Shortcuts are available all over your Workspace. Use shortcuts and Command Center to do just about anything without lifting a finger!
Tip: 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.
Available hotkeys and keyboard shortcuts
Different shortcuts work in different places throughout your Workspace.
Tip: 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.
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Action |
Hotkey/Shortcut Mac |
Hotkey/Shortcut Windows |
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Close a task or window |
Esc |
Esc |
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Command Center Open the Search and Command Center modal. |
Cmd + K |
Ctrl + K |
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Billing |
Cmd + B |
Ctrl + B |
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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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Search Open the Search and Command Center modal. |
s |
s |
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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 widgets, and Notepad.
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Action |
Hotkey/Shortcut Mac |
Hotkey/Shortcut Windows |
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@mention a person |
@ |
@ |
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@mention a task |
@@ |
@@ |
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@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 |
: |
: |
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Hyperlink Highlight text to add a link. |
Cmd + K |
Ctrl + K |
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Hyperlink Open a hyperlink in a new tab. |
Click mouse + Cmd |
Click mouse + Ctrl |
Use these shortcuts from tasks and subtasks.
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Action |
Hotkey/Shortcut Mac and Windows |
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Assign a task to yourself |
From the task or while hovering over the task in List/Board view, press |
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Bulk create subtasks |
Paste a list of text into an empty subtask. Each line becomes a new, separate subtask. |
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Copy URL, new task |
Save the task and press |
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Move to tray, new task |
Save the task and press |
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Open, new task |
Save the task and press |
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Navigate to next task |
From the task, press Ctrl + Shift + Left or Right arrow. |
Use these shortcuts from views.
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Action |
Hotkey |
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Dashboard view |
d |
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Filters Clear filters from your current view. |
minus |
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Board view Navigate to. |
b |
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Box view Navigate to. |
x |
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Calendar view Navigate to. |
c |
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List view Navigate to. |
l |
Use these shortcuts from Docs.
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Action |
Mac Shortcut |
Windows Shortcut |
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Create a comment from your selected text |
Cmd + Shift + M |
Ctrl + Shift + M |
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Create a task from your selected text |
Cmd + Option + T |
Ctrl + Shift + T |
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Highlight a text block |
Cmd + Shift + H |
Ctrl + Shift + H |
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Duplicate a text block |
Cmd + D |
Ctrl + D |
Desktop app shortcuts
There is one additional shortcut to quick create new tasks in the ClickUp desktop app. On Mac, the shortcut is CMD + E and on Windows, the shortcut is Ctrl + E.
To enable or disable the desktop app shortcut:
- 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 the shortcut using the toggle.
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