Fewer Taps, Better Flow

Bring back the tab you just closed

Press Ctrl+Shift+T on Windows or Cmd+Shift+T on a Mac. Press it again to reopen the tab before that, in order. If you closed a whole window, the same shortcut usually restores the entire window with its tabs. It does not work in private or incognito windows once they are closed, by design.

Shortcuts that work in most browsers

Paste something you copied earlier

1. Press Win+V. The first time, Windows offers to turn on clipboard history; click Turn on.
2. Copy as usual. Next time you press Win+V, pick any recent item to paste it.
3. Pin items you reuse, such as a reference number, so they survive a restart.

Undo it: go to Settings > System > Clipboard and switch off Clipboard history. Use Clear clipboard data to remove stored items.

On Apple devices, Universal Clipboard passes your latest copied item between an iPhone, iPad and Mac signed in to the same Apple Account with Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and Handoff turned on.

Capture exactly the part of the screen you need

On Windows, Win+Shift+S opens the Snipping Tool overlay so you can drag a rectangle. On a Mac, Cmd+Shift+4 turns the pointer into a crosshair, and Cmd+Shift+5 opens a toolbar with screen recording and a timer.

Type and edit faster on your phone

1. Gboard: slide your finger left or right along the space bar to move the cursor one character at a time.
2. Gboard: swipe left from the backspace key to select and delete several words at once; slide back to keep them.
3. Gboard: tap the clipboard icon in the toolbar to reuse recent copies. Items are removed after about an hour unless pinned.
4. iPhone: touch and hold the space bar to use the keyboard as a trackpad, as explained in our iPhone guide.

Undo it: turn off Gboard's clipboard from the same toolbar menu if you prefer it not to keep copies.

Organise tabs into groups

In Chrome and Edge, right-click a tab and choose Add tab to new group, then name and colour it. Click the group label to collapse it. Safari offers Tab Groups on iOS 15 and macOS Monterey or later, synced through iCloud. Firefox lets you pin tabs by right-clicking and choosing Pin Tab.

Emoji and symbols without searching

Press Win+. on Windows or Ctrl+Cmd+Space on a Mac to open the emoji and symbol picker in almost any text field.