Shortcuts are available all over your Workspace. Use shortcuts and Command Center to do just about anything without lifting a finger!
You can press Shift + ? in your Workspace to bring up the list of hotkeys and shortcuts.
What you'll need
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Hotkeys are available on every ClickUp Plan.
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Guests can use Hotkeys.
Enable hotkeys
Hotkeys are disabled by default. To use hotkeys they must be enabled in your preferences.
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Click your profile avatar.
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Select My Settings.
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Scroll down to the Preferences section.
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Click Hotkeys on.
- Click Save changes.
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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Command Center Open the Command Center modal to search for items in ClickUp. |
s Cmd + K |
s Ctrl + K |
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Billing Open your Billing page. |
Cmd + B | Ctrl + B |
| 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, Whiteboard, Columns, Chat view, text block Dashboard cards, and Notepad.
Widgets were renamed to cards on March 9th, 2023.
| 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 Open the emoji menu. |
: | : |
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Hyperlink Open a hyperlink in a new tab. |
Left click + Cmd | Left click + Ctrl |
Use these shortcuts from tasks and subtasks.
| Action |
Hotkey/Shortcut Mac and Windows |
| Assign a task to yourself | From the task or 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. |
| Copy URL, new task | Save the task and press 3. |
| Move to tray, new task | Save the task and press 2. |
| Open, new task | Save the task and press 1. |
| 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. |
minus -
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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 + Shift + T |
| Highlight a text block. | Cmd + Shift + H | Ctrl + Shift + H |
| Duplicate a text block. | Cmd + D | Ctrl + D |
Desktop app shortcuts
Desktop app shortcuts are separate from other hotkeys and can only be enabled or disabled from the ClickUp desktop app settings.
To enable or disable these shortcuts:
- In the desktop app, click your avatar in the lower-left corner.
- Click Settings.
- In the left Sidebar, scroll down and click Desktop App.
- Enable or disable each shortcut using the toggles to the right.
Quick create tasks
You can quick create new tasks in the ClickUp desktop app. On Mac, the shortcut is CMD + E and on Windows, the shortcut is Ctrl + E.
Open Command Center
Open the Command Center modal from anywhere on your computer to search for items in ClickUp. On Mac, the shortcut is CMD + J and on Windows, the shortcut is Ctrl + J.
You can use this shortcut from anywhere on your computer if the ClickUp desktop app is running.
There are several Command Center-specific keyboard shortcuts you can use to search items in your Workspace.
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