This post contains a full list of all Internet Explorer shortcut keys you should know to increase your speed and accuracy while making use of it.
We all know Internet Explorer as the default web browser that comes with every Windows computer.
After the arrival of the Windows 10 Operating System, Microsoft included “Microsoft Edge” another web browser that comes together with Internet Explorer.
For some years now, other popular browsers like Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox have been gaining strong ground – having more users.
This may be the reason why Microsoft Edge was introduced. It has so many features but is yet to be outstanding.
Back in the years, Internet Explorer was at its peak as the most used. They are not so flexible made people keep a distance from them.
Everyone loves to browse the internet via a flexible browser that is user-friendly, and that enables them to perform several tasks.
Nevertheless, Internet Explorer still has some dedicated users that love the browser with full passion.
Though they are just a very few percent of the world’s internet users, these people deserve to know the major shortcuts that are available to them.
Internet Explorer Shortcut Keys
| Keys | Functions |
| Alt + Home | Go to your homepage |
| Alt + Left Arrow | Go back to the previous page |
| Alt + Right Arrow | Go forward to the next page |
| Alt + Down arrow | Display all the previous text entered in a text box and/or available options on the drop-down menu. |
| F5 | Refresh current page, frame, or tab |
| Ctrl + F5 | Refresh the page, bypassing the cache |
| F11 | Display the current website in full-screen mode. Pressing F11 again will exit this mode |
| F12 |
Open Developer Tools |
| Esc | Stoppage or download from loading. |
| Ctrl + (- or +) | Increase or decrease the size of the font, pressing ‘-‘ will decrease, and ‘+’ will increase. |
| Ctrl + Enter | Quickly complete an address. For example, type google in the address bar and press CTRL + ENTER to get .http://www.google.com. |
| Ctrl + L or Alt + D |
Go to the address bar |
| Ctrl + B |
Organize favorites |
| Ctrl + D | Add a Favorite for the page that is opened |
| Ctrl + E |
Open a search query in the address bar |
| Ctrl + F | To open the find box |
| Ctrl + H |
Open history in the sidebar |
| Ctrl + I | Display available bookmarks |
| Ctrl + J |
Open downloads |
| Ctrl + N | Open the New browser window. |
| Ctrl + P | Print the current page/frame. |
| Ctrl + T | Open a new tab |
| Ctrl + U |
View page source |
| Ctrl + F4 | Closes the selected tab. |
| Ctrl + Tab | Moves through the tabs that are open. |
| Ctrl + Shift + Tab |
Switch to the previous tab |
| Ctrl + Shift + P |
Open a new private browsing window |
| Page Up | Scroll up a page |
| Page Down | Scroll down a page |
| Spacebar | Moves to the down of a page at a time. |
| Shift + Spacebar | Moves to the top of a page. |
| Home |
Go to the top of the page |
| End | Go to the bottom of the page |
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