Optimize your workflow and hand movements with shortcuts.
What you'll need
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Hotkeys are available on every ClickUp plan.
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Guests can use hotkeys and keyboard shortcuts.
Enable hotkeys
Hotkeys are disabled by default. To use hotkeys they must be enabled in your settings.
To enable hotkeys:
- In the upper-right corner, click your personal avatar and select Settings.
- Scroll down to the Preferences section.
- Enable Hotkeys.
- Click Save changes.
See all hotkeys and keyboard shortcuts
You can access all hotkeys and shortcuts from the toolbar:
- In the upper-right corner, click your personal avatar.
- Select Keyboard shortcuts.
- See all hotkeys and shortcuts organized by type.
Available hotkeys and keyboard shortcuts
Different shortcuts work in different places throughout your Workspace.
From Docs, Whiteboard, or Dashboards make sure your cursor is outside of any text fields when pressing a hotkey.
Use these shortcuts almost anywhere in your Workspace.
| Action |
Hotkey/Shortcut Mac |
Hotkey/Shortcut Windows |
| Close a task or window | Esc | Esc |
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Open Search/Command Center Open the Command Center modal to search for items in ClickUp. |
s Cmd + K |
s Ctrl + K |
| Home | h | h |
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Notifications Load new notifications. |
Space | Space |
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Notepad Open Notepad. |
p | p |
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Reminder Create a reminder. |
r | r |
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Sidebar Show or hide Sidebar. |
q | q |
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Task Create a task. |
t | t |
Use these shortcuts from comments, Docs, Whiteboards, columns, Chat, text block Dashboard cards, and Notepad.
| Action |
Hotkey/Shortcut Mac |
Hotkey/Shortcut Windows |
| @mention a person | @ | @ |
| @mention a task | @@ | @@ |
| @mention a Doc | @@@ | @@@ |
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Arrow Insert an arrow ➝ into text. |
-> | -> |
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Code block Select all characters in a code block. |
Cmd + A | Ctrl + A |
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Comment Edit your most recent comment. |
Up arrow | Up arrow |
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Emoji Type : and the name of the emoji to open the emoji menu. For example, start typing :sun and select from the list: 🌻 🌞. |
:nameOfEmoji |
:nameOfEmoji |
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Hyperlink Hyperlink while highlighting text. |
Cmd + K | Ctrl + K |
Use these shortcuts from tasks and subtasks.
| Action |
Hotkey/Shortcut Mac and Windows |
| Assign a task to yourself | While hovering over the task in List/Board view, press m. |
| Bulk create subtasks | Paste a list of text into an empty subtask. Each line becomes a new, separate subtask. |
| Add or remove from Tray | Shift + T |
| Navigate to next task | From the task, press Ctrl + Shift + Left or Right arrow. |
Use these shortcuts from views.
| Action | Hotkey |
| Dashboard view | d |
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Filters Clear filters from your current view. |
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Board view Navigate to Board view. |
b |
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Team view Navigate to Team view. |
x |
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Calendar view Navigate to Calendar view. |
c |
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List view Navigate to List view. |
l |
Use these shortcuts from Docs.
| Action |
Shortcut Mac |
Shortcut Windows |
| Create a comment from your selected text. | Cmd + Shift + M | Ctrl + Shift + M |
| Create a task from your selected text. | Cmd + Option + T | Ctrl + Alt + T |
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Highlight a selected text block. |
Cmd + Shift + H | Ctrl + Shift + H |
| Duplicate a text block. | Cmd + D | Ctrl + D |
| Align text to the right or left | Cmd + Shift + R | Ctrl + Shift + R |
| Align text to the center | Cmd + Shift + E | Ctrl + Shift + E |
| Use inline code | Cmd + Shift + C | Ctrl + Shift + C |
| Create a bulleted list | Cmd + Shift + 9 | Ctrl + Shift + 9 |
| Create a checklist | Cmd + Shift + 8 | Ctrl + Shift + 8 |
| Create a numbered list | Cmd + Shift + 7 | Ctrl + Shift + 7 |
| Move one or multiple content blocks | Option + Up or Down arrow | Alt + Up or Down arrow |
Desktop app shortcuts
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Create New Task: Press
Cmd + Eon Mac orCtrl + Eon Windows to quickly create a new task from any app. -
Open Command Center: Press
Cmd + Jon Mac orCtrl + Jon Windows to open the desktop Command Center from any app.
Customize the default Desktop app shortcuts
To change either of the default shortcuts:
- Click the current shortcut.
- Press a new key combination.
- Select the checkmark icon to save the shortcut or the x icon to cancel.
You can use Command Center keyboard shortcuts to search items in your Workspace.