| ? | Toggle open/close this keyboard shortcut help screen |
| j / arrowdown | Move highlight down a result |
| k / arrowup | Move highlight up a result |
| h / arrowleft | Move left within horizontal inline content, or change boost/ban status in site info modal |
| l / arrowright | Move right within horizontal inline content, or change boost/ban status in site info modal |
| enter |
Go to highlighted result (or open first result, which would be highlighted) |
| / | Focus the search bar |
| ! | Focus the search bar, and add a "!" to start typing a bang |
| q | Open quick answer |
| Escape | Reset highlight scroll state to first result, or close site info modal |
| Shift + ~ | Open control center |
| s | Open site info modal on the currently highlighted result if applicable, or close it if already open. |
| w | Open web search tab |
| i | Open images tab |
| v | Open videos tab |
| m | Open maps tab |
| n | Open news tab |
| ] | Cycle forward between navigation tabs |
| [ | Cycle backwards between navigation tabs |
| filetype: | Returns only search results that match a particular file extension |
| site: | Returns only search results from a particular website |
| inurl: | Finds webpages whose URL contains the terms or phrases |
| intitle: | Finds webpages whose title contains the terms or phrases |
| “words” | Finds the exact words in a phrase |
| () | Finds or excludes webpages that contain a group of words. |
| AND | Finds webpages that contain both of the terms or phrases, for example “food (cat AND dog)”. |
| + and - | Finds webpages that contain or exclude a term or phrase for example “food +cat -dog”. |
| OR | Finds webpages that contain either of the terms or phrases for example “food (cat OR dog)”. |
| * | Matches any word for example “first * array”. Try it! |
| !bang | We support all of DuckDuckGo's bangs. |
| !sum | Open our Universal Summarizer with the passed URL. |
| !de, !fr, etc | You can use regional bangs to switch your region on the fly for your search session. |
| \query query ! |
Opens the first result of the search. |
| !k | Bang that performs a Kagi Search |
| !i | Bang that performs a Kagi Image search |
| !v | Bang that performs a Kagi Video search |
| !n | Bang that performs a Kagi News search |
| !m | Bang that performs a Kagi Maps search |
| calc | Open Computer widget. Performs math calculations, unit, and currency conversions. Will open automatically when you search for a calculation. Try it! |
| ip address | Check your IP address. Try it! |
| timer / stopwatch | Open timer & stopwatch widget. Try it! |
| translate | Open language translation widget. Try it! |