Blender Cheat Sheet

Free 3D modelling, animation and rendering. Shortcuts for Blender 4.x (Windows / Linux; on macOS Ctrl → ⌘ for most). Most shortcuts depend on where the mouse is. F3 searches every command.

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Updated 1 Oct 2026

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Input	Action
Middle mouse drag	Orbit
`Shift` + middle mouse	Pan
Scroll / `Ctrl` + middle mouse	Zoom
`Numpad 1` / `3` / `7`	Front / right / top view (`Ctrl` = opposite side)
`Numpad 5`	Toggle perspective / orthographic
`Numpad 0`	Camera view
`Numpad .`	Focus on the selection
`Home`	View everything
` (backtick)	View pie menu (works without a numpad)
`Numpad /`	Local view (isolate the selection)

Transform #

Key	Action
`G` / `R` / `S`	Grab (move) / rotate / scale
…then `X` / `Y` / `Z`	Lock to an axis (press twice for local axis)
…then type a number	Exact value (`G Z 2` = move 2 m up)
`Shift + D`	Duplicate
`Alt + D`	Linked duplicate
`Ctrl + A`	Apply (scale / rotation)
`Alt + G` / `Alt + R` / `Alt + S`	Reset location / rotation / scale
`Shift + S`	Snap pie menu (cursor to selected, etc.)
`Shift + right-click`	Place the 3D cursor

Objects #

Key	Action
`Shift + A`	Add (mesh, light, camera…)
`X` or `Delete`	Delete
`A` / `Alt + A`	Select all / deselect all
`Ctrl + I`	Invert the selection
`B` / `C`	Box select / circle select
`H` / `Alt + H`	Hide / unhide
`Ctrl + J`	Join objects
`M`	Move to a collection
`Ctrl + P`	Parent
`Ctrl + 1…5`	Add a Subdivision Surface modifier (level 1–5)

Edit Mode (`Tab`) #

Key	Action
`Tab`	Toggle Object / Edit mode
`1` / `2` / `3`	Vertex / edge / face select
`Alt + click`	Select an edge loop
`L`	Select linked (hover)
`E`	Extrude
`I`	Inset
`Ctrl + R`	Loop cut
`K`	Knife
`Ctrl + B`	Bevel
`F`	Fill (make an edge / face)
`M`	Merge
`P`	Separate
`Shift + N`	Recalculate normals

View & Interface #

Key	Action
`Z`	Shading pie (wireframe, solid, material, rendered)
`Alt + Z`	X-ray
`N` / `T`	Sidebar / toolbar
`Ctrl + Space`	Maximize the area
`F3`	Search menu
`Ctrl + Tab`	Mode pie menu

Animation & Render #

Key	Action
`I`	Insert keyframe
`Alt + I`	Delete keyframe
`Space`	Play / pause
`Shift + ←` / `Shift + →`	Jump to start / end
`F12`	Render image
`Ctrl + F12`	Render animation
`F11`	Show the last render

File #

Key	Action
`Ctrl + S`	Save
`Ctrl + Z` / `Ctrl + Shift + Z`	Undo / redo
`Ctrl + N`	New file

Tips #

No numpad? Enable Preferences → Input → Emulate Numpad (numbers act as numpad keys).
Apply scale (Ctrl + A → Scale) before adding modifiers like bevel to avoid weird results.
For 3D printing, check the 3D Print Toolbox add-on.