Google Meet has a keyboard shortcut for a lot of what you click every day. Here are 15 that work on Windows, grouped by what you’re trying to do.

Audio and Video

Shortcut	What it does
Ctrl + D	Mute or unmute your microphone
Ctrl + E	Turn your camera on or off
Hold Space	Talk while muted (push to talk; turn it on in settings first)
Ctrl + Alt + M	Minimize or expand your own video

Meeting Controls

Shortcut	What it does
Ctrl + Alt + T	Start presenting
Ctrl + Alt + H	Raise or lower your hand
Ctrl + Alt + C	Show or hide the meeting chat
Ctrl + Alt + P	Show or hide the participants list
C	Show or hide captions

Shortcut	What it does
Shift + M	Open picture-in-picture mode
Ctrl + Alt + K	Show more participant tiles
Ctrl + Alt + J	Show fewer participant tiles
Shift + ?	Show the full list of shortcuts (during a meeting)

Shortcut	What it does
Ctrl + Alt + S	Announce who is speaking
Ctrl + Alt + I	Announce information about the room

Good to know: Shortcuts work only while the Meet tab is active. Google’s list is short; press Shift + ? in a meeting to see every shortcut.

Good to know: With a non-US keyboard layout on Windows, Ctrl + Alt shortcuts may act like AltGr and not work.

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Built-in shortcuts only work while Google Meet is the active window, and you can’t add new ones. These tools let you pick your own hotkeys:

Device Mute: mute your mic with your own hotkey even when the Meet tab is not in front
Prompt Assistant: paste your agenda or “Sorry, my audio dropped” into the Meet chat with a hotkey you pick
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