Remote Desktop (RDP) Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows 10

Regular Windows keyboard combinationKey combination for RDPDescription of what hotkeys do
Win key or Ctrl+EscAlt+HomeOpens the Start Menu or Start screen
Alt+TabAlt+Page UpDisplays the Alt+Tab switcher where pressing Page Up while Alt is held down will switch programs from left to right
Alt+Shift+TabAlt+Page DownDisplays the Alt+Tab switcher where pressing Page Down while Alt is held down will switch programs from right to left
Alt+EscAlt+InsertCycles through open apps in most recently used order (sends the current active window to the bottom of the Z-order)
Alt+SpaceAlt+DeleteOpens the window menu of the active window
Print ScreenCtrl+Alt+'+'(Plus key on numeric keypad)Takes a screenshot of the whole screen to the clipboard which you can paste in Paint
Alt+Print ScreenCtrl+Alt+'-' (Minus key on the numeric keypad)Takes a screenshot of the active window to the clipboard which you can paste in Paint
Ctrl+Alt+DelCtrl+Alt+EndSends Ctrl+Alt+Del (Secure Attention Sequence) to the host.
-Ctrl+Alt+BreakToggles the RDP window between full screen mode and windowed mode
-Ctrl+Alt+Up/Down arrowView session selection bar
-Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right arrowSwitch between sessions
-Ctrl+Alt+HomeActivate connection bar in full-screen mode
-Ctrl+Alt+InsertScroll the session
-Ctrl + Alt + Right arrow'Tab' out of the Remote Desktop controls to a control in the host app (for example, a button or a text box). Useful when the Remote Desktop controls are embedded in another (host) app.
-Ctrl + Alt + Left arrow'Tab' out of the Remote Desktop controls to a control in the host app (for example, a button or a text box). Useful when the Remote Desktop controls are embedded in another (host) app.

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