Google Keep and Google Tasks Keyboard Shortcuts

Google Keep, the notes app from Google, gives Apple Notes and Evernote a run for their money. In fact, Google Keep offers many features beyond basic note-taking functions. For example, you can add images, and voice recordings, create lists, and collaborate with others in Google Keep. You can even archive or pin notes and add labels to them.

Similarly, the task management service Google Tasks offers the ability to create and manage tasks right from Gmail. You can create lists, and subtasks, set due dates, and synchronize with Google Calendar.

All of these Google Keep features and Google Tasks capabilities are great. However, they would be enhanced if one could perform them using keyboard shortcuts. Thankfully, Google Keep and Google Tasks offer a bunch of keyboard shortcuts as listed in this cheat sheet.

Google Keep Keyboard Shortcuts

Please Note: To perform any action on a note using a keyboard shortcut, you must first select the note. You can select a note either by clicking on it or pressing the X key when you reach it.

Windows	macOS	Function
Shortcuts
C	C	New note.
J	J	Go to the next note.
K	K	Go to the previous note.
O or Enter	O or Enter	Open the note.
# (Shift +3)	# (Shift + 3)	Add a label to a note.
Shift + J	Shift + J	Move note to next position.
Shift + K	Shift + K	Move note to the previous position.
List Notes
L	L	New list note.
N	N	Go to the next list item.
P	P	Go to the previous list item.
Shift + N	Shift + N	Move list item to next position.
Shift + P	Shift + P	Move list item to the previous position.
Ctrl + Shift + 8	Command + Shift + 8	Show/hide checkboxes.
Ctrl + ]	Command + ]	Indent list item.
Ctrl + [	Command + [	Dedent list item.
Note Actions
X	X	Select a note.
Ctrl + A	Command + A	Select all.
F	F	Pin/unpin a note.
# (Shift +3)	# (Shift +3)	Delete the selected note.
E	E	Archive the selected note.
Esc or Ctrl + Enter	Command + Enter	Close the editor and save the note.
Home Screen
/	/	Move the cursor to the search bar.
Ctrl + G	Command + G	Toggle list and grid view.
?	?	View all keyboard shortcuts.

Google Tasks Keyboard Shortcuts

Windows	macOS	Function
Individual Task Actions
Space	Space	Mark a task as complete/incomplete.
Enter	Return	Edit a task.
Enter	Return	Add a task
Delete or Backspace	Delete	Delete a task.
Ctrl + Up	Command + Up	Move task up.
Ctrl + Down	Command + Down	Move task down.
Ctrl + ]	Command + ]	Indent task.
Ctrl + [	Command + [	Remove indent.
S,+, =	S ,+, =	Star a task.
S, –	S, –	Remove from starred.
Ctrl + Alt + Enter	Command + Opt + Return	Add a subtask or sublist.
List Actions
Ctrl + Up	Command + Up	Move the list up.
Ctrl + Down	Command + Down	Move the list down.
Ctrl + Shift + Up	Command + Shift + Up	Move the list to the top.
Ctrl + Shift + Down	Command + Shift + Down	Move the list to the bottom.
Ctrl + P	Command + P	Print a task list.
. (or V)	. (or V)	Move to list.
Others
Ctrl + Z	Command +Z	Undo action.
Ctrl + /	Command + /	Show a full list of shortcuts.

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