Keyboard shortcuts
Updated October 27, 2026
Press Alt+Shift+S, then Enter, to clean your tabs. Press Alt+Shift+F to open your shelf with search ready. On your shelf, press / to search.
The shortcuts
| Keys | What it does |
|---|---|
| Alt+Shift+S | Opens the Tab Shelf popup with Clean tabs selected. Press Enter to clean. |
| Alt+Shift+F | Opens your shelf with the search box focused. |
| / | On the shelf page, jumps to the search box. |
On a Mac, Alt is the Option key.
Change a shortcut
Open chrome://extensions/shortcuts in Chrome, or edge://extensions/shortcuts in Edge. Find Tab Shelf, click the box beside a command and press the keys you want. If another extension uses the same keys, the browser leaves one of them unset.
A one-keystroke habit
Press Alt+Shift+S, glance at the count, press Enter. Choose Choose which tabs in the popup first if you want to untick a tab you want to keep.
Questions
Why doesn't the shortcut work?
Another extension or app may be using the same keys. Reassign it on the extensions shortcuts page.
Can I clean without opening the popup?
No. The shortcut opens the popup with the Clean button ready, and Enter finishes the job.
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