Internet Explorer shortcut keys

Updated: 10/30/2017 by Anand Aithani

Below is a listing of all the major shortcut keys in Microsoft Internet Explorer. See the computer shortcut page if you are looking for other shortcut keys used in other programs.

Shortcut Keys	Description
Alt	Displays the File/Edit/View menu bar at the top.
Alt+Left Arrow	Back a page.
Backspace	Back a page.
Alt+Right Arrow	Forward a page.
F5	Refresh current page, frame, or tab.
F11	Display the current website in fullscreen mode. Pressing F11 again will exit this mode.
Esc	Stop page or download from loading.
Ctrl+(- or +)	Increase or decrease the font size, pressing '-' will decrease and '+' will increase.
Ctrl+Enter	Quickly complete an address.
Ctrl+D	Add a Favorite for the page currently opened.
Ctrl+I	Display available bookmarks.
Ctrl+N	Open New browser window.
Ctrl+P	Print current page or frame.
Ctrl+T	Opens a new tab.
Ctrl+F4	Closes the currently selected tab.
Ctrl+Tab	Moves through each of the open tabs.
Spacebar	Moves down a page at a time.
Shift+Spacebar	Moves up a page at a time.
Alt+Down arrow	Display all previous text entered in a text box or available options on drop-down menu.
Alt+D	Highlights the text in the address bar