Keyboard Shortcuts for Google’s AdWords Editor

This post is for pay per click marketers that spend more time in Google’s AdWords Editor than they do on the actual Google AdWords interface/website. Here is a list of keyboard shortcuts for AdWords Editor that could help speed up your AdWords Editor processing time. I personally only use about 20 of these (the ones bolded). But, here is a list of all the I could find.

Ctrl+O – Open Account
Ctrl+R – Get Recent Changes

Ctrl+S – Post Changes
Ctrl+A – Select all Items in Data View
Ctrl+Z – Revert Selected Changes
Delete key – Delete Selected Items
Ctrl+C – Copy Selected Items
Ctrl+X – Cut Selected Items
Ctrl+V – Paste Items
Ctrl+Shft+V – Paste Items into selected ad groups
Ctrl+1 – Jump to Keywords tab
Ctrl+2 – Jump to Sites tab
Ctrl+3 – Jump to Negatives tab
Ctrl+4 – Jump to Text Ads tab
Ctrl+5 – Jump to Image Ads tab
Ctrl+6 – Jump to Mobile Ads tab
Ctrl+7 – Jump to Ad Groups tab
Ctrl+8 – Jump to Campaigns tab

Ctrl+K – Add Keyword
Ctrl+Shft+K – Add or Update Multiple Keywords
Ctrl+Alt+K – Delete Multiple Keywords
Ctrl+B – Add Site
Ctrl+Shft+B – Add or Update Multiple Placements
Ctrl+Alt+B – Delete Multiple Placements

Ctrl+L – Add Negative Keyword
Ctrl+Shft+L – Add Multiple Negative Keywords
Ctrl+M – Add Campaign Negative Keyword
Ctrl+Shft+M – Add Multiple Campaign Negative Keywords
Ctrl+Alt+M – Delete Multiple Campaign Negative Keywords
Ctrl+E – Add Campaign Negative Site
Ctrl+Shft+E – Add Multiple Campaign Negative Sites
Ctrl+Alt+E – Delete Multiple Campaign Negative Sites
Ctrl+T – Add Text Ad
Ctrl+Shft+T – Add Multiple Text Ads
Ctrl+Alt+T – Delete Multiple Text Ads
Ctrl+I – Add Image Ad
Ctrl+Shft+I – Add Multiple Image Ads
Ctrl+J – Add Mobile Ad
Ctrl+Shft+J – Add Multiple Mobile Ads
Ctrl+Alt+J – Delete Multiple Mobile Ads
Ctrl+G – Add Ad Group
Ctrl+Shft+G – Add or Update Multiple Ad Groups
Ctrl+N – Add Keyword-targeted Campaign
Ctrl+Shft+N – Add Site-Targeted Campaign
Ctrl+D – Add Draft Keyword-targeted Campaign
Ctrl+Shft+D – Add Draft Site-targeted Campaign
Ctrl+W – Exit AdWords Editor

If you know of any shortcuts that I missed, please comment them.

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