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⤢ OBSIDIAN KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 41 ESSENTIAL 1 Ctrl First Tab o… 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ctrl Last Tab o… 0 Q W E Ctrl Toggle Edi… R T Ctrl Open a Ne… Y U I Ctrl Shift Open Dev… O Ctrl Open Quic… P Ctrl Open Com… A Ctrl Select All S D F Ctrl Shift Open Sear… G H J K Ctrl Shift Delete Cur… L Z Ctrl Undo X Ctrl Cut C Ctrl Copy V Ctrl Paste B Ctrl Bold Text N Ctrl Create Ne… M MORE SHORTCUTS Open Selected… Enter Redo Ctrl Shift Z Open Link in a N… Ctrl LMB Open Selected… Ctrl Enter Paste Without F… Ctrl Shift V Insert New Line Enter Insert Line Break… Shift Enter Indent List Item Tab Move to the Begi… Home Move to the End… End Next Tab Ctrl Tab Previous Tab Ctrl Shift Tab Reopen Recentl… Ctrl Shift T Add New Proper… Ctrl ; Rename Note F2 Merge Source N… Enter Create Note with… Shift Enter Copy Paragraph Ctrl C Cut Paragraph Ctrl X Delete Previous… Bksp Delete Next Cha… Del Delete Previous… Ctrl Bksp Delete Next Word Ctrl Del Add an Addition… Alt LMB Unindent List Ite… Shift Tab shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH OBSIDIAN · WINDOWS OBSIDIAN KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 41 ESSENTIAL 1 Ctrl First Tab o… 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ctrl Last Tab o… 0 A Ctrl Select All Z Ctrl Undo E Ctrl Toggle Edi… R T Ctrl Open a Ne… Y U I Ctrl Shift Open Dev… O Ctrl Open Quic… P Ctrl Open Com… Q S D F Ctrl Shift Open Sear… G H J K Ctrl Shift Delete Cur… L M W X Ctrl Cut C Ctrl Copy V Ctrl Paste B Ctrl Bold Text N Ctrl Create Ne… MORE SHORTCUTS Open Selected… Enter Redo Ctrl Shift Z Open Link in a N… Ctrl LMB Open Selected… Ctrl Enter Paste Without F… Ctrl Shift V Insert New Line Enter Insert Line Break… Shift Enter Indent List Item Tab Move to the Begi… Home Move to the End… End Next Tab Ctrl Tab Previous Tab Ctrl Shift Tab Reopen Recentl… Ctrl Shift T Add New Proper… Ctrl ; Rename Note F2 Merge Source N… Enter Create Note with… Shift Enter Copy Paragraph Ctrl C Cut Paragraph Ctrl X Delete Previous… Bksp Delete Next Cha… Del Delete Previous… Ctrl Bksp Delete Next Word Ctrl Del Add an Addition… Alt LMB Unindent List Ite… Shift Tab shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH OBSIDIAN · WINDOWS ⤢ NOTES Create New Note Ctrl N Rename Note F2 Merge Source Note at End of Dest… Enter Merge Source Note at Start of Des… Shift Enter Create New Note from Merge Sou… Ctrl Enter EDITING Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Undo Ctrl Z Cut Ctrl X Redo Ctrl Shift Z Paste Without Formatting Ctrl Shift V Insert New Line Enter Delete Current Line Ctrl Shift K Copy Paragraph Ctrl C Cut Paragraph (Nothing Selected) Ctrl X Delete Previous Character Bksp Delete Next Character Del Delete Previous Word Ctrl Bksp Delete Next Word Ctrl Del Add an Additional Cursor Alt LMB Add Cursors on Consecutive Lines Shift Alt LMB Remove Additional Cursors Esc LINKS Open Link in a New Tab Ctrl LMB Open Link in a New Tab Group Ctrl Alt LMB Open Link in a New Window Ctrl Alt Shift LMB BASES Copy the Selected Cells Ctrl C Paste the Selected Cells Ctrl V Focus the Current Cell Enter Go to the Next Cell Tab Go to the Previous Cell Shift Tab GENERAL Open Command Palette Ctrl P Toggle Editing and Reading View Ctrl E Exit Slash Command Search Esc Open Developer Console Ctrl Shift I SEARCH Open Search Ctrl Shift F FORMATTING Bold Text Ctrl B Insert Line Break Within a Paragra… Shift Enter Indent List Item Tab Unindent List Item Shift Tab TABS Open a New Tab Ctrl T Next Tab Ctrl Tab Previous Tab Ctrl Shift Tab Reopen Recently Closed Tab Ctrl Shift T First Tab on the Left Ctrl 1 Last Tab on the Right Ctrl 9 PROPERTIES Add New Property Ctrl ; Focus Next Property Tab Focus Previous Property Shift Tab Jump to Editor from Properties Alt DOWN NAVIGATION Open Quick Switcher Ctrl O Open Selected Note Enter Open Selected Note in New Tab Ctrl Enter Move to the Beginning of the Curr… Home Move to the End of the Current Line End Create Note with the Exact Name… Shift Enter Move the Cursor One Character L… LEFT Move the Cursor One Character R… RIGHT Move the Cursor to the Previous L… UP Move the Cursor to the Next Line DOWN Move to the Beginning of the Prev… Ctrl LEFT Move to the End of the Next Word Ctrl RIGHT Move to the Beginning of the Note Ctrl Home Move to the End of the Note Ctrl End Move the Cursor Up One Page PgUp Move the Cursor Down One Page PgDn SELECTION Select All Ctrl A Simplify Selection Esc Extend Selection One Character L… Shift LEFT Extend Selection One Character R… Shift RIGHT Extend Selection to the Beginning… Ctrl Shift LEFT Extend Selection to the End of the… Ctrl Shift RIGHT Extend Selection to the Beginning… Shift Home Extend Selection to the End of the… Shift End Extend Selection to the Beginning… Ctrl Shift Home Extend Selection to the End of the… Ctrl Shift End Extend Selection One Page Up Shift PgUp Extend Selection One Page Down Shift PgDn CANVAS Select All Cards in the Canvas Ctrl A Delete Selected Cards Bksp Zoom to Fit Shift 1 Obsidian KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 80 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH OBSIDIAN · WINDOWS ⤢ SEARCH 01 Open Search Ctrl Shift F EDITING 17 Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Undo Ctrl Z Cut Ctrl X Redo Ctrl Shift Z Paste Without Format… Ctrl Shift V Insert New Line Enter Delete Current Line Ctrl Shift K Copy Paragraph Ctrl C Cut Paragraph Ctrl X Delete Previous Char… Bksp Delete Next Character Del Delete Previous Word Ctrl Bksp Delete Next Word Ctrl Del Add an Additional Cu… Alt LMB Add Cursors on Conse… Shift Alt LMB Remove Additional Cu… Esc BASES 05 Copy the Selected Ce… Ctrl C Paste the Selected C… Ctrl V Focus the Current Ce… Enter Go to the Next Cell Tab Go to the Previous C… Shift Tab NAVIGATION 16 Open Quick Switcher Ctrl O Open Selected Note Enter Open Selected Note i… Ctrl Enter Move to the Beginnin… Home Move to the End of t… End Create Note with the… Shift Enter Move the Cursor One… LEFT Move the Cursor One… RIGHT Move the Cursor to t… UP Move the Cursor to t… DOWN Move to the Beginnin… Ctrl LEFT Move to the End of t… Ctrl RIGHT Move to the Beginnin… Ctrl Home Move to the End of t… Ctrl End Move the Cursor Up O… PgUp Move the Cursor Down… PgDn LINKS 03 Open Link in a New T… Ctrl LMB Open Link in a New T… Ctrl Alt LMB Open Link in a New… Ctrl Alt Shift LMB NOTES 05 Create New Note Ctrl N Rename Note F2 Merge Source Note at… Enter Merge Source Note at… Shift Enter Create New Note from… Ctrl Enter SELECTION 12 Select All Ctrl A Simplify Selection Esc Extend Selection One… Shift LEFT Extend Selection One… Shift RIGHT Extend Selection to… Ctrl Shift LEFT Extend Selection to… Ctrl Shift RIGHT Extend Selection to… Shift Home Extend Selection to… Shift End Extend Selection to… Ctrl Shift Home Extend Selection to… Ctrl Shift End Extend Selection One… Shift PgUp Extend Selection One… Shift PgDn CANVAS 03 Select All Cards in… Ctrl A Delete Selected Cards Bksp Zoom to Fit Shift 1 GENERAL 04 Open Command Palette Ctrl P Toggle Editing and R… Ctrl E Exit Slash Command S… Esc Open Developer Conso… Ctrl Shift I FORMATTING 04 Bold Text Ctrl B Insert Line Break Wi… Shift Enter Indent List Item Tab Unindent List Item Shift Tab TABS 06 Open a New Tab Ctrl T Next Tab Ctrl Tab Previous Tab Ctrl Shift Tab Reopen Recently Clos… Ctrl Shift T First Tab on the Left Ctrl 1 Last Tab on the Right Ctrl 9 PROPERTIES 04 Add New Property Ctrl ; Focus Next Property Tab Focus Previous Prope… Shift Tab Jump to Editor from… Alt DOWN Obsidian KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 80 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH OBSIDIAN · WINDOWS ⤢ OBSIDIAN · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Windows · 12 SETS · No.01 OBSIDIAN TOTAL 80 SHORTCUTS FOR WINDOWS · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS GENERAL 04 NOTES 05 NAVIGATION 16 SEARCH 01 EDITING 17 FORMATTING 04 SELECTION 12 TABS 06 LINKS 03 PROPERTIES 04 CANVAS 03 BASES 05 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Open Command Palette Ctrl P Toggle Editing and Reading View Ctrl E Exit Slash Command Search Esc Open Developer Console Ctrl Shift I Create New Note Ctrl N Rename Note F2 Merge Source Note at End of Destinati… Enter Merge Source Note at Start o… Shift Enter Create New Note from Merge… Ctrl Enter Open Quick Switcher Ctrl O Open Selected Note Enter Open Selected Note in New Tab Ctrl Enter Move to the Beginning of the Current Li… Home Move to the End of the Current Line End Create Note with the Exact N… Shift Enter Move the Cursor One Character Left LEFT Move the Cursor One Character Right RIGHT Move the Cursor to the Previous Line UP Move the Cursor to the Next Line DOWN Move to the Beginning of the Pr… Ctrl LEFT Move to the End of the Next W… Ctrl RIGHT Move to the Beginning of the No… Ctrl Home Move to the End of the Note Ctrl End Move the Cursor Up One Page PgUp Move the Cursor Down One Page PgDn Open Search Ctrl Shift F Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Undo Ctrl Z Cut Ctrl X Redo Ctrl Shift Z Paste Without Formatting Ctrl Shift V Insert New Line Enter Delete Current Line Ctrl Shift K Copy Paragraph (Nothing Selected) Ctrl C Cut Paragraph (Nothing Selected) Ctrl X Delete Previous Character Bksp Delete Next Character Del Delete Previous Word Ctrl Bksp Delete Next Word Ctrl Del Add an Additional Cursor Alt LMB Add Cursors on Consecuti… Shift Alt LMB Remove Additional Cursors Esc Bold Text Ctrl B Insert Line Break Within a Par… Shift Enter Indent List Item Tab Unindent List Item Shift Tab Select All Ctrl A Simplify Selection Esc Extend Selection One Charact… Shift LEFT Extend Selection One Charac… Shift RIGHT Extend Selection to the… Ctrl Shift LEFT Extend Selection to th… Ctrl Shift RIGHT Extend Selection to the Beginn… Shift Home Extend Selection to the End of t… Shift End Extend Selection to the… Ctrl Shift Home Extend Selection to the… Ctrl Shift End Extend Selection One Page Up Shift PgUp Extend Selection One Page Do… Shift PgDn Open a New Tab Ctrl T Next Tab Ctrl Tab Previous Tab Ctrl Shift Tab Reopen Recently Closed Tab Ctrl Shift T First Tab on the Left Ctrl 1 Last Tab on the Right Ctrl 9 Open Link in a New Tab Ctrl LMB Open Link in a New Tab Gro… Ctrl Alt LMB Open Link in a Ne… Ctrl Alt Shift LMB Add New Property Ctrl ; Focus Next Property Tab Focus Previous Property Shift Tab Jump to Editor from Properties Alt DOWN Select All Cards in the Canvas Ctrl A Delete Selected Cards Bksp Zoom to Fit Shift 1 Copy the Selected Cells Ctrl C Paste the Selected Cells Ctrl V Focus the Current Cell Enter Go to the Next Cell Tab Go to the Previous Cell Shift Tab OBSIDIAN KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 14 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Q W E Ctrl Toggle Edi… R T Ctrl Open a Ne… Y U I O Ctrl Open Quic… P Ctrl Open Com… A Ctrl Select All S D F Ctrl Shift Open Sear… G H J K L Z Ctrl Undo X Ctrl Cut C Ctrl Copy V Ctrl Paste B Ctrl Bold Text N Ctrl Create Ne… M MORE SHORTCUTS Open Selected Note Enter Redo Ctrl Shift Z shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH OBSIDIAN · WINDOWS Keyboard map GENERAL Open Command Palette Ctrl P Toggle Editing and Reading View Ctrl E SEARCH Open Search Ctrl Shift F EDITING Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Undo Ctrl Z Cut Ctrl X Redo Ctrl Shift Z TABS Open a New Tab Ctrl T NOTES Create New Note Ctrl N NAVIGATION Open Quick Switcher Ctrl O Open Selected Note Enter FORMATTING Bold Text Ctrl B SELECTION Select All Ctrl A Obsidian 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 OBSIDIAN · WINDOWS Isometric NOTES 01 Create New Note Ctrl N NAVIGATION 02 Open Quick Switcher Ctrl O Open Selected Note Enter FORMATTING 01 Bold Text Ctrl B SELECTION 01 Select All Ctrl A TABS 01 Open a New Tab Ctrl T GENERAL 02 Open Command Palette Ctrl P Toggle Editing and Reading View Ctrl E SEARCH 01 Open Search Ctrl Shift F EDITING 05 Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Undo Ctrl Z Cut Ctrl X Redo Ctrl Shift Z Obsidian 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 OBSIDIAN · WINDOWS Typewriter OBSIDIAN · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Windows · 8 SETS · No.01 OBSIDIAN TOTAL 14 SHORTCUTS FOR WINDOWS · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS GENERAL 02 NOTES 01 NAVIGATION 02 SEARCH 01 EDITING 05 FORMATTING 01 SELECTION 01 TABS 01 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Open Command Palette Ctrl P Toggle Editing and Reading View Ctrl E Create New Note Ctrl N Open Quick Switcher Ctrl O Open Selected Note Enter Open Search Ctrl Shift F Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Undo Ctrl Z Cut Ctrl X Redo Ctrl Shift Z Bold Text Ctrl B Select All Ctrl A Open a New Tab Ctrl T Editorial Obsidian is a local-first knowledge base and note-taking app that stores everything as plain Markdown files. Mastering its shortcuts for the command palette, quick switcher, and editor navigation lets you link ideas and traverse your vault without ever reaching for the mouse.
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17 Action Shortcut Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Undo Ctrl Z Cut Ctrl X Redo Ctrl Shift Z Paste Without Formatting Ctrl Shift V Insert New Line Enter Delete Current Line (Nothing Selected) Ctrl Shift K Copy Paragraph (Nothing Selected) Ctrl C Cut Paragraph (Nothing Selected) Ctrl X Delete Previous Character Bksp Delete Next Character Del Delete Previous Word Ctrl Bksp Delete Next Word Ctrl Del Add an Additional Cursor Alt Add Cursors on Consecutive Lines Shift Alt Remove Additional Cursors Esc
16 Action Shortcut Open Quick Switcher Ctrl O Open Selected Note Enter Open Selected Note in New Tab Ctrl Enter Move to the Beginning of the Current Line Home Move to the End of the Current Line End Create Note with the Exact Name Typed Shift Enter Move the Cursor One Character Left LEFT Move the Cursor One Character Right RIGHT Move the Cursor to the Previous Line UP Move the Cursor to the Next Line DOWN Move to the Beginning of the Previous Word Ctrl LEFT Move to the End of the Next Word Ctrl RIGHT Move to the Beginning of the Note Ctrl Home Move to the End of the Note Ctrl End Move the Cursor Up One Page PgUp Move the Cursor Down One Page PgDn
13 Action Shortcut Copy the Selected Cells Ctrl C Paste the Selected Cells Ctrl V Focus the Current Cell Enter Go to the Next Cell Tab Go to the Previous Cell Shift Tab Select All Cells in the Current Group Ctrl A Select All Cells in a Given Direction Ctrl Shift Arrows Select the Column Ctrl Space Select the Row Shift Space Go to the First Column Home Go to the Last Column End Clear the Current Cell Selection Esc Clear the Current Cells Bksp
12 Action Shortcut Select All Ctrl A Simplify Selection Esc Extend Selection One Character Left Shift LEFT Extend Selection One Character Right Shift RIGHT Extend Selection to the Beginning of the Previous Word Ctrl Shift LEFT Extend Selection to the End of the Next Word Ctrl Shift RIGHT Extend Selection to the Beginning of the Current Line Shift Home Extend Selection to the End of the Current Line Shift End Extend Selection to the Beginning of the Note Ctrl Shift Home Extend Selection to the End of the Note Ctrl Shift End Extend Selection One Page Up Shift PgUp Extend Selection One Page Down Shift PgDn
9 Action Shortcut Add New Property Ctrl ; Focus Next Property Tab Focus Previous Property Shift Tab Jump to Editor from Properties Alt DOWN Extend Property Selection Upwards Shift UP Extend Property Selection Downwards Shift DOWN Edit Property Name LEFT Edit Property Value RIGHT Focus Property Esc
6 Action Shortcut Open a New Tab Ctrl T Next Tab Ctrl Tab Previous Tab Ctrl Shift Tab Reopen Recently Closed Tab Ctrl Shift T First Tab on the Left Ctrl 1 Last Tab on the Right Ctrl 9
6 Action Shortcut Select All Cards in the Canvas Ctrl A Delete Selected Cards Bksp Zoom to Fit Shift 1 Stop Editing a Card Esc Zoom to Selection Shift 2 Zoom the Canvas Ctrl
5 Action Shortcut Create New Note Ctrl N Rename Note F2 Merge Source Note at End of Destination Enter Merge Source Note at Start of Destination Shift Enter Create New Note from Merge Source Ctrl Enter
4 Action Shortcut Bold Text Ctrl B Insert Line Break Within a Paragraph Shift Enter Indent List Item Tab Unindent List Item Shift Tab
4 Action Shortcut Open Command Palette Ctrl P Toggle Editing and Reading View Ctrl E Exit Slash Command Search Esc Open Developer Console Ctrl Shift I
3 Action Shortcut Open Link in a New Tab Ctrl Open Link in a New Tab Group Ctrl Alt Open Link in a New Window Ctrl Alt Shift
1 Action Shortcut Open Search Ctrl Shift F
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Frequently asked questions
Does the poster include every Obsidian shortcut? Obsidian has 96 keyboard shortcuts on Windows — the complete list is free to read on this page. The poster features the most essential ones, curated to stay readable on a wall.
Can I print it at home? Yes. The digital download is a high-resolution 300 DPI file you can print at home or at any print shop, in standard frame sizes.
Does it cover both Mac and Windows? We sell a separate edition per platform so every key matches your keyboard exactly. This page is the Windows edition.
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