General Gmail Hotkeys:
Make sure you've turned on the keyboard shortcuts.
| Short Key |
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| C | Compose a new message. |
| Shift + C | Compose a new message in new window. |
| D | Compose a new message in new tab. |
| E | Archive Selected mails. |
| F | Forward. |
| Shift + F | Forward in new window. |
| / | Puts the cursor in the search box. |
| K | Move to newer conversation. |
| J | Move to older conversation. |
| M | Mute conversation. |
| O or Enter | Open your conversation. |
| X | Select message. |
| S | Adds or removes a star. |
| ! | Report Spam. |
| R | Replies to the message sender. |
| Shift + R | Reply in new window. |
| A | Reply all. |
| Shift + A | Reply all in new window. |
| Ctrl + S | Saves the current text as draft when composing a message. |
| # | Moves the conversation to trash. |
| L | Opens the labels menu to label a conversation. |
| V | Moves the conversation from the inbox to a different label. |
| Shift + I | Mark as read. |
| Shift + U | Mark as unread. |
| Z | Undo your previous action. |
| Q | Move the cursor to the chat search. |
| . | Displays the more actions drop-down menu. |
| ? | Displays the keyboard shortcuts. |
| Ctrl + Enter | Send automatically after composing your message. |
| G then A | Goto all mail. |
| G then S | Goto Starred mails. |
| G then C | Goto contacts. |
| G then D | Goto drafts. |
| G then I | Goto Inbox. |
| G then T | Goto Sent mail. |
| * then A | Selects all mail. |
| * then N | Deselects all mail. |
| * then R | Selects all mail you've read. |
| * then U | Selects all unread mail. |
| * then S | Selects all starred mails. |
| * then T | Selects all unstarred mails. |