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 account 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 |
Command Center Open the Command Center modal to search for items in ClickUp. |
s Cmd + K |
s Ctrl + K |
Billing Open your Billing page. |
Cmd + B | Ctrl + B |
Home | h | h |
Notifications Load new notifications. |
Space | Space |
Notepad Open Notepad. |
p | p |
Reminder Create a reminder. |
r | r |
Sidebar Show or hide Sidebar. |
q | q |
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 | @@@ | @@@ |
Arrow Insert an arrow ➝ into text. |
-> | -> |
Code block Select all characters in a code block. |
Cmd + A | Ctrl + A |
Comment Edit your most recent comment. |
Up arrow | Up arrow |
Emoji Open the emoji menu. |
: | : |
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 |
Filters Clear filters from your current view. |
minus - |
Board view Navigate to Board view. |
b |
Team view Navigate to Team view. |
x |
Calendar view Navigate to Calendar view. |
c |
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 |
Highlight a text block. | Cmd + Shift + H | Ctrl + Shift + H |
Duplicate a text block. | Cmd + D | Ctrl + D |
Align text to the left | Cmd + Shift + L | Ctrl + Shift + L |
Align text to the right | Cmd + Shift + R | Ctrl + Shift + R |
Align text to the center | Cmd + Shift + M | Ctrl + Shift + M |
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 |
Create a heading | Cmd + Shift + 1-4 | Ctrl + Shift + 1-4 |
Desktop app shortcuts
- Create New Task: Press
Cmd + E
on Mac orCtrl + E
on Windows to quickly create a new task from any app. - Open Command Center: Press
Cmd + J
on Mac orCtrl + J
on Windows to open the desktop Command Center from any app.
Customize the default 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.
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