Ctrl+W
What does Ctrl+W do?
| App | Action | Operating systems | Key lookup | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Acrobat | Close document | Windows | CtrlW | |
| Adobe Acrobat | Help window: close user guide | Windows | CtrlW | |
| Affinity Photo | Close the document or empty app window | Windows | CtrlW | |
| After Effects | Close active viewer or panel | Windows | CtrlW | |
| Android Studio | Expand code selection | Windows · Linux | CtrlW | |
| Blender | Sculpt: Grow the active face set | Windows · macOS · Linux | CtrlW | |
| Brave | Close tab | Windows · Linux | CtrlW | |
| Chrome | Close current tab | Windows · Linux | CtrlW | |
| Claude Code | Delete word backward | Windows · macOS · Linux | CtrlW | |
| DataGrip | Extend Selection | Windows · Linux | CtrlW | |
| Edge | Close Current Tab | Windows | CtrlW | |
| Emacs | Kill (cut) region | Windows · macOS · Linux | CtrlW | |
| Excel | Close workbook | Windows | CtrlW | |
| Firefox | Close Tab | Windows · Linux | CtrlW | |
| FL Studio | Close window | Windows | CtrlW | |
| Foxit PDF Reader | Close tab | Windows | CtrlW | |
| GIMP | View: Close the active image view | Windows · Linux | CtrlW | |
| GitKraken | Close tab | Windows · Linux | CtrlW | |
| GNOME Text Editor (gedit) | Close tab | Linux | CtrlW | |
| GNU nano | Search (where is) | Windows · macOS · Linux | CtrlW | |
| Illustrator | Close | Windows | CtrlW | |
| InDesign | Close Document | Windows | CtrlW | |
| Inkscape | File: Close the document window | Windows · Linux | CtrlW | |
| JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA | Extend Selection | Windows · Linux | CtrlW | |
| JetBrains Rider | Extend Selection | Windows · Linux | CtrlW | |
| Kate | Close | Windows · Linux | CtrlW | |
| LibreOffice Writer | Close document | Windows · Linux | CtrlW | |
| Neovim | Delete word backward | Windows · macOS · Linux | CtrlW | |
| Notepad++ | Close tab | Windows | CtrlW | |
| Obsidian | Close current tab | Windows · Linux | CtrlW | |
| Opera | Close tab | Windows · Linux | CtrlW | |
| Postman | Close tab | Windows · Linux | CtrlW | |
| PowerPoint | Close Presentation | Windows | CtrlW | |
| Premiere Pro | File: Close the active item | Windows | CtrlW | |
| PyCharm | Extend Selection | Windows · Linux | CtrlW | |
| Slack | Close Window | Windows · Linux | CtrlW | |
| Sublime Text | Close File | Windows · Linux | CtrlW | |
| SumatraPDF | Close document | Windows | CtrlW | |
| TablePlus | Close tab | Windows | CtrlW | |
| Typora | Close file | Windows · Linux | CtrlW | |
| Vivaldi | Close tab | Windows · Linux | CtrlW | |
| VS Code | Close editor | Windows · Linux | CtrlW | |
| WebStorm | Extend Selection | Windows · Linux | CtrlW | |
| Word | Close Document | Windows | CtrlW | |
| Zoom | Team Chat: Hide the current conversation | Windows | CtrlW |
