macOS Spotlight keyboard shortcuts
Spotlight shortcuts open the search panel, move through results, narrow the result type, and send a selected item to its owning app or Finder.
macOS · 14 shortcutsSearch and results
Open Spotlight, inspect the selected result, and move through matching items.
| Action | macOS |
|---|---|
| Open or close Spotlight | CmdSpace |
| Open Quick Look for the selected result | Space |
| Move to the next result | Down |
| Move to the previous result | Up |
| Show the selected result's path | Cmd |
| Open the selected result | Return |
| Show the result in its app or Finder | CmdR |
| Open a Finder search window | OptionCmdSpace |
Categories and filters
Narrow Spotlight results by category or return to a previous search filter.
| Action | macOS |
|---|---|
| Show application results | Cmd1 |
| Show file results | Cmd2 |
| Show action results | Cmd3 |
| Show clipboard results | Cmd4 |
| Filter results | / |
| Go back in search history | Up |