This page lists 52 keyboard shortcuts for Apple Mail on macOS, grouped into 5 sections: Editing Shortcuts, Formatting Messages, General Shortcuts, Receive Message, and Sending Messages.
App Cheat Sheet
Mail is an email client included by Apple Inc. with its operating systems macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and visionOS. Mail grew out of NeXTMail, which was originally developed by NeXT as part of its NeXTSTEP operating system, after Apple is acquisition of NeXT in 1997.
Apple Mail keyboard shortcuts are organized by category and available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Search by keyword or browse by section.
| Action | Hotkey |
|---|---|
| Select all email messages | ⌘+A |
| Send email message | ⇧+⌘+D |
| Indent items in a list | ⌘+] |
| Mark email as Read or Unread | ⇧+⌘+U |
| Italic | ⌘+I |
| Redo changes to an email message | ⇧+⌘+Z |
| Reply to sender | ⇧+⌘+R |
| Compose a new email message | ⌥+⇧+N |
| Delete a selected message or folder | ⌫ |
| Scroll through the selected messages | Spacebar |
| Mark email as Junk or Not Junk | ⇧+⌘+J |
| Underline | ⌘+U |
| Undo changes to an email message | ⌘+Z |
| Open the selected message in a new window | ↩ |
| Outdent items in a list | ⌘+[ |
| Flag or unflag email | ⇧+⌘+L |
| Make font size smaller | ⌘ |
| Save as a draft | ⌘+S |
| Make font size bigger | ⌘+= |
| ⌘+P | |
| Bold | ⌘+B |
| Archive an email message | ⌘+Downarrow |
| Toggle between Reply and Reply All | ⇧+⌘+R |
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