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Terminal keyboard shortcuts on Mac

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86 shortcuts · read from Terminal 2.15 on 2026-09-16.

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Terminal

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

Shell

CommandKeys
New Window ▸ New Window with Profile - Pro⌘N
New Window ▸ New Window with Same Command⌃⌘N
New Tab ▸ New Tab with Profile – Pro⌘T
New Tab ▸ New Tab with Same Command⌃⌘T
New Command…⇧⌘N
New Remote Connection…⇧⌘K
Open…⌘O
Close Window⌘W
Close All⌥⌘W
Export Text As…⌘S
Export Selected Text As…⇧⌘S
Show Inspector⌘I
Edit Title⇧⌘I
Edit Background Color⌥⌘I
Reset⌥⌘R
Hard Reset⌃⌥⌘R
Print Selection…⌥⌘P
Print…⌘P

Edit

CommandKeys
Undo⌘Z
Redo⇧⌘Z
Cut⌘X
Copy⌘C
Copy Special ▸ Copy Without Background Color⌃⇧⌘C
Copy Special ▸ Copy Plain Text⌥⇧⌘C
Paste⌘V
Paste Escaped Text⌃⌘V
Paste Selection⇧⌘V
Paste Escaped Selection⌃⇧⌘V
Select All⌘A
Select Between Marks⇧⌘A
Marks ▸ Mark Line and Send Return⌘↩
Marks ▸ Send Return Without Marking⇧⌘↩
Marks ▸ Mark⌘U
Marks ▸ Mark as Bookmark⌥⌘U
Marks ▸ Unmark⇧⌘U
Navigate ▸ Jump to Previous Mark⌘↑
Navigate ▸ Select to Previous Mark⇧⌘↑
Navigate ▸ Jump to Next Mark⌘↓
Navigate ▸ Select to Next Mark⇧⌘↓
Navigate ▸ Jump to Previous Bookmark⌥⌘↑
Navigate ▸ Select to Previous Bookmark⌥⇧⌘↑
Navigate ▸ Jump to Next Bookmark⌥⌘↓
Navigate ▸ Select to Next Bookmark⌥⇧⌘↓
Clear to Previous Mark⌘L
Clear to Previous Bookmark⌥⌘L
Clear to Start⌘K
Clear Scrollback⌥⌘K
Clear Screen⌃⌘L
Fill Screen⌃⌥⌘L
Find ▸ Find…⌘F
Find ▸ Find Next⌘G
Find ▸ Find Previous⇧⌘G
Find ▸ Hide Find Bar⇧⌘F
Find ▸ Use Selection for Find⌘E
Find ▸ Jump to Selection⌘J
Show Colors⇧⌘C
Use Option as Meta Key⌥⌘O
Num Lock⌘⎋

View

CommandKeys
Show All Tabs⇧⌘\
Show Tab Bar⇧⌘T
Show Alternate Screen⇧⌘⇟
Hide Alternate Screen⇧⌘⇞
Allow Mouse Reporting⌘R
Split Pane⌘D
Close Split Pane⇧⌘D
Default Font Size⌘0
Bigger⌘+
Smaller⌘-
Scroll to Top⌘↖
Scroll to Bottom⌘↘
Page Up⌘⇞
Page Down⌘⇟
Line Up⌥⌘⇞
Line Down⌥⌘⇟

Window

CommandKeys
Minimize⌘M
Minimize All⌥⌘M
Cycle Through Windows⌘`
Show Previous Tab⌃⇧⇥
Show Next Tab⌃⇥

Help

CommandKeys
Open man Page for Selection⌃⌘?
Search man Page Index for Selection⌃⌥⌘/

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