Important Shortcut keys of Ubuntu for windows users

Kushal Seth
1 min readMay 12, 2019

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Hey are you a windows User and switching to Ubuntu. These shortcuts will surely help you.

One of my favorite is

Super key (windows key) + ` => Switch between the windows of same application.

Other useful shortcut keys.

Note: Super key is basically the windows key of keyword.

  • ( Super key (windows key) + tab ) or (alt + tab) => Switch between the windows of different application.
  • Super key (windows key) or ( Alt + f1 ) or (Super key + S) => know the current activities.
  • Super key (windows key) + A => know all the installed applications.
  • Super key (windows key) + D => show the Desktop
  • Ctrl + Alt + T => new Terminal
  • Super key (windows key) + L => Lock the screen
  • Super key (windows key) + M => Open the notification section
  • Ctrl + Q => Close the current application

Find other useful keys on Ubuntu official help page: https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/keyboard-nav.html.en

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Kushal Seth
Kushal Seth

Written by Kushal Seth

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