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Adobe Photoshop keyboard shortcuts

The essential keyboard shortcuts for Adobe Photoshop, from tool switching to layers and adjustments. Updated July 2026.

Editing

  • Free transform⌘+T
  • Step backward in history⌘+⌥+Z
  • Fill with foreground color⌥+⌦
  • Fill with background color⌘+⌦
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Layers

  • Duplicate layer via copy⌘+J
  • Create new layer⌘+⇧+N
  • Group layers⌘+G
  • Merge layer down⌘+E
  • Stamp visible layers to new layer⌘+⌥+⇧+E

Selections

  • Deselect⌘+D
  • Inverse selection⌘+⇧+I
  • Reselect last selection⌘+⇧+D

Tools

  • Switch to Move toolV
  • Switch to Brush toolB
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  • Decrease brush size[
  • Switch to Crop toolC
  • Switch to Marquee toolM
  • Switch to Lasso toolL
  • Switch to Type toolT
  • Swap foreground and background colorsX
  • Switch to Clone Stamp toolS
  • Switch to Eraser toolE
  • Switch to Eyedropper toolI
  • Reset default colorsD
  • Switch to Zoom toolZ

Adjustments

  • Open Curves adjustment⌘+M
  • Open Levels adjustment⌘+L
  • Open Hue/Saturation adjustment⌘+U
  • Invert colors⌘+I

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