How to use keyboard shortcuts in Notes on iPad

If your iPad is connected to an iPad keyboard, you can use keyboard shortcuts to quickly perform actions in the Notes app. You can learn keyboard shortcuts right on your iPad. It’s one of the ways you can use shortcuts on an Apple external keyboard with iPad.

Examples of keyboard shortcuts

• Start a new note: Press Command-N.
• Add a checklist: Press Shift-Command-L.
• Create a bulleted list: Press Shift-Command-7.
• Add a link: Press Command-K.
• Add a divider line: Press Command-L.
• Hide the sidebar: Press Control-Command-S.

Learn keyboard shortcuts

Press and hold the Globe key or Command (⌘) key until the shortcuts appear.

See also

• Use shortcuts on an Apple external keyboard with iPad