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FileZilla Keyboard Shortcuts Cheatsheet

Quick reference guide to essential keyboard shortcuts in FileZilla for efficient file management and transfers.

General & Site Manager

General Application

F1

Open FileZilla Help

F5

Refresh the active local or remote file listing

F10

Activate the menu bar

Shift + F10

Open context menu for selected item(s)

Alt + F4

Exit FileZilla

Ctrl + ,

Open Settings dialog

Ctrl + N

Open a new tab

Ctrl + W

Close current tab

Site Manager Shortcuts

Ctrl + S

Open Site Manager

Alt + N

In Site Manager: Create a new site

Alt + F

In Site Manager: Create a new folder

Alt + R

In Site Manager: Rename selected item

Alt + D

In Site Manager: Delete selected item

Enter

In Site Manager: Connect to selected site

Esc

In Site Manager: Close Site Manager

Navigation & Views

File & Directory Navigation

Backspace

Go to the parent directory in the active panel

Alt + Down Arrow

Show directory history dropdown for the active panel

Ctrl + P

Go to the parent directory (Same as Backspace)

Ctrl + L

Activate the local directory tree panel

Ctrl + R

Activate the remote directory tree panel

Ctrl + Y

Reconnect to the current server

Ctrl + Shift + D

Disconnect from the current server

Alt + Home

Go to the default local directory

Panel & View Toggles

Ctrl + H

Show/Hide hidden files (dotfiles)

Ctrl + T

Show/Hide message log panel

Ctrl + U

Show/Hide local directory tree panel

Ctrl + I

Show/Hide remote directory tree panel

Ctrl + Q

Show/Hide transfer queue panel

Ctrl + C

Show/Hide directory comparison

Ctrl + F

Open search dialog (local/remote file search)

Ctrl + X

Open Directory Listing Filters dialog

Transfers & Queue

Initiating Transfers

F5 (on selected files)

Download selected file(s) from remote to local

Ctrl + U (on selected files)

Upload selected file(s) from local to remote

Ctrl + D (on selected files)

Download selected file(s) to the transfer queue

Ctrl + B (on selected files)

Upload selected file(s) to the transfer queue

Enter (on directory)

Change into selected directory

Shift + Enter (on directory)

Transfer selected directory (download or upload)

Managing Queue

F5 (in queue)

Process the transfer queue

Delete (in queue)

Remove selected item(s) from the queue

Ctrl + A (in queue)

Select all items in the queue

Shift + Click (in queue)

Select a range of items

Ctrl + Click (in queue)

Toggle selection of individual items

Space (in queue)

Pause/Resume selected transfer(s)

Ctrl + K

Cancel all transfers and clear queue