Keyboard shortcuts in Evernote for Mac
Evernote can be driven almost entirely using only the keyboard. Below is a comprehensive list of all keyboard shortcuts available in Evernote for Mac.
Global
These shortcuts will work system-wide when working in any application (provided Evernote is running). You can redefine these shortcuts by going to Evernote > Preferences > Shortcuts from the menu bar.
Shortcut | Action |
---|---|
Ctrl ⌘ N | Quick Note |
Ctrl ⌥ ⌘ N | New Note Window |
Ctrl ⌘ V | Paste to Evernote |
Ctrl ⌘ C | Clip Rectangle or Window |
Ctrl ⌘ E | Search in Evernote |
Application-wide
These shortcuts will work when the Evernote application is active.
Shortcut | Action |
---|---|
⌘ N | New Note |
⌥ ⇧ ⌘ N | New Chat |
⇧ ⌘ N | New Notebook |
Ctrl ⌘ T | New Tag |
⌥ ⌘ N | New Window |
⌘ T | New Tab |
Ctrl ⌘ S | Sync |
⌘ W | Close |
⌘ S | Save |
⌘ Y | Quick Look Attachments |
⌘ P | |
⌥ ⌘ T | Show/Hide Toolbar |
⌥ ⌘ S | Show/Hide Sidebar |
⌥ ⌘ 0 | Work Chat |
⌥ ⌘ 1 | Notes |
⌥ ⌘ 2 | Notebooks |
⌥ ⌘ 3 | Tags |
⌥ ⌘ 4 | Atlas / Business Home (Evernote Business only) |
⌥ ⌘ 5 | Atlas (Evernote Business only) |
⌥ ⌘ 6 | Announcements (Evernote Business only) |
⌥ ⌘ 7 | Announcements (Evernote Business only) |
⇧ ⌘ A | Show All Notes |
⌘ J | Jump to Notebook |
⇧ ⌘ J | Jump to Tag |
⌘ | | Select Note List |
⌘ [ | Back |
⌘ ] | Forward |
Ctrl ⌘ F | Enter Full Screen |
⌘ 1-9 | Go to Shortcuts 1-9 |
⌘ , | Preferences |
Ctrl ⌘ A | Switch User |
⌘ H | Hide Evernote |
⌥ ⌘ H | Hide Others |
⌘ Q | Quit Evernote |
⌘ M | Minimize |
/ | Zoom |
Note Editor
These shortcuts will work when you are editing a note.
Shortcut | Action |
---|---|
⌘ Z | Undo |
⇧ ⌘ Z | Redo |
⌘ X | Cut |
⌘ C | Copy |
⌘ V | Paste |
⇧ ⌘ V | Paste and Match Style |
⌘ A | Select All |
⇧ ⌘ X | Encrypt Selected Text |
⌥ ⌘ F | Search Notes |
⌘ R | Reset Search |
⌘ F | Find Within Note |
⌘ G | Find Next |
⇧ ⌘ G | Find Previous |
⌘ : | Show Spelling and Grammar |
⌘ ; | Check Document Now |
fn fn | Start Dictation |
Ctrl ⌘ Space | Emoji & Symbols |
⌘ / | Copy Public Link |
⌘ ↩ | Present |
⌥ ⌘ ↩ | Present on Another Screen |
⌘ L | Edit Note Title |
⌘ ' | Edit Tags |
⇧ ⌘ I | Show/Hide Note Info |
Ctrl ⌥ ⌘ C | Copy Note Link |
Ctrl ⌘ M | Move To Notebook |
⇧ ⌘ M | Merge Notes |
⇧ ⌘ C | Show Colors |
⌥ ⌘ { | Align Left |
⌥ ⌘ | | Center |
⌥ ⌘ } | Align Right |
⇧ ⌘ ] | Increase Indent Level |
⇧ ⌘ [ | Decrease Indent Level |
⇧ ⌘ U | Toggle Bulleted List |
⇧ ⌘ O | Toggle Numbered List |
⇥ | Increase List Level |
⇧ ⇤ | Decrease List Level |
⇧ ⌘ L | Insert Table |
⌘ K | Add Link |
⇧ ⌘ K | Remove Link |
⌘ B | Bold |
⌘ I | Italic |
⌘ U | Underline |
Ctrl ⌘ K | Strikethrough |
Ctrl ⌘ H | Highlight |
Ctrl ⌘ + | Superscript |
Ctrl ⌘ - | Subscript |
⌘ + | Bigger |
⌘ - | Smaller |
⇧ ⌘ T | Insert To-do |
⇧ ⌘ H | Insert Horizontal Rule |
⇧ ⌘ D | Insert Date |
⌥ ⇧ ⌘ D | Insert Time |
⇧ ⌘ F | Simplify Formatting |