This page lists default keyboard shortcuts for navigating and editing text in Obsidian. These shortcuts are provided by your operating system or the framework Obsidian is built on, and cannot be customized within Obsidian. For customizable keyboard shortcuts for Obsidian commands, see [[Hotkeys]]. ## Windows and Linux shortcuts ### Common actions | Action | Shortcut | |-|-| | Copy | `Ctrl+C` | | Cut | `Ctrl+X` | | Paste | `Ctrl+V` | | Paste without formatting | `Ctrl+Shift+V` | | Undo | `Ctrl+Z` | | Redo | `Ctrl+Shift+Z` or `Ctrl+Y` | | Copy paragraph | `Ctrl+C` (with no selected text) | | Cut paragraph | `Ctrl+X` (with no selected text) | ### Text editing | Action | Shortcut | |-|-| | Insert new line| `Enter` | | Delete the previous character | `Backspace` | | Delete the next character | `Delete` | | Delete the previous word | `Ctrl+Backspace` | | Delete the next word | `Ctrl+Delete` | | Delete the current line | `Ctrl+Shift+K` (with no selected text) | ### Text navigation | Action | Shortcut | |-|-| | Move the cursor one character | `Left/→` | | Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word | `Ctrl+←` | | Move the cursor to the end of the next word | `Ctrl+→` | | Move the cursor to the beginning of the current line | `Home` | | Move the cursor to the end of the current line | `End` | | Move the cursor to the previous line | `↑` | | Move the cursor to the next line | `↓` | | Move the cursor to the beginning of the note | `Ctrl+Home` | | Move the cursor to the end of the note | `Ctrl+End` | | Move the cursor up one page | `Page up` | | Move the cursor down one page | `Page down` | ### Text selection | Action | Shortcut | |-|-| | Simplify selection | `Escape` | | Select all | `Ctrl+A` | | Extend selection one character | `Shift+Left/→` | | Extend selection to the beginning of the previous word | `Ctrl+Shift+←` | | Extend selection to the end of the next word | `Ctrl+Shift+→` | | Extend selection to the beginning of the current line | `Shift+Home` | | Extend selection to the end of the current line | `Shift+End` | | Extend selection to the beginning of the note | `Ctrl+Shift+Home` | | Extend selection to the end of the note | `Ctrl+Shift+End` | | Extend selection one page up | `Shift+Page up` | | Extend selection one page down | `Shift+Page down` | ## macOS shortcuts ### Common actions | Action | Shortcut | |-|-| | Copy | `Cmd+C` | | Cut | `Cmd+X` | | Paste | `Cmd+V` | | Paste without formatting | `Cmd+Shift+V` | | Undo | `Cmd+Z` | | Redo | `Cmd+Shift+Z` | | Copy paragraph | `Cmd+C` (with no selected text) | | Cut paragraph | `Cmd+X` (with no selected text) | ### Text formatting | Action | Shortcut | | ---- | ---- | | Bold text | `Cmd+B` | | Italic text | `Cmd+I` | ### Text editing | Action | Shortcut | |-|-| | Insert new line| `Enter` | | Delete the previous character | `Backspace` | | Delete the next character | `Delete` | | Delete the previous word | `Option+Backspace` | | Delete the next word | `Option+Delete` | | Delete to the beginning of the current line | `Cmd+Backspace` | | Delete to the end of the current line | `Cmd+Delete` | | Delete the current line | `Cmd+Shift+K` (with no selected text) | ### Text navigation | Action | Shortcut | |-|-| | Move the cursor one character | `Left/→` | | Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word | `Option+←` | | Move the cursor to the end of the next word | `Option+→` | | Move the cursor to the beginning of the current line | `Cmd+←` | | Move the cursor to the end of the current line | `Cmd+→` | | Move the cursor to the previous line | `↑` | | Move the cursor to the next line | `↓` | | Move the cursor to the beginning of the note | `Cmd+↑` | | Move the cursor to the end of the note | `Cmd+↓` | | Move the cursor up one page | `Fn+↑` | | Move the cursor down one page | `Fn+↓` | ### Text selection | Action | Shortcut | | ------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------- | | Simplify selection | `Escape` | | Select all | `Cmd+A` | | Extend selection one character | `Shift+Left/→` | | Extend selection to the beginning of the previous word | `Option+Shift+←` | | Extend selection to the end of the next word | `Option+Shift+→` | | Extend selection to the beginning of the current line | `Cmd+Shift+←` | | Extend selection to the end of the current line | `Cmd+Shift+→` | | Extend selection to the beginning of the note | `Cmd+Shift+↑` | | Extend selection to the end of the note | `Cmd+Shift+↓` | | Extend selection one page up | `Ctrl+Shift+↑` | | Extend selection one page down | `Ctrl+Shift+↓` |