Google Slides has a keyboard shortcut for a lot of what you click every day. Here are 47 that work on Windows, grouped by what you’re trying to do.
We checked every one against Google Docs Editors Help: Keyboard shortcuts for Google Slides on October 21, 2026.
Slides
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + M | Add a new slide |
| Ctrl + D | Duplicate the slide (or the selected object) |
| Page Down | Go to the next slide in the filmstrip |
| Page Up | Go to the previous slide in the filmstrip |
| Ctrl + Up Arrow | Move the slide up (in the filmstrip) |
| Ctrl + Down Arrow | Move the slide down (in the filmstrip) |
| Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S | Open the speaker notes panel |
| Ctrl + Alt + Shift + B | Open the animations panel |
Common Actions
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + C | Copy |
| Ctrl + X | Cut |
| Ctrl + V | Paste |
| Delete | Delete the selected object |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo |
| Ctrl + Y | Redo |
| Ctrl + F | Find |
| Ctrl + K | Insert or edit a link |
| Ctrl + Alt + M | Insert a comment |
| Ctrl + Shift + F | Hide or show the menus (compact mode) |
| Ctrl + / | Show common keyboard shortcuts |
Text
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + B | Bold |
| Ctrl + I | Italic |
| Ctrl + U | Underline |
| Alt + Shift + 5 | Strikethrough |
| Ctrl + Alt + C | Copy formatting |
| Ctrl + Alt + V | Paste formatting |
| Ctrl + \ | Clear formatting |
| Ctrl + Shift + L | Left align |
| Ctrl + Shift + E | Center align |
| Ctrl + Shift + R | Right align |
| Ctrl + Shift + 8 | Bulleted list |
| Ctrl + Shift + 7 | Numbered list |
Objects
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + Alt + G | Group the selected objects |
| Ctrl + Alt + Shift + G | Ungroup |
| Ctrl + Shift + Up Arrow | Bring the object to front |
| Ctrl + Shift + Down Arrow | Send the object to back |
| Shift + Right Arrow | Nudge the object by a larger step (any arrow key) |
Presenting
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + F5 | Start presenting |
| Right Arrow | Next slide or animation |
| Left Arrow | Previous slide or animation |
| Home | Go to the first slide |
| End | Go to the last slide |
| S | Open speaker notes |
| L | Turn the laser pointer on or off |
| B | Show a blank black slide (press any key to return) |
| W | Show a blank white slide (press any key to return) |
| Ctrl + Shift + C | Turn captions on or off |
| Esc | Stop presenting |
Good to know: In Chrome, menu shortcuts like Alt + F (File menu) work as shown. In other browsers add Shift, for example Alt + Shift + F.
Good to know: Mac uses Cmd instead of Ctrl for most shortcuts.
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Want One Key to Do More?
Built-in shortcuts only work while Google Slides is the active window, and you can’t add new ones. These tools let you pick your own hotkeys:
- Prompt Assistant: paste your standard closing slide text, contact details or speaker notes outline with a hotkey you pick
- Course Creator Tools: more of our picks for people who build lessons and slide decks
- Quick Desktop Record: record yourself presenting your slides with your mic, started and stopped by a hotkey
