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Notion Windows / Linux shortcuts

Version web/desktop app · source

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Start here

Ctrl+P / Ctrl+K
Search or jump to page
Ctrl+N
New page
/
Slash command menu
Ctrl+Shift+Arrows
Move selected block
Ctrl+D
Duplicate block
Ctrl+/
Edit or change block
Ctrl+[ / Ctrl+]
Back / forward
Ctrl+Shift+L
Toggle dark mode

Concepts

Workspace sidebar of pages
Page can nest sub-pages
Block one paragraph, list item, embed
Keys on macOS
Windows / Linux macOS
Ctrl Cmd
Alt Option
Ctrl+Shift+<n> Cmd+Option+<n>
Alt+Shift+click Cmd+Shift+click
Windows+. Ctrl+Cmd+Space
Ctrl+P / Ctrl+K
Search or jump to recent page
Ctrl+N
New page
Ctrl+[ / Ctrl+]
Go back / forward
Ctrl+F
Search inside page
Ctrl+L
Copy page URL
Ctrl+Shift+U
Go up one level
Ctrl+Shift+L
Toggle dark / light mode
Ctrl+T
New Notion tab
Ctrl+Shift+N
New Notion window
Ctrl+click
Open link in new tab
Ctrl+J / Ctrl+K
Next / previous page in peek view
Peek view of database rows. macOS uses Ctrl+Shift+J / K.

Text formatting

Ctrl+B
Bold
Ctrl+I
Italic
Ctrl+U
Underline
Ctrl+Shift+S
Strikethrough
Ctrl+E
Inline code
Ctrl+K
Link selected text
Ctrl+V
Paste URL over selection as link
Ctrl+Shift+H
Apply last used color
Ctrl+Shift+M
Add comment
Shift+Enter
Line break inside a block
Tab / Shift+Tab
Indent / un-nest
Ctrl+Plus / Ctrl+Minus
Zoom in / out

Blocks

Esc
Select the current block
Ctrl+A
Select block (press once)
Shift+Up / Shift+Down
Extend block selection
Shift+click
Select a range of blocks
Alt+Shift+click
Add / remove one block
Ctrl+D
Duplicate selected blocks
Ctrl+/
Edit or turn into another block
Also edits several selected database rows at once.
Ctrl+Shift+Up / Ctrl+Shift+Down
Move selected block
Enter
Edit selected block
Backspace / Delete
Delete selected blocks
Ctrl+Enter
Open page, tick to-do, toggle
Ctrl+Alt+T
Expand or close all toggles
Space
Open or exit full-screen image
Alt+drag
Duplicate while dragging
Ctrl+R
Fill table cells right

Turn into block type

Ctrl+Shift+0
Plain text
Ctrl+Shift+1
Heading 1
Ctrl+Shift+2
Heading 2
Ctrl+Shift+3
Heading 3
Ctrl+Shift+4
To-do checkbox
Ctrl+Shift+5
Bulleted list
Ctrl+Shift+6
Numbered list
Ctrl+Shift+7
Toggle list
Ctrl+Shift+8
Code block
Ctrl+Shift+9
Page (or line to page)
Windows may claim Ctrl+Shift combos for other functions.

Markdown while typing

**text**
Bold
*text*
Italic
`text`
Inline code
~text~
Strikethrough
# + Space
Heading 1 (## and ### for 2 and 3)
- + Space
Bulleted list (also * or +)
1. + Space
Numbered list
[] + Space
To-do checkbox
> + Space
Toggle list
" + Space
Quote block
---
Divider

Typed triggers

/
Slash menu: insert any block
@
Mention person, page or date
@remind
Set a reminder
[[
Link to a page
+
Create a page or sub-page
:name
Emoji, e.g. :apple
/h1 /todo /toggle /code
Common slash commands
/toc
Table of contents
/embed /image /file
Media blocks
/math /equation
LaTeX math
/button
Button (template)

Recipes

Fast outline
# Plan   (Space makes Heading 1)/todo   (Enter)Tab      (nest under the item)Ctrl+Shift+Up  (reorder)
Link a page by typing
[[ProjectEnter# picks the page and inserts a link
Reformat many blocks
Esc               # select blockShift+Down x3     # extendCtrl+/             # change type or color
Date reminder
@remind tomorrowEnter# or: @next Wednesday