WhatsApp web keyboard shortcuts in Windows and Mac: how to use them and what they do
Although the web version of WhatsApp is still somewhat distant from Telegram Web, it hides some tricks in the form of shortcuts that can facilitate our coexistence with the application.
And does WhatsApp Web have a series of keyboard shortcuts practices that directly activate a dozen functions. So with a simple key combination, you can perform actions such as archiving a chat, creating groups, or opening a specific user's profile.
It goes without saying that these commands work at the time on Windows and Mac and apply to both versions of WhatsApp Web, the desktop version and version du Sailor.
All WhatsApp Web keyboard shortcuts
You can move more agile in WhatsApp Web using keyboard shortcuts
Typically, keyboard shortcuts are very similar between the different versions of WhatsApp and the operating system. Of course, where in Windows we find an “ALT”, in Mac we will have to press “CMD”. Likewise, the desktop version of WhatsApp delete a key of the combination, further simplifying these already simple shortcuts.
Below you can see all key combinations and the actions they activate:
| Checkout | WhatsApp Web (Windows) | WhatsApp Web (Mac) | WhatsApp Desktop (Windows) | WhatsApp Desktop (Mac) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archive chat | CTRL+ALT+E | CMD+CTRL+E | CTRL+E | CMD+E |
| Define / Disable chat | CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + P | CMD + CTRL + SHIFT + P | CTRL + SHIFT + P | CMD + SHIFT + P |
| Delete chat | CTRL + ALT + DEL | CMD + CTRL + DELETE | CTRL + SHIFT + D | CMD + SHIFT + D |
| Disable chat | CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + M | CMD + CTRL + SHIFT + M | CTRL + SHIFT + M | CMD + SHIFT + M |
| Mark the chat as unread | CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + U | CMD + ALT + SHIFT + U | CTRL + SHIFT + U | CMD+CTRL+U |
| New discussion | CTRL+ALT+N | CMD+CTRL+N | CTRL+N | CMD+N |
| New group | CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + N | CMD + CTRL + SHIFT + N | CTRL + SHIFT + N | CMD + SHIFT + N |
| Open our profile | CTRL + ALT + P | CMD+CTRL+P | CTRL+P | CMD+P |
| Search in chat | CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + F | CMD + CTRL + SHIFT + F | CTRL + SHIFT + F | CMD + SHIFT + F |
| Open settings | CTRL + ALT + P | CMD+CTRL+P | CTRL+P | CMD+P |
For our part, we have tested all the shortcuts, especially those referring to Windows, and we can assure you that they work perfectly. Maybe its use is a bit heavy at first, but once you memorize the two or three key combinations that interest you, the truth is that they speed up the workflow with WhatsApp a bit.
The shortcut for create a new chat and the one for mark a chat as unread are particularly useful, very practical, the latter, for those of us who have dozens of open conversations on WhatsApp.
