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Apple Mail Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac
Apple Mail’s shortcuts make triage genuinely fast: reply, forward, flag, mark as read. These 27 Mac shortcuts cover the daily set.
Compose Emails
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Append selected emails to your email | ⌥⌘I |
| Attach files to your email | ⇧⌘A |
| Open a new Mail viewer window | ⌥⌘N |
| Open a new tab in the Mail viewer window | ⌥⇧⌘N |
| Paste text into your email as a quotation | ⇧⌘V |
| Show the Bcc address field in your email | ⌥⌘B |
| Show the Reply-To address field in your email | ⌥⌘R |
| Start a new email | ⌘N |
Send & Respond
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Forward the selected email | ⇧⌘F |
| Get new emails | ⇧⌘N |
| Redirect the selected email | ⇧⌘E |
| Reply All to the selected email | ⇧⌘R |
| Reply to the selected email | ⌘R |
| Send emails | ⇧⌘D |
| Unsend email | ⌘Z |
Manage Emails
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Apply active Mail rules | ⌃⌘L |
| Archive emails | ⌃⌘A |
| Erase junk mail | ⌥⌘J |
| Mark emails as read or unread | ⇧⌘U |
| Move the selected emails to the Junk mailbox | ⇧⌘J |
| Move the selected emails to the predicted mailbox | ⌃⌘M |
View & Format
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Close all Mail windows | ⌥⌘W |
| Enable or disable the message filter for the current mailbox | ⌘L |
| Format the current email as Plain Text or Rich Format | ⇧⌘T |
| Hide or show the Mail sidebar | ⌃⌘S |
| Show the Mail Activity window | ⌃⌘0 |
| Show the Mail viewer window | ⌘0 |
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FAQ
How many Apple Mail keyboard shortcuts are there?
This guide lists 27 Apple Mail shortcuts as they work on macOS, read from the app itself and kept up to date by Shortcut Flow.
Is there a shortcut to archive mail in Apple Mail?
Yes, Control-Command-A archives the selected message. It is one of the least known keys in the app and one of the most useful.
What is the fastest way to learn Apple Mail shortcuts?
Not by reading the full list. Shortcut Flow watches which commands you actually use in Apple Mail and drills you on those first, one minute a day, so the shortcuts you need most stick within days.