delete this w… Ctrl X › 0 List all buff… Ctrl X › Ctrl B Kill a buffer Ctrl X › K Indent line (… Tab Write buffer … Ctrl X › Ctrl W Move forward … Alt F Move backward… Alt B Scroll to pre… Alt V Go to line Alt G › Alt G Kill word for… Alt D shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH GNU EMACS · WINDOWS
GNU EMACS KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 47 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 Alt Shift Query re… 6 7 8 9 0 A Ctrl Move to … Z Ctrl Suspend … E Ctrl Move to … R Ctrl Incremen… T Ctrl Transpos… Y Ctrl Yank (pa… U I O Ctrl Insert n… P Ctrl Previous… Q Alt Fill (re… S Ctrl Incremen… D Ctrl Delete c… F Ctrl Move for… G Ctrl Abort cu… H Ctrl Run tuto… J K Ctrl Kill (cu… L Ctrl Redraw g… M W Ctrl Kill reg… X Ctrl Find (op… C V Ctrl Scroll t… B Ctrl Move bac… N Ctrl Next line MORE SHORTCUTS Save file Ctrl X › Ctrl S Undo an unwan… Ctrl X › U Execute exten… Alt X Copy region t… Alt W Select anothe… Ctrl X › B Exit Emacs pe… Ctrl X › Ctrl C Set mark here Ctrl Space Mark entire b… Ctrl X › H Delete all ot… Ctrl X › 1 Switch cursor… Ctrl X › O Save all files Ctrl X › S Go to buffer … Alt Shift , Go to buffer … Alt Shift . Split window … Ctrl X › 2 Split window … Ctrl X › 3 Delete this w… Ctrl X › 0 List all buff… Ctrl X › Ctrl B Kill a buffer Ctrl X › K Indent line (… Tab Write buffer … Ctrl X › Ctrl W Move forward … Alt F Move backward… Alt B Scroll to pre… Alt V Go to line Alt G › Alt G Kill word for… Alt D shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH GNU EMACS · WINDOWS
⤢ FILES Find (open) file Ctrl X › Ctrl F Save file Ctrl X › Ctrl S Save all files Ctrl X › S Write buffer to a file Ctrl X › Ctrl W Insert file into buffer Ctrl X › I Toggle read-only status of… Ctrl X › Ctrl Q KILLING AND DELETING Kill (cut) to end of line Ctrl K Kill region (cut) Ctrl W Copy region to kill ring Alt W Yank (paste) last kill Ctrl Y Delete character forward Ctrl D Kill word forward Alt D Replace last yank with pre… Alt Y LEAVING EMACS Exit Emacs permanently Ctrl X › Ctrl C Suspend / iconify Emacs Ctrl Z HELP Run tutorial Ctrl H › T Apropos: commands matching… Ctrl H › A Describe the function a ke… Ctrl H › K Describe a function Ctrl H › F ERROR RECOVERY Abort current command Ctrl G Undo an unwanted change Ctrl X › U Redraw garbaged screen Ctrl L EDITING Execute extended command (… Alt X Indent line (mode-dependen… Tab Insert newline after point Ctrl O Transpose characters Ctrl T Fill (reflow) paragraph Alt Q BUFFERS Select another buffer Ctrl X › B List all buffers Ctrl X › Ctrl B Kill a buffer Ctrl X › K MARKING Set mark here Ctrl Space Mark entire buffer Ctrl X › H Exchange point and mark Ctrl X › Ctrl X SEARCH Incremental search forward Ctrl S Incremental search backward Ctrl R Query replace Alt Shift 5 Regular expression search Ctrl Alt S MOTION Move to beginning of line Ctrl A Move to end of line Ctrl E Move forward one character Ctrl F Move backward one character Ctrl B Next line Ctrl N Previous line Ctrl P Go to buffer beginning Alt Shift , Go to buffer end Alt Shift . Move forward one word Alt F Move backward one word Alt B Scroll to next screen Ctrl V Scroll to previous screen Alt V Go to line Alt G › Alt G WINDOWS Delete all other windows Ctrl X › 1 Switch cursor to another w… Ctrl X › O Split window above and bel… Ctrl X › 2 Split window side by side Ctrl X › 3 Delete this window Ctrl X › 0 GNU Emacs KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 55 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH GNU EMACS · WINDOWS ⤢ FILES 06 Find (open) file Ctrl X › Ctrl F Save file Ctrl X › Ctrl S Save all files Ctrl X › S Write buffer to a file Ctrl X › Ctrl W Insert file into buffer Ctrl X › I Toggle read-only status of b… Ctrl X › Ctrl Q KILLING AND DELETING 07 Kill (cut) to end of line Ctrl K Kill region (cut) Ctrl W Copy region to kill ring Alt W Yank (paste) last kill Ctrl Y Delete character forward Ctrl D Kill word forward Alt D Replace last yank with previ… Alt Y LEAVING EMACS 02 Exit Emacs permanently Ctrl X › Ctrl C Suspend / iconify Emacs Ctrl Z HELP 04 Run tutorial Ctrl H › T Apropos: commands matching a… Ctrl H › A Describe the function a key … Ctrl H › K Describe a function Ctrl H › F ERROR RECOVERY 03 Abort current command Ctrl G Undo an unwanted change Ctrl X › U Redraw garbaged screen Ctrl L EDITING 05 Execute extended command (M-… Alt X Indent line (mode-dependent) Tab Insert newline after point Ctrl O Transpose characters Ctrl T Fill (reflow) paragraph Alt Q BUFFERS 03 Select another buffer Ctrl X › B List all buffers Ctrl X › Ctrl B Kill a buffer Ctrl X › K MARKING 03 Set mark here Ctrl Space Mark entire buffer Ctrl X › H Exchange point and mark Ctrl X › Ctrl X SEARCH 04 Incremental search forward Ctrl S Incremental search backward Ctrl R Query replace Alt Shift 5 Regular expression search Ctrl Alt S MOTION 13 Move to beginning of line Ctrl A Move to end of line Ctrl E Move forward one character Ctrl F Move backward one character Ctrl B Next line Ctrl N Previous line Ctrl P Go to buffer beginning Alt Shift , Go to buffer end Alt Shift . Move forward one word Alt F Move backward one word Alt B Scroll to next screen Ctrl V Scroll to previous screen Alt V Go to line Alt G › Alt G WINDOWS 05 Delete all other windows Ctrl X › 1 Switch cursor to another win… Ctrl X › O Split window above and below Ctrl X › 2 Split window side by side Ctrl X › 3 Delete this window Ctrl X › 0 GNU Emacs KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 55 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH GNU EMACS · WINDOWS
⤢ GNU EMACS · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Windows · 11 SETS · No.01 GNU EMACS TOTAL 55 SHORTCUTS FOR WINDOWS · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS FILES 06 ERROR RECOVER 03 SEARCH 04 EDITING 05 MOTION 13 KILLING AND D 07 BUFFERS 03 LEAVING EMACS 02 MARKING 03 WINDOWS 05 HELP 04 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Find (open) file Ctrl X › Ctrl F Save file Ctrl X › Ctrl S Save all files Ctrl X › S Write buffer to … Ctrl X › Ctrl W Insert file into buffer Ctrl X › I Toggle read-only… Ctrl X › Ctrl Q Abort current command Ctrl G Undo an unwanted change Ctrl X › U Redraw garbaged screen Ctrl L Incremental search forward Ctrl S Incremental search backward Ctrl R Query replace Alt Shift 5 Regular expression search Ctrl Alt S Execute extended command (M-x) Alt X Indent line (mode-dependent) Tab Insert newline after point Ctrl O Transpose characters Ctrl T Fill (reflow) paragraph Alt Q Move to beginning of line Ctrl A Move to end of line Ctrl E Move forward one character Ctrl F Move backward one character Ctrl B Next line Ctrl N Previous line Ctrl P Go to buffer beginning Alt Shift , Go to buffer end Alt Shift . Move forward one word Alt F Move backward one word Alt B Scroll to next screen Ctrl V Scroll to previous screen Alt V Go to line Alt G › Alt G Kill (cut) to end of line Ctrl K Kill region (cut) Ctrl W Copy region to kill ring Alt W Yank (paste) last kill Ctrl Y Delete character forward Ctrl D Kill word forward Alt D Replace last yank with previo… Alt Y Select another buffer Ctrl X › B List all buffers Ctrl X › Ctrl B Kill a buffer Ctrl X › K Exit Emacs perma… Ctrl X › Ctrl C Suspend / iconify Emacs Ctrl Z Set mark here Ctrl Space Mark entire buffer Ctrl X › H Exchange point a… Ctrl X › Ctrl X Delete all other windo… Ctrl X › 1 Switch cursor to anoth… Ctrl X › O Split window above and… Ctrl X › 2 Split window side by s… Ctrl X › 3 Delete this window Ctrl X › 0 Run tutorial Ctrl H › T Apropos: commands matc… Ctrl H › A Describe the function … Ctrl H › K Describe a function Ctrl H › F
GNU EMACS KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 14 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Q W Ctrl Kill reg… E Ctrl Move to … R T Y Ctrl Yank (pa… U I O P A Ctrl Move to … S Ctrl Incremen… D F G Ctrl Abort cu… H J K Ctrl Kill (cu… L Z X Ctrl Find (op… C V B N M MORE SHORTCUTS Save file Ctrl X › Ctrl S Undo an unwanted … Ctrl X › U Execute extended … Alt X Copy region to ki… Alt W Select another bu… Ctrl X › B Exit Emacs perman… Ctrl X › Ctrl C shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH GNU EMACS · WINDOWS Keyboard map ERROR RECOVERY Abort current command Ctrl G Undo an unwanted change Ctrl X › U SEARCH Incremental search forward Ctrl S KILLING AND DELETING Kill (cut) to end of line Ctrl K Kill region (cut) Ctrl W Copy region to kill ring Alt W Yank (paste) last kill Ctrl Y LEAVING EMACS Exit Emacs permanently Ctrl X › Ctrl C FILES Find (open) file Ctrl X › Ctrl F Save file Ctrl X › Ctrl S EDITING Execute extended command (M-x) Alt X MOTION Move to beginning of line Ctrl A Move to end of line Ctrl E BUFFERS Select another buffer Ctrl X › B GNU Emacs KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH GNU EMACS · WINDOWS Isometric ERROR RECOVERY 02 Abort current command Ctrl G Undo an unwanted change Ctrl X › U SEARCH 01 Incremental search forward Ctrl S KILLING AND DELETING 04 Kill (cut) to end of line Ctrl K Kill region (cut) Ctrl W Copy region to kill ring Alt W Yank (paste) last kill Ctrl Y LEAVING EMACS 01 Exit Emacs permanently Ctrl X › Ctrl C FILES 02 Find (open) file Ctrl X › Ctrl F Save file Ctrl X › Ctrl S EDITING 01 Execute extended command (M-x) Alt X MOTION 02 Move to beginning of line Ctrl A Move to end of line Ctrl E BUFFERS 01 Select another buffer Ctrl X › B GNU Emacs KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH GNU EMACS · WINDOWS Typewriter GNU EMACS · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Windows · 8 SETS · No.01 GNU EMACS TOTAL 14 SHORTCUTS FOR WINDOWS · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS FILES 02 ERROR RECOVER 02 SEARCH 01 EDITING 01 MOTION 02 KILLING AND D 04 BUFFERS 01 LEAVING EMACS 01 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Find (open) file Ctrl X › Ctrl F Save file Ctrl X › Ctrl S Abort current command Ctrl G Undo an unwanted change Ctrl X › U Incremental search forward Ctrl S Execute extended command (M-x) Alt X Move to beginning of line Ctrl A Move to end of line Ctrl E Kill (cut) to end of line Ctrl K Kill region (cut) Ctrl W Copy region to kill ring Alt W Yank (paste) last kill Ctrl Y Select another buffer Ctrl X › B Exit Emacs permanently Ctrl X › Ctrl C Editorial GNU Emacs is a highly extensible text editor and computing environment that users tailor with Lisp for coding, writing, and beyond. Famous for its keyboard-driven design, its shortcuts and chords let you navigate, edit, and run commands almost entirely from the keys.
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All GNU Emacs keyboard shortcuts (Windows)
13 Action Shortcut Move to beginning of line Ctrl A Move to end of line Ctrl E Move forward one character Ctrl F Move backward one character Ctrl B Next line Ctrl N Previous line Ctrl P Go to buffer beginning Alt Shift , Go to buffer end Alt Shift . Move forward one word Alt F Move backward one word Alt B Scroll to next screen Ctrl V Scroll to previous screen Alt V Go to line Alt G then Alt G
7 Action Shortcut Kill (cut) to end of line Ctrl K Kill region (cut) Ctrl W Copy region to kill ring Alt W Yank (paste) last kill Ctrl Y Delete character forward Ctrl D Kill word forward Alt D Replace last yank with previous kill Alt Y
6 Action Shortcut Find (open) file Ctrl X then Ctrl F Save file Ctrl X then Ctrl S Save all files Ctrl X then S Write buffer to a file Ctrl X then Ctrl W Insert file into buffer Ctrl X then I Toggle read-only status of buffer Ctrl X then Ctrl Q
5 Action Shortcut Delete all other windows Ctrl X then 1 Switch cursor to another window Ctrl X then O Split window above and below Ctrl X then 2 Split window side by side Ctrl X then 3 Delete this window Ctrl X then 0
5 Action Shortcut Execute extended command (M-x) Alt X Indent line (mode-dependent) Tab Insert newline after point Ctrl O Transpose characters Ctrl T Fill (reflow) paragraph Alt Q
4 Action Shortcut Incremental search forward Ctrl S Incremental search backward Ctrl R Query replace Alt Shift 5 Regular expression search Ctrl Alt S
4 Action Shortcut Run tutorial Ctrl H then T Apropos: commands matching a string Ctrl H then A Describe the function a key runs Ctrl H then K Describe a function Ctrl H then F
3 Action Shortcut Abort current command Ctrl G Undo an unwanted change Ctrl X then U Redraw garbaged screen Ctrl L
3 Action Shortcut Set mark here Ctrl Space Mark entire buffer Ctrl X then H Exchange point and mark Ctrl X then Ctrl X
3 Action Shortcut Select another buffer Ctrl X then B List all buffers Ctrl X then Ctrl B Kill a buffer Ctrl X then K
2 Action Shortcut Exit Emacs permanently Ctrl X then Ctrl C Suspend / iconify Emacs Ctrl Z
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