Ctrl+W
What does Ctrl+W do?
| App | Action | Category | Win / Mac | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Acrobat | Close document | File | CtrlW ⌘W | |
| Brave | Close tab | Tabs | CtrlW ⌘W | |
| Chrome | Close current tab | Tabs & Windows | CtrlW ⌘W | |
| Claude Code | Delete word backward | CLI Session | CtrlW CtrlW | |
| DataGrip | Extend Selection | Editing | CtrlW ⌥↑ | |
| Edge | Close Current Tab | Tabs And Windows | CtrlW ⌘W | |
| Emacs | Kill (cut) region | Editing | CtrlW CtrlW | |
| Excel | Close workbook | Workbook & Files | CtrlW ⌘W | |
| Firefox | Close Tab | Tabs And Windows | CtrlW ⌘W | |
| FL Studio | Close window | File & General | CtrlW ⌘W | |
| Foxit PDF Reader | Close tab | File & Edit | CtrlW | |
| GitKraken | Close tab | General | CtrlW ⌘W | |
| GNU nano | Search (where is) | Search & Replace | CtrlW ⌃W | |
| Illustrator | Close | File | CtrlW ⌘W | |
| InDesign | Close Document | General | CtrlW ⌘W | |
| JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA | Extend Selection | Editing | CtrlW ⌥↑ | |
| JetBrains Rider | Extend Selection | Editing | CtrlW ⌥↑ | |
| Kate | Close | File | CtrlW | |
| LibreOffice Writer | Close document | File | CtrlW ⌘W | |
| Neovim | Delete word backward | Insert Mode | CtrlW CtrlW | |
| Notepad++ | Close tab | File | CtrlW | |
| Obsidian | Close current tab | File & Note | CtrlW ⌘W | |
| Opera | Close tab | Tabs | CtrlW ⌘W | |
| Postman | Close tab | Requests | CtrlW ⌘W | |
| PowerPoint | Close Presentation | General | CtrlW ⌘W | |
| PyCharm | Extend Selection | Editing | CtrlW ⌥↑ | |
| Slack | Close Window | General | CtrlW ⌘W | |
| Sublime Text | Close File | General | CtrlW ⌘W | |
| SumatraPDF | Close document | File & Search | CtrlW | |
| TablePlus | Close tab | Connection & Navigation | CtrlW ⌘W | |
| Vim | Navigate splits | File & Buffers | CtrlWhjkl CtrlWhjkl | |
| Vivaldi | Close tab | Tabs | CtrlW ⌘W | |
| VS Code | Close editor | Editor Management | CtrlW ⌘W | |
| WebStorm | Extend Selection | Editing | CtrlW ⌥↑ | |
| Word | Close Document | General | CtrlW ⌘W |
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