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title: "Email keyboard shortcuts"
description: "Keyboard shortcuts for email: / to search any list, J and K to walk it, and two-key jumps like G then I that take you straight to the inbox."
url: "https://nextmail.sh/features/shortcuts"
---

[Reading & organising](https://nextmail.sh/features.md#reading)

# Keyboard-first Fewer trips to the mouse.

/ puts you in the search field, the arrow keys walk the list, and ? opens the shortcut list.

[Open mail](https://nextmail.sh/mail/inbox) [Get Started](https://nextmail.sh/signup.md)[All features](https://nextmail.sh/features.md)

In short

## What are email keyboard shortcuts?

A shortcut ties one key to one action, so mail takes keypresses instead of clicks. Most here are a single key: one to search, one to move, one to act.

How it works

## A slash to search

/ puts the cursor in the search field above the list you are on. The list narrows as you type, a small typo still finds its match, and Esc clears it.

## The list moves under your hands

The arrow keys, or J and K, open each thread in the reading pane as you land on it. Hold one down to run past without opening anything.

## Two keys, one jump

G then I lands in the inbox, G then C in contacts. The second key has one second to arrive.

## The keys

What each one does, and where.

/ search this list C compose J next thread K previous thread E archive, in the list S star, in the list R reply, in a thread A reply all, in a thread G → I go to the inbox ⌘Z undo ⌘↵ send, in the composer

What you get

## In the product today

Search on /

The same key in mail, contacts, templates and files.

Assistant on ⌘0

Opens and closes the chat beside your mail.

Press ? for the list

Shortcuts grouped by where each one works.

Quiet while you type

Single-key shortcuts pause while the cursor is in a field.

Good practice

## Getting the most out of it

1. 01
   
   Learn three first
   
   /, J and K cover getting around. Press ? when you want more.
2. 02
   
   Point before you press
   
   With nothing selected, E, S and U act on the thread under the pointer.
3. 03
   
   Undo rather than hesitate
   
   ⌘Z takes back the last archive or move to the bin while its toast shows.

Questions

## Asked often

Keep going

## Works well with

Search by words or meaning

Forgiving words, operators like from: and has:, and search by meaning, inside the folder you are reading.

Labels

Name a label, pick a colour, and filter the list down to it.

Ask your inbox

A chat that can act, not just answer. On every plan, Free included.

Start

## Your domain, your mail.

Point a domain at Nextmail and read it in a mailbox built around it. The free plan covers one domain.

[Open mail](https://nextmail.sh/mail/inbox) [Get Started](https://nextmail.sh/signup.md)[Read the reference](https://nextmail.sh/docs/knowledge/reading/shortcuts.md)