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 |
| Change your calendar view to the next date range |
jor n |
| Refresh your calendar |
r |
| Move to the current day |
t |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Day view |
1or d |
| Week view |
2or w |
| Month view |
3or m |
| Custom view |
4or x |
| Agenda view |
5or a |
| Action |
Shortcut |
| Create a new event |
c |
| See an event's details |
e |
| Delete an event |
Backspaceor Delete |
| Undo |
z |
| 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)
