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Claude Code Keyboard Shortcuts

Every Claude Code keyboard shortcut, 53 of them across 10 groups. The complete terminal reference.

Charlie Hills Added 21 June 2026 · Free

What’s inside

  1. 1Control & Exit
  2. 2Edit Your Prompt
  3. 3History & Recall
  4. 4Multiline Input
  5. 5Image & Clipboard
  6. 6Modes, Models & Thinking
  7. 7Magic Prefixes

Control & Exit

Shortcut

What it does

Esc

Stop Claude mid-response

Esc Esc

Clear the draft, or open the rewind menu

Ctrl+C

Interrupt, or clear; press twice to exit

Ctrl+D

Exit Claude Code

Ctrl+L

Redraw the screen, keep your input

Ctrl+T

Toggle the task list

Ctrl+O

Toggle the verbose transcript

Ctrl+X then Ctrl+K

Stop all background subagents

Ctrl+B

Background the running task

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