🔥 Windows Maps Popular Shortcuts
By mastering essential Windows Maps shortcuts, you can quickly perform searches, navigation, and view toggles to dramatically improve your map browsing efficiency.
TOP 1
Ctrl+Q
Quick Search
Opens the search bar to find locations.
🎯 Instantly open the search bar to quickly find destinations.
💡 Hint: Quick search
TOP 2
← → → → ↑ → ↓
Pan map
Press the arrow keys to pan the map in any direction.
🎯 Pan the map freely with arrow keys to quickly explore surroundings.
💡 Hint: Use arrow keys to pan
TOP 3
Ctrl++ → Ctrl+-
Zoom in/out
Press Ctrl + + to zoom in, Ctrl + - to zoom out on the map.
🎯 Smoothly zoom in and out on the map with Ctrl + +/–.
💡 Hint: +/- = zoom
TOP 4
Ctrl+D
Use directions
Press Ctrl + D to start directions.
🎯 Start turn-by-turn directions instantly with Ctrl + D to display routes to your destination.
💡 Hint: Directions
TOP 5
Ctrl+T
Toggle traffic
Press Ctrl + T to toggle traffic information.
🎯 Toggle traffic information on and off with Ctrl + T to immediately assess congestion.
💡 Hint: Traffic
TOP 6
Ctrl+Home
Center on current location
Press Ctrl + Home to center the map on your current location.
🎯 Center the map on your current location with Ctrl + Home to quickly orient yourself.
💡 Hint: Home = home (location)
TOP 7
Ctrl+Y
Toggle aerial/road view
Press Ctrl + Y to toggle between aerial and road views.
🎯 Toggle between aerial and road views with Ctrl + Y to examine details of your surroundings.
💡 Hint: Y toggle view
TOP 8
Ctrl+C
Copy to clipboard
Press Ctrl + C to copy current location information to the clipboard.
🎯 Copy current location information to the clipboard with Ctrl + C for easy pasting into other apps.
💡 Hint: Copy
TOP 9
Ctrl+H
Share
Press Ctrl + H to share the current map view.
🎯 Share the current map view with Ctrl + H to effortlessly share location details with others.
💡 Hint: H to share