Practice Gmail keyboard shortcuts

Drill all 87 until you don't have to think about them.

the free Superhuman

Gmail ships these switched off: Settings → General → Keyboard shortcuts: On. You’ve had this the whole time. Search-operator drills type into a faux search box — nothing is ever sent to Gmail.

Drill the Gmail deck free →

Level 1 free · no account · runs in the browser

The progression

Every deck is graded 1 to 6: level 1 is the reflex core, the top level is where the specialists live. One move from each, so you can see how far it goes.

1. Level 18 moves

   Start a new email

   C

   starting mail without the mouse is the gateway habit

   …and 7 more at this level

2. Level 29 moves

   Jump to the Inbox

   G thenI

   back to the queue from anywhere in Gmail

   …and 8 more at this level

3. Level 317 moves

   Move to the older conversation in the list

   J

   j/k walks the queue — the vim habit Gmail adopted

   …and 16 more at this level

4. Level 420 moves

   Bold the selected text while composing

   macCmd+BwinCtrl+B

   emphasis without a toolbar trip — same chord everywhere

   …and 19 more at this level

5. Level 512 moves

   Choose a custom From address while composing

   macCmd+Shift+FwinCtrl+Shift+F

   picks which alias or delegated address the mail is sent from

   …and 11 more at this level

6. Level 621 moves

   Wrap the selected text in a quote block while composing

   macCmd+(winCtrl+(

   sets quoted text off in a clean blockquote for replies

   …and 20 more at this level