What are the most useful Notion keyboard shortcuts?

Notion has powerful keyboard shortcuts that can speed up your workflow and make navigation easier.

Common navigation shortcuts:

✔ Ctrl plus ** → Open/close the Notion sidebar. ✔ Ctrl plus ** → Open/close the Notion sidebar. ✔ Cmd/Ctrl plus Click → Open a Notion link in a new tab. ✔ Cmd/Ctrl plus [ → Go back a page. ✔ Cmd/Ctrl plus ] → Go forward a page. ✔ Ctrl plus Z → Undo edits to a card (great for accidental changes!). ✔ Ctrl plus R → Redo an undone edit.

🦄 Hot Tip: Using shortcuts makes navigating between pages and editing cards much faster and more efficient. If you spend time in Notion often, these shortcuts will be a game changer!

Text formatting shortcuts**:**

There are two easy ways to format text longer text fields (Description field, etc.) in Notion.

Shortcut #1 - Select the text you want to format with your cursor

Highlight the text you want to format, then a toolbar will appear with text formatting options.

Shortcut #2 - Style your text as you type it

✔ Type ** on both sides of your text to bold it. ✔ **Type *** on both sides of your text to italicize it. ✔ Type ~ on both sides of your text to strikethrough.