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
-
Hotkeys are available on every ClickUp Plan.
-
Guests can use Hotkeys.
Enable hotkeys
Hotkeys are disabled by default. To use hotkeys they must be enabled in your preferences.
-
Click your profile avatar.
-
Select My Settings.
-
Scroll down to the Preferences section.
-
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.
Action |
Hotkey/Shortcut Mac |
Hotkey/Shortcut Windows |
Close a task or window |
Esc |
Esc |
Command Center Open the Search and Command Center modal. |
Cmd + K |
Ctrl + K |
Billing |
Cmd + B |
Ctrl + B |
Home |
h |
h |
Notifications Load new notifications. |
Space |
Space |
Notepad Open Notepad. |
p |
p |
Reminder Create a reminder. |
r |
r |
Search Open the Search and Command Center modal. |
s |
s |
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 widgets, and Notepad.
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 |
: |
: |
Hyperlink Highlight text to add a link. |
Cmd + K |
Ctrl + K |
Hyperlink Open a hyperlink in a new tab. |
Click mouse + Cmd |
Click mouse + 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 |
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 |
Move to tray, new task |
Save the task and press |
Open, new task |
Save the task and press |
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. |
b |
Box view Navigate to. |
x |
Calendar view Navigate to. |
c |
List view Navigate to. |
l |
Use these shortcuts from Docs.
Action |
Mac Shortcut |
Windows Shortcut |
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
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.
Updated