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Keyboard shortcuts in Messages on Mac
Here are shortcuts you can use, in addition to those that appear in Messages menus.
Messages
Action | Shortcut |
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Open Messages preferences | Command-Comma (,) |
Hide Messages | Command-H |
Hide everything except Messages | Option-Command-H |
Quit Messages | Command-Q |
Command-N | |
Open the Messages window | Command-0 |
Close the Messages window | Command-W |
Print the conversation | Command-P |
Search all conversations for matching text | Command-F |
Clear the transcript (delete a conversation without closing it) | Option-Command-K |
Open the Emoji & Symbols window | Control-Command-Space |
Minimize a window | Command-M |
Minimize all windows | Option-Command-M |
Enter full-screen view | Control-Command-F |
Conversations
Action | Shortcut |
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Make the text bigger | Command-Plus Sign (+) |
Make the text smaller | Command-Minus Sign (–) |
Insert a line break (in a message) | Option-Return |
Copy the selected text | Command-C |
Paste copied text | Command-V |
Open the Spelling and Grammar window | Shift-Command-Colon (:) |
Check the text field for spelling and grammar issues | Command-Semicolon (;) |
Select the next conversation | Control-Tab |
Select the previous conversation | Control-Shift-Tab |
Send an email to a selected person in the conversation | Option-Command-E |
Show video effects (while in a video call in Messages) | Shift-Command-E |
Delete (first, select the message) | |
Option-Shift-Command-W |