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Mail keyboard shortcuts on Mac

Every shortcut in Mail's menu bar, grouped the way Mail groups them. Nobody typed this list. It was read from the app's own menus, the way Keysi reads them when you hold ⌘.

99 shortcuts · read from Mail 16.0 on 2026-09-16.

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Mail

CommandKeys
Settings…⌘,
Hide Mail⌘H
Hide Others⌥⌘H
Quit Mail⌘Q
Quit and Keep Windows⌥⌘Q

File

CommandKeys
New Message⌘N
New Viewer Window⌥⌘N
New Viewer Tab⌥⇧⌘N
Open Message⌘O
Close⌘W
Close All⌥⌘W
Save⌘S
Save As…⇧⌘S
Attach Files…⇧⌘A
Quick Look Attachments…⌘Y
Print…⌘P

Edit

CommandKeys
Undo⌘Z
Redo⇧⌘Z
Cut⌘X
Copy⌘C
Paste⌘V
Delete⌘⌫
Select All⌘A
Complete⌥⎋
Paste as Quotation⇧⌘V
Paste and Match Style⌥⇧⌘V
Append Selected Messages⌥⌘I
Add Link…⌘K
Remove Link⌥⌘K
Find ▸ Mailbox Search⌥⌘F
Find ▸ Find…⌘F
Find ▸ Find Next⌘G
Find ▸ Find Previous⇧⌘G
Find ▸ Use Selection for Find⌘E
Find ▸ Jump to Selection⌘J
Find ▸ Jump to Top⌃⌘T
Spelling and Grammar ▸ Show Spelling and Grammar⌘:
Spelling and Grammar ▸ Check Document Now⌘;

View

CommandKeys
Filter ▸ Enable Message Filter⌘L
Bcc Address Field⌥⌘B
Reply-To Address Field⌥⌘R
Message ▸ All Headers⇧⌘H
Message ▸ Raw Source⌥⌘U
Show Sidebar⌃⌘S
Show Toolbar⌥⌘T
Show Favorites Bar⌥⇧⌘H

Mailbox

CommandKeys
Get New Mail⇧⌘N
Erase Deleted Items ▸ In All Accounts…⇧⌘⌫
Erase Deleted Items ▸ In All Accounts⌥⇧⌘⌫
Erase Junk Mail⌥⌘J
Go to Favorite Mailbox ▸ Inbox⌘1
Go to Favorite Mailbox ▸ VIPs⌘2
Go to Favorite Mailbox ▸ Sent⌘3
Move to Favorite Mailbox ▸ Inbox⌃⌘1
Move to Favorite Mailbox ▸ VIPs⌃⌘2
Move to Favorite Mailbox ▸ Sent⌃⌘3
Go to Mailbox Category ▸ Primary⌥⌘1
Go to Mailbox Category ▸ Transactions⌥⌘2
Go to Mailbox Category ▸ Updates⌥⌘3
Go to Mailbox Category ▸ Promotions⌥⌘4
Go to Mailbox Category ▸ All Mail⌥⌘5
Go to Previous Mailbox⌃⌘[
Go to Previous Unread Mailbox⌃⌥⌘[
Go to Next Mailbox⌃⌘]
Go to Next Unread Mailbox⌃⌥⌘]

Message

CommandKeys
Send⇧⌘D
Reply⌘R
Reply All⇧⌘R
Forward⇧⌘F
Redirect⇧⌘E
Mark as Read⇧⌘U
Move to Junk⇧⌘J
Mute⌃⇧M
Flag ▸ Toggle Flag⇧⌘L
Archive⌃⌘A
Move to Predicted Mailbox⌃⌘M
Apply Rules⌥⌘L

Format

CommandKeys
Show Fonts⌘T
Show Colors⇧⌘C
Style ▸ Bold⌘B
Style ▸ Italic⌘I
Style ▸ Underline⌘U
Style ▸ Bigger⌘+
Style ▸ Smaller⌘-
Style ▸ Copy Style⌥⌘C
Style ▸ Paste Style⌥⌘V
Alignment ▸ Align Left⌘{
Alignment ▸ Center⌘|
Alignment ▸ Align Right⌘}
Indentation ▸ Increase⌘]
Indentation ▸ Decrease⌘[
Quote Level ▸ Increase⌘'
Quote Level ▸ Decrease⌥⌘'
Make Rich Text⇧⌘T

Window

CommandKeys
Minimize⌘M
Minimize All⌥⌘M
Message Viewer⌘0
Activity⌥⌘0

Help

CommandKeys
Mail Help⌘?

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