| Shortcut Key | Definition | Action | 
|---|---|---|
| c | Compose | Allows you to compose a new message.  | 
| / | Search | Puts your cursor in the search box. | 
| k | Move to newer conversation | Opens or moves your cursor to a more recent conversation. You can hit  | 
| j | Move to older conversation | Opens or moves your cursor to the next oldest conversation. You can hit  | 
| n | Next message | Moves your cursor to the next message. You can hit  | 
| p | Previous message | Moves your cursor to the previous message. You can hit  | 
| o or  | Open | Opens your conversation. Also expands or collapses a message if you are in 'Conversation View.' | 
| u | Return to conversation list | Refreshes your page and returns you to the inbox, or list of conversations. | 
| e | Archive | Archive your conversation from any view. | 
| m | Mute | Archives the conversation, and all future messages skip the Inbox unless sent or cc'd directly to you. Learn more. | 
| x | Select conversation | Automatically checks and selects a conversation so that you can archive, apply a label, or choose an action from the drop-down menu to apply to that conversation. | 
| s | Star a message or conversation | Adds or removes a star to a message or conversation. Stars allow you to give a message or conversation a special status. | 
| + | Mark as important | Helps Gmail learn what's important to you by marking misclassified messages. (Specific to Priority Inbox) | 
| - | Mark as unimportant | Helps Gmail learn what's not important to you by marking misclassified messages. (Specific to Priority Inbox) | 
| ! | Report spam | Marks a message as spam and removes it from your conversation list. | 
| r | Reply | Replies to the message sender.  | 
| a | Reply all | Replies to all message recipients.  | 
| f | Forward | Forwards a message.  | 
| Escape from input field | Removes the cursor from your current input field. | |
| Save draft | Saves the current text as a draft when composing a message. Hold the   | |
#  | Delete | Moves the conversation to Trash.  | 
l  | Label | Opens the Labels menu to label a conversation.  | 
v  | Move to | Moves the conversation from the inbox to a different label, Spam or Trash.  | 
| Mark as read | Marks your message as 'read' and skip to the next message. | |
| Mark as unread | Marks your message as 'unread' so you can go back to it later. | |
| [ | Archive and previous | Archives your conversation and moves to the previous one. | 
| ] | Archive and next | Archives your conversation and moves to the next one. | 
| z | Undo | Undoes your previous action, if possible (works for actions with an 'undo' link). | 
| Update current conversation | Updates your current conversation when there are new messages. | |
| q | Move cursor to chat search | Moves your cursor directly to the chat search box. | 
| y | Remove from Current View* | Automatically removes the message or conversation from your current view.
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| . | Show more actions | Displays the 'More Actions' drop-down menu. | 
| Opens options in Chat | 
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| ? | Show keyboard shortcuts help | Displays the keyboard shortcuts help menu within any page you're on. | 
| k | Move up a contact  | Moves your cursor up in your contact list  | 
| j | Move down a contact  | Moves your cursor down in your contact list  | 
| o or  | Open  | Opens the contact with the cursor next to it.  | 
u  | Return to contact list view  | Refreshes your page and returns you to the contact list.  | 
e  | Remove from Current Group  | Removes selected contacts from the group currently being displayed.  | 
x  | Select contact  | Checks and selects a contact so that you can change group membership or choose an action from the drop-down menu to apply to the contact.  | 
Escape from input field  | Removes the cursor from the current input  | |
#  | Delete  | Deletes a contact permanently  | 
l  | Group membership  | Opens the groups button to group contacts  | 
z  | Undo  | Reverses your previous action, if possible (works for actions with an 'undo' link)  | 
.  | Show more actions  | Opens the "More actions" drop-down menu.  | 
Combo-keys - Use the following combinations of keys to navigate through Gmail.
| Shortcut Key | Definition | Action | 
|---|---|---|
| Send message | After composing your message, use this combination to send it automatically. (Supported in Internet Explorer and Firefox, on Windows.) | |
| y then o | Archive and next | Archives your conversation and moves to the next one. | 
| g then a | Go to 'All Mail' | Takes you to 'All Mail,' the storage site for all mail you've ever sent or received (and have not deleted). | 
| g then s | Go to 'Starred' | Takes you to all conversations you have starred. | 
| g then c | Go to 'Contacts' | Takes you to your Contacts list. | 
| g then d | Go to 'Drafts' | Takes you to all drafts you have saved. | 
| g then l | Go to 'Label' | Takes you to the search box with the "label:" operator filled in for you. | 
| g then i | Go to 'Inbox' | Returns you to the inbox. | 
| g then t | Go to 'Sent Mail' | Takes you to all mail you've sent. | 
| * then a | Select all | Selects all mail. | 
| * then n | Select none | Deselects all mail. | 
| * then r | Select read | Selects all mail you've read. | 
| * then u | Select unread | Selects all unread mail. | 
| * then s | Select starred | Selects all starred mail. | 
| * then t | Select unstarred | Selects all unstarred mail. | 






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