When you turn on keyboard shortcuts, you can press keys to make changes to your Google Calendar and quickly navigate to certain pages.
Turn on keyboard shortcuts
- On your computer, open Google Calendar.
- In the top right corner, click Settings
Settings.
- Check the box next to “Enable keyboard shortcuts.”
- At the bottom of the page, click Save.
Use shortcuts
After you turn on keyboard shortcuts, you can see all the shortcuts you can use by typing a question mark ?.
|
Action |
Shortcut |
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Change your calendar view to the next date range |
j or n |
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Refresh your calendar |
r |
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Move to the current day |
t |
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Move to add a calendar section |
+ |
|
Put your cursor in the search box |
/ |
|
Go to the Settings page |
s |
|
Go to a specific date |
g |
|
Action |
Shortcut |
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Day view |
1 or d |
|
Week view |
2 or w |
|
Month view |
3 or m |
|
Custom view |
4 or x |
|
Agenda view |
5 or a |
|
Action |
Shortcut |
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Create a new event |
c |
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See an event's details |
e |
|
Delete an event |
Backspace or Delete |
|
Undo |
z |
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Save event (from the event details page) |
⌘ + s (Mac) |
|
Return to calendar grid from an event details page |
Esc |
You can now use Keep and Tasks in a side panel while using Calendar. To go to the side panel, use these shortcuts:
- Windows: Ctrl + Alt + . (period) or Ctrl + Alt + , (comma)
- Chromebook: Alt + Shift + . (period) or Alt + Shift + , (comma)
- Mac: ⌘ + Option + . (period) or ⌘ + Option + , (comma)