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Keyboard shortcuts in Mail on Mac
In Mail on your Mac, quickly accomplish many tasks with email messages using keyboard shortcuts.
Action | Shortcut |
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Start a new email | Command-N |
Open a new Mail viewer window | Option-Command-N |
Open a new tab in the Mail viewer window | Option-Shift-Command-N You can also press and hold the Shift key while you choose File > New Viewer Tab. |
Shift-Command-A | |
Paste text into your email as a quotation | Shift-Command-V |
Append selected emails to your email | Option-Command-I |
Show the Bcc address field in your email | Option-Command-B |
Show the Reply-To address field in your email | Option-Command-R |
Get new emails | Shift-Command-N |
Option-Command-J | |
Send emails | Shift-Command-D |
Reply to the selected email | Command-R |
Reply All to the selected email | Shift-Command-R |
Forward the selected email | Shift-Command-F |
Redirect the selected email | Shift-Command-E |
Hide or show the list of mailboxes | Shift-Command-M |
Enable or disable the Message Filter for the current mailbox | Command-L |
Shift-Command-U | |
Move the selected emails to the Junk mailbox | Shift-Command-J |
Control-Command-A | |
Control-Command-L | |
Format the current email as Plain Text or Rich Format | Shift-Command-T |
Show the Mail viewer window | Command-0 |
Show the Mail Activity window | Control-Command-0 |