How-to: General Windows 11 Keyboard shortcuts

Screenshot region of screen (snipping tool). ⊞ + ⇧ + S

Stop, Cancel or leave the current task. Esc

Save a full screen screenshot to the clipboard.
You can change this shortcut so it also opens screen snipping, to edit the screenshot.
Select Start ➞ Settings ➞ Accessibility ➞ Keyboard
and set Use the Print Screen button to open screen snipping to On. PrtScn

Save a screenshot of the active window to the clipboard. Alt + PrtScn

Open or Close the Start Menu. ⊞

Open Start Menu. Ctrl + Esc

Launch a Start Menu app 'As Admin' ⇧ + Ctrl + click app

Quick link menu (like right clicking on START). ⊞ + X

Open the Action Center. ⊞ + A

Start a voice chat in the 365 Copilot app.
(also mapped to Win+Shift+F23) ⊞ + C

Show Desktop / Minimize all. Press a second time to restore. ⊞ + D

Open Windows File Explorer. ⊞ + E

Open the Feedback Hub. ⊞ + F

Open Find computers. ⊞ + Ctrl + F

Open Game bar ➞ capture = record video of the screen. ⊞ + G

Open Dictation tool, (speech to text). ⊞ + H

Open Settings. ⊞ + I

Open Connect. ⊞ + K

Open the "Run Program Or File" Window. ⊞ + R

Open Search (in most apps). Ctrl + E

Search. ⊞ + S

Open the Ease of Access center. Reverse with ⊞+⇧ Shift+V (Win 1810+) ⊞ + U

Open the app that is pinned to taskbar position #
where 1 is the left-most icon. ⊞ + #
⊞ +1, ⊞ + 2...

Open the Emoji panel. ⊞ + . (or ⊞ + ; )

Cycle through items in the order in which they were opened. Alt + Esc

Open the Task view. ⊞ + Tab ↹

Open Task Manager. ⇧ + Ctrl + Esc

Opens properties of My Computer. ⊞ + Pause
or ⊞+Break

Open Windows Help. ⊞ + F1

Switch between open apps. Alt + Tab
to reverse use:
Ctrl + Alt + Tab

Minimize all but the active desktop window. ⊞ + Home

Snap the active window to the right or left of the screen. ⊞ + →
⊞ + ←

Maximize or Minimize the active window. ⊞ + ↑
⊞ + ↓

Stretch the desktop window to the top and bottom of the screen. ⊞ + ⇧ + ↑
⊞ + ⇧ + ↓

Auto-correct a display issue/lockup. ⊞ + Ctrl ⇧ B

Open the shortcut menu for the active window. Alt + Spacebar

Minimize all windows. ⊞ + M

Restore windows that were minimized with ⊞ +M. ⊞ + ⇧ + M

Presentation display mode. ⊞ + P

Switch the keyboard layout when multiple keyboard layouts are available. Ctrl + Shift

Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop. F6

Activate the Menu bar in the active app. F10

Perform the Menu command for the underlined or highlighted letter. Alt + underlined letter(s)

Select all items in a document or window. Ctrl + A

Copy the selected item. Ctrl + C (or Ctrl + Insert)

Delete the selected item and move it to the Recycle Bin. Ctrl + D (or Delete)

Delete the selected item immediately, without moving it to the Recycle Bin. Shift + Delete

Switch the keyboard layout when multiple keyboard layouts are available. Ctrl + Shift

Paste the selected item. Ctrl + V (or Shift + Insert)

Clipboard History /Cycle through notifications.
First enable it in Settings ➞ System ➞ Clipboard ➞ toggle "Clipboard History" ⊞ + V

Minimize all but the active desktop window. ⊞ + Home

Rename the selected item. F2

Refresh the active window. F5 (or Ctrl + R)

Display the shortcut menu for the selected item. Shift + F10

Display properties for the selected item. Alt + Enter

Open the shortcut menu for the active window. Alt + Spacebar

Open a quick look at the desktop. ⊞ + ,

Close the active document (in apps with a multiple document interface). Ctrl + F4

Close the active item, or exit the active app. Alt + F4

Redo an action. Ctrl + Y

Undo an action. Ctrl + Z

Select all items in a document or window. Ctrl + A

Go forward/back. Alt + →
Alt + ←

Move the cursor to the beginning/end of the next word. Ctrl + →
Ctrl + ←

Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or selecting text. Shift + any arrow key

Select multiple individual items in a window or on the desktop.
Use the arrow to move and Spacebar to select. Ctrl + → + Spacebar

Move up/down one screen. Alt + Pg Up
Alt + Pg Down

Move the cursor to the beginning/end of the previous paragraph. Ctrl + ↑
Ctrl + ↓

Zoom in. ⊞ + Magnifier

Zoom out. ⊞ - Magnifier

Close the active document (in apps with a multiple document interface). Ctrl + F4

Close the active item, or exit the active app. Alt + F4

Redo an action. Ctrl + Y

Undo an action. Ctrl + Z

Shut down Windows (press Windows key + X, followed by U, then U again). ⊞ + X , U, U

Restart Windows. ⊞ + X , U, R

Hibernate Windows. ⊞ + X , U, H

Lock the PC. ⊞ + L

Sleep Windows. ⊞ + X , U, S

Shut down/Restart Windows (GUI prompt).
If possible, close all other apps first. Alt + F4
or
Ctrl-Alt-Del then click Power icon (or Ctrl + click Power for an Emergency Restart).

Show your password on the sign-in screen. Alt + F8

Create a new virtual desktop. ⊞ + Ctrl D

Switch between virtual desktops. ⊞ + Ctrl + ←
⊞ + Ctrl + →

Switch Monitors. ⊞ + Shift + ←
⊞ + Shift + →

Close the active virtual desktop. ⊞ + Ctrl + F4

Task View/Timeline, press ⊞ + Tab then Right-click an app to show across all desktops.
With multiple monitors, ⊞ + Tab shows which apps are open on each monitor. ⊞ + Tab

Mark all settings on the page as "green" (apply all). F5

Mark current settings on the page as "green" (apply this setting). F6

Mark current settings as "red" (don’t apply this setting). F7

Mark all settings on the page as "red" (don’t apply). F8

Display a list of available variables. F3

Acer, Toshiba, Samsung Fn + F11

generic Ctrl + F11

generic Fn + F11 + Scroll lock

Sony, Gateway, Lenovo, ASUS Fn + Num Lock

generic ⇧ + Num Lock

generic Fn + ⇧ + Num Lock

Dell Fn + F4

HP Fn + F8

To default the NUMLOCK key to be ON or OFF at login - see examples on the REGEDIT page.

Add Custom shortcut keys

If you have a shortcut anywhere on the Start Menu or Desktop you can create a keyboard shortcut for it.

For example if you have a shortcut to the traditional Control Panel in the Start Menu, right click it and choose More ➞ Open file location. Right click on the shortcut file and select Properties. Under Shortcut ➞ Shortcut Key you can assign a hotkey,
pressing Ctrl+C will assign the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+C. Shortcuts can also start with Ctrl + Shift

When launching a program via its shortcut key, Window will first poll all currently running programs and ask "Is this your shortcut key?" If so it switches focus to that window rather than opening a new copy of the program. A delay of several seconds can occur when a window somewhere refuses to respond. This can be a program that’s generally non-responsive or running/sleeping as a background process.

How to disable one or more ⊞ (Windows Key) Keyboard Shortcuts:

In the Windows registry add a new String Value called "DisabledHotkeys" under HKCU\Software\Microsoft\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

Set the value data for this key to the hotkey characters you want to disable.
For example: to disable the hotkeys Win + X and Win + R, set the value to RX
(n.b. This will also affect other modifier key combinations like Win + Shift + X)

Restart Explorer or Logoff/reboot and the new settings will apply to this user account.

The hotkeys specified will be disabled and unassigned and thus available to any third party app which allows you to assign global hotkeys.