To speed up your daily workflow and productivity, keyboard shortcuts can be very helpful.
By using them, you will save yourself some clicks and seconds while perfoming recurring tasks, such as opening a new chat, sending a media message, resolving a chat, and more.
In the following list of shortcuts, SHIFT refers to the "⬆" key in the bottom-left corner of your keyboard.
Search anything
Press keys SHIFT + F
Search anything across WhatsApp numbers, including messages, chats, contacts, files, notes, webhooks, users and help center articles.
Resolve / Unresolve Chat
Press keys SHIFT + R
Toggle active chat resolve/unresolve status.
Start new chat
Press keys SHIFT + A
Start a new chat with an existing contact or phone number.
Aliases: CTRL + ALT + N (Windows) CMD + CTRL + N (Mac)
Search chats, contacts and messages
Press keys SHIFT + S
Search chats or messages in the current WhatsApp active number: your must be in the chats screen to use this shortcut.
Press keys SHIFT + Y
Search messages within the current chat. Only applicable if you are in a chat.
Previous chat
Press keys CTRL + SHIFT + ARROW UP
Move to the previous chat in the list.
Aliases: CTRL + ALT + TAB (Windows) CMD + CTRL + TAB (Mac)
Next chat
Press keys CTRL + SHIFT + ARROW DOWN
Move to the next chat in the list.
Aliases: CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + TAB (Windows) CMD + CTRL + SHIFT + TAB (Mac)
Send media
Press keys SHIFT + M
Send image or video media message to the current active chat.
Start / stop recording audio
Press keys SHIFT + Q
Press keys to start recording an audio message in the currently active chat. To stop recording the audio message, press both keys again.
Send editing message
Press keys CRTL + ENTER
Send currently defined message in the active chat. Only valid for text and audio messages.
If the reply message is empty, this action will be ignored.
Send document
Press keys SHIFT + D
Send document file to the current active chat.
Send contact
Press keys SHIFT + B
Send contact(s) to the current active chat.
Enable multi-line editor
Press keys SHIFT + L
Enable or disable multiple text messages on Enter key press.
Read chat on open
Press keys SHIFT + K
Enable or disable send read confirmation on open chat vs on reply with message.
Upload new file
Press keys SHIFT + G
Upload a new file to the platform from a remote URL or from the computer.
Delete chat
Press keys SHIFT + BACKSPACE
Delete currently active chat: a confirmation prompt will be displayed
Aliases: CTRL + ALT + BACKSPACE (Windows) CMD + CTRL + BACKSPACE (Mac)