Editing shortcuts

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+↓