Getting Started With WhatsApp Keyboard Shortcuts And Best Ones To Use

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WhatsApp is among the most popular online messaging platform out there. It is available on both smartphones and desktops. While some features are exclusive to WhatsApp for Android and iOS, WhatsApp shortcuts are exclusive to the desktop version of the application. Just like there are shortcuts to copy and paste text or images, WhatsApp has shortcuts for performing several tasks, including creating a group, sending a chat to the archive section, and more.

Users can use these shortcuts to decrease the time required to perform the task manually, i.e., with the help of a keyboard and mouse. It might not sound convincing at first, but using keyboard-based shortcuts on a platform where the primary mode of communication is text messages makes sense, especially when WhatsApp is used by professional teams and groups, where every second counts. Given below are the best WhatsApp shortcuts to use.

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First, if a user wants to initiate a new chat with someone, tap Ctrl + N and select the contact from the list that appears on the screen. To create a new group, hit Ctrl + Shift + N and choose the participants that will be a part of the group conversation. If the user is chatting with someone and a message pops up in the chat below it, press Ctrl + Tab to scroll to the next chat (in the order of messages in the inbox). If, by mistake, the user happens to scroll past a conversation without replying to the message, use the WhatsApp shortcut Ctrl + Shift + Tab to return to the previous chat. To search for a contact, press Ctrl + Shift + Fand type the name in the search box.

Now let's assume the user is in a particular chat and wants to mark the message as unread. Press Ctrl + Shift + U.