Optimize your workflow and hand movements with keyboard shortcuts (formerly hotkeys).
What you'll need
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Keyboard shortcuts are available on every ClickUp plan.
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Guests can use keyboard shortcuts.
Enable keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts are disabled by default. They must be enabled in your personal settings.
To enable keyboard shortcuts:
- In the upper-right corner, click your personal avatar and select Settings.
- Scroll down to the Preferences section.
- Enable Keyboard shortcuts.
- Click Save changes.
See all keyboard shortcuts
You can access all keyboard shortcuts from the toolbar:
- In the upper-right corner, click your personal avatar.
- Select Keyboard shortcuts.
- Click each category on the left to view the available keyboard shortcuts.
Available keyboard shortcuts
Different shortcuts work in different places throughout your Workspace.
Make sure your cursor is outside of any text fields when pressing a keyboard shortcut.
Global shortcuts
Use these shortcuts almost anywhere in your Workspace.
| Action |
Hotkey/Shortcut Mac |
Hotkey/Shortcut Windows |
| Close a task, Doc, 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 |
Text shortcuts
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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Arrows Insert left, right, and bidirectional arrows 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 |
Task and subtask shortcuts
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 previous task |
Mac Press Cmd + Shift + Left arrow Windows Press Ctrl + Shift + Left arrow. |
| Navigate to the next task |
Mac Press Cmd + Shift + Right arrow Windows Press Ctrl + Shift + Right arrow. |
Views shortcuts
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 |
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Quickly focus on the search tasks field. |
Mac Cmd + F Windows Ctrl + F |
Docs shortcuts
Use these shortcuts while working on a Doc.
| 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.