Productivity

📝Notion Keyboard Shortcuts

24 essential shortcuts for Notion

Blocks

ShortcutAction
/ (slash)Open block type menu (slash command)
Ctrl+Shift+0–9/⌘⇧0–9Convert block type (text, H1, todo, etc.)
Tab/Shift+TabIndent / un-indent block
Ctrl+Shift+M/⌘⇧MAdd a comment
Ctrl+D/⌘DDuplicate block
Ctrl+//⌘/Turn into another block type
--- (three dashes)Insert divider
Ctrl+Enter/⌘↩Toggle to-do / checkbox

Text

ShortcutAction
Ctrl+B/⌘BBold
Ctrl+I/⌘IItalic
Ctrl+U/⌘UUnderline
Ctrl+Shift+S/⌘⇧SStrikethrough
Ctrl+K/⌘KAdd link
Ctrl+E/⌘EInline code
Ctrl+Shift+H/⌘⇧HHighlight text

Navigation

ShortcutAction
Ctrl+P/⌘PQuick Find (search pages)
Ctrl+[/⌘[Go back (previous page)
Ctrl+]/⌘]Go forward (next page)

General

ShortcutAction
Ctrl+Shift+L/⌘⇧LToggle dark mode
Ctrl+\/⌘\Toggle sidebar
Ctrl+N/⌘NNew page
Ctrl+Shift+N/⌘⇧NNew window
EscClear selection / close menu
Ctrl+Shift+P/⌘⇧PMove page to...

About Notion Shortcuts

Notion is an all-in-one workspace for notes, project management, wikis, and databases. It uses a block-based editor where every piece of content is a block that can be moved, transformed, and linked. Notion's keyboard shortcuts cover block manipulation, text formatting, navigation between pages, slash commands for inserting content types, and database views. Mastering these shortcuts significantly speeds up note-taking and project organization.

This reference covers 24 essential Notion keyboard shortcuts organized across 4 categories: Blocks, Text, Navigation, and more. Each shortcut lists both macOS and Windows/Linux key combinations where applicable, making it easy to find the right key combo regardless of your operating system.

Learning keyboard shortcuts is one of the highest-leverage investments you can make in your daily workflow. Studies show that developers and designers who rely on keyboard shortcuts are measurably faster at common tasks. Rather than memorizing every shortcut at once, focus on the ones you use most frequently and gradually expand your repertoire.

Bookmark this page for quick reference whenever you need to look up a Notion shortcut. The categorized layout makes it easy to find shortcuts by their function, whether you need navigation, editing, or specialized commands.

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