Adobe Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts

206 keyboard shortcuts to help you edit and retouch photos faster in Adobe Photoshop

From Adobe, Adobe Photoshop is purpose-built to edit and retouch photos. It is one of the leading applications in the image editing & photography category.

Shortcut fluency in Adobe Photoshop separates casual users from power users. The more shortcuts you commit to muscle memory, the faster your work becomes.

With support for macOS and Windows, Adobe Photoshop reaches a wide range of users. This keyboard shortcuts guide covers the key combinations for each supported platform.

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Popular shortcuts 68 shortcuts

Cut

Cmd +X Ctrl +X Ctrl +X

Copy

Cmd +C Ctrl +C Ctrl +C

Paste

Cmd +V Ctrl +V Ctrl +V

Undo

Cmd +Z Ctrl +Z Ctrl +Z

Redo

Shift +Cmd +Z Ctrl +Shift +Z Ctrl +Shift +Z

Free Transform

Cmd +T Ctrl +T Ctrl +T

Desaturate

Shift +Cmd +U Ctrl +Shift +U Ctrl +Shift +U

Duplicate

Cmd +J Ctrl +J Ctrl +J

Merge Visible

Shift +Cmd +E Ctrl +Shift +E Ctrl +Shift +E

New

Cmd +N Ctrl +N Ctrl +N

Open

Cmd +O Ctrl +O Ctrl +O

Save

Cmd +S Ctrl +S Ctrl +S

Save As

Shift +Cmd +S Ctrl +Shift +S Ctrl +Shift +S

Zoom In

Cmd ++ Ctrl ++ Ctrl ++

Zoom Out

Cmd +- Ctrl +- Ctrl +-

Fit on Screen

Cmd +0 Ctrl +0 Ctrl +0

Actual Pixels

Cmd +1 Ctrl +1 Ctrl +1

Hide Extras

Cmd +H Ctrl +H Ctrl +H

Show/Hide Guides

Cmd +; Ctrl +; Ctrl +;

Lock Guides

Shift +Cmd +; Ctrl +Shift +; Ctrl +Shift +;

New Layer

Shift +Cmd +N Ctrl +Shift +N Ctrl +Shift +N

Create a new layer via cut

Shift +Cmd +J Ctrl +Shift +J Ctrl +Shift +J

Merge Down

Cmd +E Ctrl +E Ctrl +E

Select All

Cmd +A Ctrl +A Ctrl +A

Deselect

Cmd +D Ctrl +D Ctrl +D

Reselect

Shift +Cmd +D Ctrl +Shift +D Ctrl +Shift +D

Inverse

Shift +Cmd +I Ctrl +Shift +I Ctrl +Shift +I

Transform Again

Shift +Cmd +T Ctrl +Shift +T Ctrl +Shift +T

Fill

Shift +Backspace Shift +Backspace Shift +Backspace

Stroke

Shift +F Shift +F Shift +F

Toggle Layer Visibility

/ / /

Select the Move Tool

V V V

Select the Marquee Tool

M M M

Select the Lasso Tool

L L L

Select the Quick Selection Tool

W W W

Select the Crop Tool

C C C

Select the Eyedropper Tool

I I I

Select the Healing Brush Tool

J J J

Select the Brush Tool

B B B

Select the Clone Stamp Tool

S S S

Select the History Brush Tool

Y Y Y

Select the Eraser Tool

E E E

Select the Gradient Tool

G G G

Select the Paint Bucket Tool

K K K

Select the Blur Tool

R R R

Select the Dodge Tool

O O O

Select the Pen Tool

P P P

Select the Type Tool

T T T

Select the Path Selection Tool

A A A

Increase Brush Size

] ] ]

Decrease Brush Size

[ [ [

Cycle through Blend Modes

Shift ++ Shift ++ Shift ++

Cycle through Blend Modes

Shift +- Shift +- Shift +-

Opacity

0 0 0

Opacity

1 1 1

Opacity

2 2 2

Opacity

3 3 3

Opacity

4 4 4

Opacity

5 5 5

Opacity

6 6 6

Opacity

7 7 7

Opacity

8 8 8

Opacity

9 9 9

Show/Hide Layers Panel

F7 F7 F7

Show/Hide Info Panel

F8 F8 F8

Show/Hide Swatches Panel

F6 F6 F6

Show/Hide Tools Panel

Tab Tab Tab

Show/Hide all Panels

Shift +Tab Shift +Tab Shift +Tab

Invoke the search experience 1 shortcut

Cmd +F Ctrl +F Ctrl +F

Using function keys 12 shortcuts

Edit - Fade

Shift +F5 Shift +F5 Shift +F5

Filter - Last Filter

Cmd +F Ctrl +F Ctrl +F

Filter - Last Filter

Shift +Cmd +F Ctrl +Shift +F Ctrl +Shift +F

View - Full Screen Mode with Menu Bar / View - Full Screen Mode / View - Standard Screen Mode

F F F

View - Show/Hide Extras

Cmd +H Ctrl +H Ctrl +H

View - Show/Hide Rulers

Cmd +R Ctrl +R Ctrl +R

View - Show/Hide Guides

Cmd +; Ctrl +; Ctrl +;

View - Lock Guides / View - Snap to Guides

Shift +Cmd +; Ctrl +Shift +; Ctrl +Shift +;

View - Show/Hide Grid

Cmd +' Ctrl +' Ctrl +'

View - Snap to Grid

Shift +Cmd +' Ctrl +Shift +' Ctrl +Shift +'

View - 100%

Cmd +1 Ctrl +1 Ctrl +1

View - Fit on Screen

Cmd +0 Ctrl +0 Ctrl +0

Selecting tools 31 shortcuts

Move Tool

V V V

Rectangular Marquee Tool

M M M

Elliptical Marquee Tool

Shift +M Shift +M Shift +M

Lasso Tool

L L L

Polygonal Lasso Tool / Magnetic Lasso Tool

Shift +L Shift +L Shift +L

Quick Selection Tool

W W W

Magic Wand Tool

Shift +W Shift +W Shift +W

Crop Tool

C C C

Perspective Crop Tool

Shift +C Shift +C Shift +C

Eyedropper Tool

I I I

3D Material Eyedropper Tool / Color Sampler Tool / Ruler Tool

Shift +I Shift +I Shift +I

Spot Healing Brush Tool

J J J

Patch Tool / Content-Aware Move Tool / Red Eye Tool

Shift +J Shift +J Shift +J

Brush Tool

B B B

Pencil Tool / Color Replacement Tool / Mixer Brush Tool

Shift +B Shift +B Shift +B

Clone Stamp Tool / Patter Stamp Tool

S S S

Art History Brush Tool

Y Y Y

Eraser Tool

E E E

Background Eraser Tool / Magic Eraser Tool

Shift +E Shift +E Shift +E

Gradient Tool / Paint Bucket Tool

G G G

3D Material Drop Tool

Shift +G Shift +G Shift +G

Blur Tool / Sharpen Tool / Smudge Tool / Rotate View Tool

R R R

Dodge Tool / Burn Tool / Sponge Tool

O O O

Pen Tool

P P P

Freeform Pen Tool / Add Anchor Point Tool / Delete Anchor Point Tool / Convert Point Tool

Shift +P Shift +P Shift +P

Horizontal Type Tool

T T T

Vertical Type Tool / Horizontal Type Mask Tool / Vertical Type Mask Tool

Shift +T Shift +T Shift +T

Path Selection Tool / Direct Selection Tool

A A A

Rectangle Tool / Rounded Rectangle Tool / Ellipse Tool / Polygon Tool / Line Tool / Custom Shape Tool

U U U

Hand Tool

H H H

Zoom Tool

Z Z Z

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General 14 shortcuts

Decrease Brush Size / Decrease Brush Hardness

[ [ [

Increase Brush Size / Increase Brush Hardness

] ] ]

Default Foreground/Background colors

D D D

Switch Foreground/Background colors

X X X

Cancel any modal dialog window (including the Start Workspace)

Esc Esc Esc

Select the first edit field of the tool bar

Enter Enter Enter

Navigate between fields

Tab Tab Tab

Navigate between fields in opposite direction

Shift +Tab Shift +Tab Shift +Tab

Change Cancel to Reset

Opt Alt Alt

Toggle Preserve Transparency

/ / /

Previous Brush

, , ,

Next Brush

. . .

First Brush

Less Less Less

Last Brush

Greater Greater Greater

Layers 2 shortcuts

New layer via copy

Ctrl +J Ctrl +J Ctrl +J

New layer via cut

Ctrl +Shift +J Ctrl +Shift +J Ctrl +Shift +J

Selection 2 shortcuts

Add to a selection

Shift Shift Shift

Inverse Selection

Shift +F7 Shift +F7 Shift +F7

Tools 22 shortcuts

Cycle through tools with the same shortcut key

Shift Shift Shift

Cycle through hidden tools

Opt Alt Alt

Move tool / Artboard tool

V V V

Rectangular Marquee tool / Elliptical Marquee tool

M M M

Lasso tool / Polygonal Lasso tool / Magnetic Lasso tool

L L L

Magic Wand tool / Quick Selection tool

W W W

Crop tool / Slice tool / Slice Select tool / Perspective Crop tool

C C C

Eyedropper tool / Color Sampler tool / Ruler tool / Note tool

I I I

Spot Healing Brush tool / Healing Brush tool / Patch tool / Red Eye tool / Content-Aware Move tool

J J J

Brush tool / Pencil tool / Color Replacement tool / Mixer Brush tool

B B B

Clone Stamp tool / Pattern Stamp tool

S S S

Art History Brush tool

Y Y Y

Eraser tool / Background Eraser tool / Magic Eraser tool

E E E

Gradient tool / Paint Bucket tool

G G G

Dodge tool / Burn tool / Sponge tool

O O O

Freeform Pen tool

P P P

Horizontal Type tool / Vertical Type tool / Horizontal Type mask tool / Vertical Type mask tool

T T T

Path Selection tool / Direct Selection tool

A A A

Rectangle tool / Rounded Rectangle tool / Ellipse tool / Polygon tool / Line tool / Custom Shape tool

U U U

Hand tool

H H H

Rotate View tool

R R R

Zoom tool

Z Z Z

View 4 shortcuts

Zoom In

Ctrl ++ Ctrl ++ Ctrl ++

Zoom Out

Ctrl +- Ctrl +- Ctrl +-

Zoom to Fit

Ctrl +0 Ctrl +0 Ctrl +0

Zoom to 100%

Ctrl +1 Ctrl +1 Ctrl +1

Panels 5 shortcuts

Show/Hide Brush panel

F5 F5 F5

Show/Hide Color panel

F6 F6 F6

Show/Hide Layers panel

F7 F7 F7

Show/Hide Info panel

F8 F8 F8

Show/Hide Actions panel

F9 F9 F9

Other 10 shortcuts

Start Help

F1 F1 F1

Cut

F2 F2 F2

Copy

F3 F3 F3

Paste

F4 F4 F4

Fill

Shift +F5 Shift +F5 Shift +F5

Feather Selection

Shift +F6 Shift +F6 Shift +F6

Revert

F12 F12 F12

Search across Photoshop UI, Help & Learn content, and Adobe Stock assets. F or more information, see Photoshop search.

Ctrl +F Ctrl +F Ctrl +F

Delate brush tool or swatch

Opt Alt Alt

Toggle auto-select with move tool

Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl

View images 21 shortcuts

Cycle through open documents

Cmd +Tab Ctrl +Tab Ctrl +Tab

Switch to previous document

Shift +Cmd +Tab Ctrl +Shift +Tab Ctrl +Tab

Close a file in Photoshop and open Bridge

Shift +Cmd +W Ctrl +Shift +W Ctrl +W

Toggle between Standard mode and Q uick Mask mode

Q Q Q

Toggle (f orward) between Standard screen mode, Full screen mode with menu bar, and Full screen mode

F F F

Toggle (backward) between Standard screen mode, F ull screen mode with menu bar, and Full screen mode

Shift +F Shift +F Shift +F

Toggle (f orward) canvas color (or right-click canvas background and select color)

Space +F Space +F Ctrl +F

Toggle (backward) canvas color

Shift +Space +F Shift +Space +F Ctrl +Shift +F

Magnify 1 00%

Ctrl +1 Ctrl +1 Ctrl +1

Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode) / Move Zoom marquee while dragging with the Zoom tool / Scroll image with Hand tool

Space Space Space

Simultaneously pan multiple documents with Hand tool

Shift Shift Shift

Switch to Zoom In tool

Ctrl +Space Ctrl +Space Ctrl +Space

Switch to Zoom Out tool

Opt +Space Alt +Space Alt +Space

Apply zoom percentage, and keep zoom percentage box active

Shift +Enter Shift +Enter Shift +Enter

Zoom in on specified area of an image

Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl

Temporarily zoom into an image

H H H

Scroll up 1 screen / Scroll up 10 units

PageUp PageUp PageUp

Scroll down 1 screen / Scroll down 10 units

PageDown PageDown PageDown

Move view to upper-left corner

Home Home Home

Move view to lower-right corner

End End End

Toggle layer mask on/off as rubylith (layer mask must be selected)

\ \ \

Using puppet warp 6 shortcuts

Cancel completely

Esc Esc Esc

Undo last pin adjustment

Ctrl +Z Ctrl +Z Ctrl +Z

Select a ll pins

Ctrl +A Ctrl +A Ctrl +A

D eselect all pins

Ctrl +D Ctrl +D Ctrl +D

Select multiple pins / Move multiple selected pins

Shift Shift Shift

Temporarily h ide pins

H H H

Using refine edge 7 shortcuts

Open the R efine Edge dialog box

Ctrl +Opt +R Ctrl +Alt +R Ctrl +Alt +R

Cycle (f orward) through preview modes

F F F

Cycle (backward) through preview modes

Shift +F Shift +F Shift +F

Toggle between original image and selection preview

X X X

Toggle between original selection and refined version

P P P

Toggle radius preview on and off

J J J

Toggl e between Refine Radius and Erase Refinements tools

Shift +E Shift +E Shift +E

Using Filter Gallery 1 shortcut

Apply a new filter on top of selected

Opt Alt Alt

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Popular shortcuts 68 shortcuts

Invoke the search experience 1 shortcut

Using function keys 12 shortcuts

Selecting tools 31 shortcuts

General 14 shortcuts

Layers 2 shortcuts

Selection 2 shortcuts

Tools 22 shortcuts

View 4 shortcuts

Panels 5 shortcuts

Other 10 shortcuts

View images 21 shortcuts

Using puppet warp 6 shortcuts

Using refine edge 7 shortcuts

Using Filter Gallery 1 shortcut

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