Keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet generator for your daily tools

Build one printable page from the shortcuts you actually use. Choose your apps, keep the platform you work on, and trim the groups until the sheet fits the work in front of you.

The preview is the thing you will print. Each app keeps its name and each group keeps its task heading, so a key such as Ctrl+P still makes sense when several apps share the same paper.

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Windows 11
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1 apps, 45 shortcuts

Windows 11 keyboard shortcuts

Windows 11 · Windows

ActionWindows
Window management
Snap the window to the left halfWin Left
Snap the window to the right halfWin Right
Maximize the active windowWin Up
Minimize the active windowWin Down
Open snap layoutsWin Z
Snap the window to the top halfWin Alt Up
Move the window to the monitor on the leftWin Shift Left
Switch between open windowsAlt Tab
Close the active window or appAlt F4
Display and hide the desktopWin D
Switch through open windows in reverseAlt Shift Tab
Cycle through windows in the order they openedAlt Esc
Open the active window menuAlt Space
Minimize every window except the active oneWin Home
Stretch the active window verticallyWin Shift Up
Move the window to the monitor on the rightWin Shift Right
Virtual desktops
Open Task viewWin Tab
Create another desktopWin Ctrl D
Switch to the virtual desktop on the rightWin Ctrl Right
Switch to the virtual desktop on the leftWin Ctrl Left
Close the desktop you are usingWin Ctrl F4
Screenshots and recording
Capture a region of the screen to the clipboardWin Shift S
Save a full screen screenshot to the Screenshots folderWin PrtScn
Capture the active window to the clipboardAlt PrtScn
Record a video of a selected screen regionWin Shift R
Text editing
Undo the previous actionCtrl Z
Redo the previous actionCtrl Y
Cut the selectionCtrl X
Copy the selectionCtrl C
Paste from the clipboardCtrl V
Select all contentCtrl A
Paste as plain textCtrl Shift V
Delete words to the left of the cursorCtrl Backspace
Find textCtrl F
System and tools
Open File ExplorerWin E
Open SettingsWin I
Open the Run dialogWin R
Open SearchWin S
Open the Quick Link menuWin X
Open the notification centerWin A
Start dictationWin H
Open the Connect quick actionWin K
Lock the computerWin L
Open the clipboard historyWin V
Open Task ManagerCtrl Shift Esc

Build a sheet for the work you actually do

A useful cheat sheet is smaller than the reference it came from. Pick the apps that share your desk, keep the platform you are using, and remove groups that belong to a job you do not do. A focused page has a chance of staying beside the keyboard instead of becoming another document you never open.

If you move between a terminal, an editor, and a browser, make one sheet for that loop. If you are learning one app, select only its groups and give yourself a page you can glance at without hunting through unrelated commands.

Choose the platform before you print

Windows, macOS, and Linux often share the action but change the modifier. Keep all platforms when the sheet is for a shared desk or a team. Choose one platform when you want a quieter page and know which keyboard will be in front of you.

Some applications also use terminal settings, editor modes, or custom keymaps. The sheet keeps the documented default rows from this reference. It does not rewrite them for a personal binding file.

Read the paper as a task list

Each app keeps its own name and each group keeps its task heading. That matters when several apps share keys such as Ctrl+P or Cmd+K. The action beside the keys tells you which app context gives the combination its meaning.

The live preview is the document that prints. If you remove an app, platform, or group, the count and the paper change with it. Groups that have no shortcut for the selected platform disappear from the sheet rather than leaving an empty heading behind.

What this sheet does not promise

This generator does not discover shortcuts from your installed apps, inspect custom bindings, or turn undocumented actions into guesses. It prints the rows in the stack127 keyboard reference for the choices you made. For a full app page, including notes about modes and sequences, use the keyboard shortcuts directory.

Keep the first version deliberately short

Start with the keys that remove a repeated interruption today. When those become ordinary, make a second sheet or add another group. The point is to put the next useful action near your hand, not to turn every documented shortcut into homework.

Your selections stay in this browser while you build the sheet. Printing uses the browser's own print dialog, so the final paper follows the page you can see here.