Four unknown Windows keyboard shortcuts you need to know

There are dozens of them. In both Windows and Mac, keyboard shortcuts, the key combinations that, associated with each other, allow you to perform a certain action on your computer, are essential to improve your user experience.

In fact, they save valuable time by avoiding having to use your computer mouse to navigate your PC’s interface. If some are very popular, for example “copy” (CTRL+C), “paste” (CTRL+V) or even “select all” (CTRL+A), others, a little more confidential, would benefit from being more widely known. . . Here are which ones.

Restore unexpectedly closed tabs

It may happen that an error occurs in your Internet browser during a search that forces you to restart it. Bad luck, you had opened several tabs and they have disappeared. If you find it cumbersome to go through your search history to restore them one by one, there is a keyboard shortcut that allows you to do this in an instant: “CTRL+SHIFT+T”.

Otherwise, another alternative is to view your browsing history using the following shortcut: “CTRL+H”.

Finally, you have the possibility to consult in an instant the list of your recently opened tabs, as well as the recently closed ones, with the shortcut “CTRL+SHIFT+A”.

Switch from an “Azerty to Qwerty” keyboard

A shortcut that will delight bilinguals. You can change the keyboard language in an instant with “Windows Key+Spacebar”. Once the combination is done, the different available languages ​​appear. Press “Space” to scroll through them.

Few know this, but it is possible to access a hidden start menu on your computer called “Quick Link”. The latter offers the possibility to go directly to the key menus of your device, such as Device Manager or Settings. To do this, press “Windows Key + X” simultaneously.

See your computer desk space at a glance

A window takes up all the space on your screen when you want to go to your desktop to retrieve a document. Instead of using your mouse and clicking the little red cross to close the open window, bring up your desktop in an instant with this shortcut: “Windows Key + Comma”.