# Keyboard shortcuts | ByteSweep Docs

> Every keyboard shortcut in ByteSweep on Mac, Windows and Linux.

Canonical: https://bytesweep.app/docs/help/shortcuts.html
Last updated: 2026-11-02

## Keyboard shortcuts

The main ones. There's no separate command palette: search is the fastest way around.

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### On this page

- From any app
- From any app
- From any app

On Mac

| Keys | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| `⌘` `,` | Settings |
| `⌘` `F` | Search |
| `⌘` `[` | Back |
| `⌘` `⇧` `C` | Copy Text in Library |
| `⌘` `↩` | Send, in Send to your devices |
| `←` `→` | Move through photos |
| `⌘` `Z` | Take back the last one in photo review |

### From any app

Settings → **General**→**Keyboard shortcuts**. Record shortcuts to open the menu bar popover, the window or the notch. They're off until you record one.

On Windows and Linux

| Keys | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| `Ctrl` `K` or `Ctrl` `F` | Search |
| `Alt` `←` | Back |
| `Esc` | Close search |
| `Enter` | Open the first result |

On Windows

### From any app

| Keys | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `Space` | Search |
| `Ctrl` `Alt` `B` | Tray panel (off by default) |
| `Ctrl` `Alt` `N` | Top bar (off by default) |

On Linux

### From any app

On GNOME, set a search shortcut in Settings. On other desktops, add a custom shortcut that runs `bytesweep --search`.

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Updated 2026-11-02. Something wrong here? Write to [support@bytesweep.app](mailto:support@bytesweep.app).