Obsidian is built for keyboard-first note taking, and the default hotkeys are only the beginning. These 58 Mac shortcuts cover editing, navigation and the command palette.
File
Action
Shortcut
Close tab
⌘W
New tab
⌘T
Open Quick Switcher
⌘O
Open Settings
⌘,
Reopen recently closed tab
⇧⌘T
Navigation
Action
Shortcut
Jump to last tab
⌘9
Jump to tab 1
⌘1
Jump to tab 2
⌘2
Jump to tab 3
⌘3
Jump to tab 4
⌘4
Jump to tab 5
⌘5
Jump to tab 6
⌘6
Jump to tab 7
⌘7
Jump to tab 8
⌘8
Next tab
⌃⇥
Previous tab
⌃⇧⇥
View
Action
Shortcut
Open Command Palette
⌘P
Open Graph view
⌘G
Search in all files
⇧⌘F
Toggle Reading view
⌘E
Editing
Action
Shortcut
Bold text
⌘B
Copy
⌘C
Cut
⌘X
Delete current line
⇧⌘K
Delete next word
⌥⌦
Delete previous word
⌥⌫
Delete to beginning of line
⌘⌫
Delete to end of line
⌘⌦
Find in file
⌘F
Italic text
⌘I
Paste
⌘V
Paste without formatting
⇧⌘V
Redo
⇧⌘Z
Select all
⌘A
Undo
⌘Z
Cursor
Action
Shortcut
Move cursor down one page
fn↓
Move cursor to beginning of line
⌘←
Move cursor to beginning of note
⌘↑
Move cursor to end of line
⌘→
Move cursor to end of note
⌘↓
Move cursor to next word
⌥→
Move cursor to previous word
⌥←
Move cursor up one page
fn↑
Selection
Action
Shortcut
Extend selection one page down
⌃⇧↓
Extend selection one page up
⌃⇧↑
Extend selection to beginning of line
⇧⌘←
Extend selection to beginning of note
⇧⌘↑
Extend selection to end of line
⇧⌘→
Extend selection to end of note
⇧⌘↓
Extend selection to next word
⌥⇧→
Extend selection to previous word
⌥⇧←
Simplify selection
⎋
Canvas
Action
Shortcut
Select all cards
⌘A
Stop editing card
⎋
Zoom in
⌘=
Zoom out
⌘-
Zoom to fit all items
⇧1
Zoom to selected items
⇧2
Stop memorizing lists
Shortcut Flow watches what you actually click in Obsidian and turns it into a one-minute daily drill. Think Duolingo, but for keyboard shortcuts.
This guide lists 58 Obsidian shortcuts as they work on macOS, read from the app itself and kept up to date by Shortcut Flow.
Can every Obsidian command get a hotkey?
Yes. Settings > Hotkeys lists every command, including those from plugins, and any of them can be bound to a custom key combination.
What is the fastest way to learn Obsidian shortcuts?
Not by reading the full list. Shortcut Flow watches which commands you actually use in Obsidian and drills you on those first, one minute a day, so the shortcuts you need most stick within days.
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