The Zoom Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet for Desktop

With a steep rise in remote working all over the world, the video conferencing tool Zoom is gaining users rapidly. It enables teams to organize and conduct online meetings with ease.

If you use Zoom for remote communication, the cheat sheet below can be of great help. It contains keyboard shortcuts to help you use the Zoom interface effortlessly for group messaging and video calling.

The cheat sheet covers shortcuts for both Windows and macOS platforms. Many of the Windows shortcuts work on Linux too.

With the shortcuts listed, you can join and schedule meetings, share your screen, switch between various views, toggle various elements in the Zoom interface, and do a lot more.

(If you’re new to Zoom, you might appreciate a quick lesson on how to use Zoom for online meetings.)

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The Zoom Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

Shortcut	Action
Windows General
F6	Move between Zoom popup windows
Ctrl + F	Search
Alt + F	Enter/exit full screen mode
Alt + L	Toggle between Portrait view and Landscape view
Alt + F4	Close current window
Chat Controls
Ctrl + T	Jump to chat with someone
Alt + Shift + T	Take a screenshot
Ctrl + Up	Go to previous chat
Ctrl + Down	Go to next chat
Ctrl + W	Close current chat session
In-Meeting Shortcuts
Alt + I	Open Invite window
Alt + A	Mute/unmute audio
¹Alt + M	Mute/unmute audio for everyone except host
Alt + V	Start/stop video
Alt + N	Switch camera
²Alt + Shift + S	Start/stop screen sharing
²Alt + T	Pause/resume screen sharing
Alt + R	Start/stop local recording
Alt + C	Start/stop cloud recording
Alt + P	Pause/resume recording
Alt + F1	Switch to Active Speaker view
Alt + F2	Switch to Gallery view
Ctrl + 2	Read active speaker name
Alt + U	Show/hide Participants panel
Alt + H	Show/hide Chat panel
Ctrl + Alt + Shift	Move focus to meeting controls
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + H	Show/hide floating meeting controls
Alt + Y	Raise/lower hand
PageUp	View previous page of video participants in Gallery view
PageDown	View next page of video participants in Gallery view
Alt + Shift + R	Begin Remote Control
Alt + Shift + G	Revoke Remote Control permission
macOS General
Cmd + J	Join meeting
Cmd + D	Schedule meeting
Cmd + Control + V	Start new meeting
Cmd + Control + S	Share screen
Cmd + F	Search
Cmd + Shift + F	Enter full screen mode
Esc	Exit full screen mode
Cmd + Shift + M	Enter/exit Minimal view
Cmd + L	Toggle between Portrait view and Landscape view
Cmd + W	Close current window
Chat Controls
Cmd + K	Jump to chat with someone
Cmd + T	Take a screenshot
Cmd + +	Increase chat display size
Cmd + -	Decrease chat display size
In-Meeting Shortcuts
Cmd + I	Open Invite window
Cmd + Shift + A	Mute/unmute audio
¹Cmd + Control + M	Mute audio for everyone except host
¹Cmd + Control + U	Unmute audio for everyone except host
Cmd + Shift + V	Start/stop video
Cmd + Shift + N	Switch camera
Cmd + Shift + S	Start/stop screen sharing
Cmd + Shift + T	Pause/resume screen sharing
Cmd + Shift + R	Start/stop local recording
Cmd + Shift + C	Start/stop cloud recording
Cmd + Shift + P	Pause/resume recording
Cmd + Shift + W	Toggle between Active Speaker view and Gallery view
Cmd + 2	Read active speaker name
Cmd + U	Show/hide Participants panel
Cmd + Shift + H	Show/hide Chat panel
³Control + \	Show/hide meeting controls
Option + Y	Raise/lower hand
Control + P	View previous page of video participants in Gallery view
Control + N	View next page of video participants in Gallery view
Control + Shift + R	Begin Remote Control
Control + Shift + G	Revoke Remote Control permission
Cmd + W	Prompt to leave/end meeting
¹Shortcut is available only if you’re the host. ²Shortcut works only when meeting controls toolbar has focus. ³Shortcut is available only if Always show meeting controls checkbox is enabled under Settings > Accessibility. The checkbox is enabled by default.

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