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

ActionKeys
Command palette⌘ K
Settings⌘ ,
ComposeC
Search/
Refresh⇧ R

Thread list

ActionKeys
Next threadJ or ↓
Previous threadK or ↑
Select thread (for bulk actions)X
Clear selectionEsc

The open thread

These act on the open thread, or on every selected thread for archive and trash.

ActionKeys
ArchiveE
Move to InboxI
Move to Trash#
Mark read / unreadU
Star / unstarS
ReplyR
Reply allA
ForwardF

Writing

ActionKeys
Draft or rewrite with AI⌘ J
Send⌘ ↵
CloseEsc