Keyboard shortcuts
Most of Gmail's shortcuts work as you'd expect. Press ⌘K for the command palette, which lists every action and its shortcut.
Anywhere
| Action | Keys |
| Command palette | ⌘ K |
| Settings | ⌘ , |
| Compose | C |
| Search | / |
| Refresh | ⇧ R |
Thread list
| Action | Keys |
| Next thread | J or ↓ |
| Previous thread | K or ↑ |
| Select thread (for bulk actions) | X |
| Clear selection | Esc |
The open thread
These act on the open thread, or on every selected thread for archive and trash.
| Action | Keys |
| Archive | E |
| Move to Inbox | I |
| Move to Trash | # |
| Mark read / unread | U |
| Star / unstar | S |
| Reply | R |
| Reply all | A |
| Forward | F |
Writing
| Action | Keys |
| Draft or rewrite with AI | ⌘ J |
| Send | ⌘ ↵ |
| Close | Esc |