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The Microsoft Teams Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

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Microsoft Teams is one of Slack’s top competitors and has exploded in popularity of late.

Once you get past its confusing sign-up process, Teams proves to be a robust solution for hosting your virtual office. Its free tier includes unlimited messages, audio/video calling features, and screen sharing. You’ll also find real-time integration with Office Online apps like Word, Excel, and OneNote.

If a Microsoft Teams workspace is where you head to work every morning, the cheat sheet below is for you. It contains keyboard shortcuts for using Microsoft Teams on web and desktop. With the shortcuts listed you can, for starters, display the commands list and switch between various tabs in your workspace.

The cheat sheet also includes shortcuts for calls and messaging. With these, you can start new chats, reply to threads, attach files, manage calls, and toggle audio and video.

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The Microsoft Teams Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

Shortcut Action
Web Shortcuts

Navigation
Ctrl + E Move focus to search box
Ctrl + / Display command list
Ctrl + Shift + G Go to…
Ctrl + Shift + 1 Open Activity tab
Ctrl + Shift + 2 Open Chat tab
Ctrl + Shift + 3 Open Teams tab
Ctrl + Shift + 4 Open Calls tab
Ctrl + Shift + 5 Open Files tab
Left Option + Up Arrow Go to previous list item
Left Option + Down Arrow Go to next list item
Ctrl + Shift + F6 Go to previous section
Ctrl + F6 Go to next section
Ctrl + . (Period) Show keyboard shortcuts
Ctrl + F1 Open Help section
Messaging
Ctrl + N Start new chat
C Move focus to Compose box
Ctrl + Shift + X Expand Compose box
¹Ctrl + Enter Send message
Ctrl + Shift + O Attach file
Shift + Enter Start new line
R Reply to thread
Meetings and Calls
Ctrl + Shift + C Start audio call
Ctrl + Shift + S Accept audio call
Ctrl + Shift + U Start video call
Ctrl + Shift + A Accept video call
Ctrl + Shift + D Decline call
Ctrl + Shift + M Mute/unmute audio
Ctrl + Shift + F Toggle full screen mode
Ctrl + Shift + Space Go to sharing toolbar
²Desktop Shortcuts

Navigation
Ctrl + E Move focus to search box
Ctrl + / Display command list
Ctrl + G Go to…
Ctrl + 1 Open Activity tab
Ctrl + 2 Open Chat tab
Ctrl + 3 Open Teams tab
Ctrl + 4 Open Calls tab
Ctrl + 5 Open Files tab
Left Option + Up Arrow Go to previous list item
Left Option + Down Arrow Go to next list item
Ctrl + Shift + Up Arrow Move selected team up
Ctrl + Shift + Down Arrow Move selected team down
Ctrl + Shift + F6 Go to previous section
Ctrl + F6 Go to next section
Ctrl + . (Period) Show keyboard shortcuts
F1 Open Help section
Messaging
Ctrl + N Start new chat
C Move focus to Compose box
Ctrl + Shift + X Expand Compose box
¹Ctrl + Enter Send message
Ctrl + O Attach file
Shift + Enter Start new line
R Reply to thread
Meetings and Calls
Ctrl + Shift + C Start audio call
Ctrl + Shift + S Accept audio call
Ctrl + Shift + U Start video call
Ctrl + Shift + A Accept video call
Ctrl + Shift + D Decline call
Ctrl + Shift + M Mute/unmute audio
Ctrl + Shift + O Toggle video
Ctrl + Shift + F Toggle full screen mode
Ctrl + Shift + Space Go to sharing toolbar
¹The shortcut Enter also works when you haven’t expanded the Compose box.

²On macOS, replace Ctrl with Cmd and Alt with Option in shortcuts.

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