Keyboard shortcuts

A handy list of keyboard shortcuts to help you zip around Metabase.

Shortcuts change depending on which page you’re viewing in your Metabase.

To view the shortcut menu in Metabase, press ?, or click on the Gear icon in the top right corner and select Keyboard shortcuts.

Global

Action Shortcut
Create a question c > q
Create a native query c > n
Create a dashboard c > d
Create a collection c > f
Create a model c > m
Create a metric c > k
Browse databases g > d
Browse models g > m
Browse metrics g > k
Report an issue Ctrl/Cmd+f1
View shortcuts ?
Open trash g > t
Open personal collection g > p
Toggle sidebar [
Go to admin g > a
Go to user settings g > u
Go to home g > h

Dashboard

Action Shortcut
Bookmark dashboard o
Add filter f
Open question sidebar a
Add query builder question q
Add native question n
Cancel edit dashboard e
Send dashboard to trash Ctrl/Cmd+backspace
Toggle dashboard info ]
Edit dashboard e
Save dashboard s
Change dashboard tab 1, 2, 3, …

Collection

Action Shortcut
Move collection items to trash Ctrl/Cmd+backspace

Question

Action Shortcut
Switch to editor e
Open filter dropdown f
Open summarize sidebar s
Bookmark question o
Open question info ]
Refresh data r
Toggle visualization v
Toggle viz settings y
Toggle viz types t
Send question to trash Ctrl/Cmd+backspace

Admin

Action Shortcut
Change admin tab 1, 2, 3, …

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