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title: "Shortcuts (hotkeys) used in Recollect"
url: "https://recollect.fyi/support/note-management/how-to-use-short-cuts-hotkeys/"
updated: "2026-08-09T23:29:10+00:00"
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Recollect uses keyboard shortcuts to make creating, filtering, and managing notes more efficient. On Windows and Linux, use Ctrl in place of Cmd. These are the available shortcuts.

## Notes list view

 Cmd + C Creates a new note. When you have text selected, it copies as usual instead. Cmd + F Moves the focus to the filter bar to quickly filter notes. Cmd + I Opens the Import Notes dialog. Cmd + X Opens the Tag Manager to create a new tag. Enter When filtering notes, opens the first note in the results. When a note in the list is focused, Enter (or O) opens that note. ↓ & ↑ Move the focus through the notes in the list; the J and K keys do the same. From the top of the list, ↑ returns focus to the filter bar. Esc Clears the current filter. In Bulk Edit mode, it exits Bulk Edit instead.## Note view

 Cmd + S Manually saves the note. Otherwise, the note is automatically saved when it’s closed or focus is given to another app or window. Esc Closes and saves the note. Cmd + F Uses your browser’s built-in find to search within the open note.