Shortcuts WinSCP for Windows

Windows

We present to your attention the shortcuts for the WinSCP for Windows which is used on the operating system Windows, in this hotkeys description 62 of the most popular and important shortcuts are offered. You can also add your changes on our portal if you consider the data insufficiently complete or add a new program from the very beginning.

Windows	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Ctrl+R	Re-read panel
Backspace	Open parent directory
Ctrl+\	Open root directory
Ctrl+H	Open home directory
Alt+Arrow Left	Go back
Alt+Arrow Right	Go forward
Alt+F1	Open path change menu for left panel
Alt+F2	Open path change menu for right panel
Ctrl+B	Bookmark current directory
Ctrl+O	Display bookmark window
Ctrl+Alt+T	Toggle tree panel

File Selection

Windows	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Insert	Select/deselect file
[+ on numeric keyboard	Select group
- on numeric keyboard	Deselect group
* on numeric keyboard	Invert selection
Ctrl+A	Select all files
Ctrl+L	Deselect all files
Ctrl+Alt+R	Restore selection

File Management

Windows	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
F2	Rename focused file
F4	Edit focused file
Shift+F4	Edit (create) new file
F5	Copy selected files (upload when local panel is active, download when remote panel is active)
Shift+F5	Duplicate selected files (remote panel only)
F6	Move selected files (upload when local panel is active, download when remote panel is active)
Shift+F6	Move/rename selected files (remote panel only)
Alt+F6	Add/edit link
F7	Create new folder
F8, delete	Delete selected files
Shift+Delete	Delete selected files (alternative)
f9, alt+Enter	Change properties of selected files
Ctrl+V	Paste files

Session Management

Windows	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Shift+Ctrl+D	Close active session
Ctrl+N	Open new session
Tab+tab, shift+Ctrl+Ctrl	Cycle opened sessions
Alt+1, alt+2 …	Switch to other opened session

Service Commands

Windows	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Ctrl+Alt+B	Toggle synchronized browsing
Ctrl+C	Compare files in panels
Ctrl+P	Open current session in PuTTY
Ctrl+Alt+P	Open Preferences dialog
Ctrl+Alt+R	Toggle automatical refresh of remote directory after operation
Ctrl+S	Synchronize directories
Ctrl+U	Keep remote directory up to date
Ctrl+T	Open terminal window
f10, alt+F4	Quit
Alt+F7	Find file
Esc	Cancels reading of remote directory

File Panels

Windows	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Ctrl+F3	Sort files in the active panel by name
Ctrl+F4	Sort files in the active panel by extension
Ctrl+F5	Sort files in the active panel by modification time
Ctrl+F6	Sort files in the active panel by size
Ctrl+F7	Sort files in the active panel by attributes/permissions
Ctrl+F8	Sort files in the active panel by owner (remote panel only)
Ctrl+F9	Sort files in the active panel by group (remote panel only)
Ctrl+Enter	Insert names of selected files to command line
Shift+Ctrl+C	Copy names of selected files to the clipboard
Ctrl+Alt+C	Copy names of selected files including paths to the clipboard
Ctrl+[	Copy current local path to the clipboard
Ctrl+]	Copy current remote path to the clipboard
Ctrl+Alt+H	Toggle hidden and system files displaying
Ctrl+Alt+E	Open current directory in Windows Explorer (local panel only)
Shift+Ctrl+N	Show/focus command line
Ctrl+Q	Focus queue view (when visible)