List of all Internet Explorer 9 Keyboard Shortcuts

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If you’ve switched to the Internet Explorer 9, then you should probably know its keyboard shortcuts too. These shortcuts will help you speedily accomplish most of the frequent tasks when browsing in IE9 without using mouse too much.


Internet Explorer 9 Keyboard Shortcuts:

  • Alt : Temporarily show the menu bar. After making selection, the menu bar goes away.
  • Alt + C : View favorites, feeds, and browsing history.
  • Alt + D : Highlight Address bar
  • Alt + L : Open the Help menu
  • Alt + M : Go to your homepage.
  • Alt + X : Open Tools menu
  • Alt + 5 : Force IE 5 rendering mode
  • Alt + 7 : Force IE 7 rendering mode
  • Alt + 8 : Force IE8 rendering mode
  • Alt + 9 : Force IE9 rendering mode
  • Alt + 0 : Reset document mode to the page default
  • Alt + Left arrow : Move back to previous page
  • Alt + Right arrow : Move forward to next page
  • Alt + Enter : Open search query in a new tab
  • Ctrl + B : Organize your favorites.
  • Ctrl + D : Add a webpage to your favorites.
  • Ctrl + E : Highlight Search box
  • Ctrl + F : Find On this Page
  • Ctrl + J : Open Download Manager.
  • Ctrl + K : Duplicate tab (open current tab in a new tab)
  • Ctrl + L : Highlight the text in the Address bar.
  • Ctrl + N : Open a new Window
  • Ctrl + Q : Quick Tabs
  • Ctrl + T : Open a new Tab
  • Ctrl + W : Close current Tab
  • Ctrl + Click : Open link in new tab
  • Ctrl + Alt + F4 : Close other tabs
  • Ctrl + Alt + P : Open a new InPrivate Browsing window
  • Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + Shift + Tab : Switch between tabs
  • Ctrl + Enter : Add www. and .com to your typed address
  • Ctrl + – (minus sign) : Zoom in
  • Ctrl + + (plus sign) : Zoom out
  • Ctrl + (1 to 8) : Switch to a specific tab corresponding to the tab number
  • Ctrl + 9 : Switch to last tab
  • Ctrl + 0 (zero) : Reset zoom level
  • Ctrl + Shift + Del : Delete Browsing History
  • Ctrl + Shift + P : InPrivate Browsing
  • Ctrl + Shift + F : InPrivate Filtering
  • Esc : Stop loading page
  • F4 : Display list of typed addresses
  • F5 : Refresh page
  • F7 : Caret Browsing
  • F11 : Full screen
  • F12 : Developer tools

Is any shortcut missing? Tell about it in the comments.