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⤢ VIM KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 43 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 Shift End of Line 5 6 7 8 Shift Search Wo… 9 0 Start of Line Q W Word Forw… E End of Wor… R Ctrl Redo T Y U Undo I Insert Befo… O Open Line… P Put After C… A Append Af… S D F G Shift Go to Last… H Move Left… J Shift Join Lines K L Z X Delete Cha… C V Visual Cha… B Word Back… N Next Match M MORE SHORTCUTS Back to Normal… Esc Delete Line DD Search Forward / Write File :W › Enter Write and Quit :WQ › Enter Go to First Line GG Yank Line YY Visual Line Shift V Quit :Q › Enter Quit Without Sa… :Q! › Enter Delete Word DW Change Word CW Repeat Last Cha… . Previous Match Shift N Substitute All in… :%S/OLD/NEW/G › Enter Visual Block Ctrl V Open Line Above Shift O Put Before Cursor Shift P Search Backward Shift / Edit File :E › FILE › Enter Split Window Ho… Ctrl W › S Split Window Ve… Ctrl W › V Move to Next Wi… Ctrl W › W Change Line CC Next Buffer :BN › Enter shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH VIM · WINDOWS VIM KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 43 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 Shift End of Line 5 6 7 8 Shift Search Wo… 9 0 Start of Line A Append Af… Z E End of Wor… R Ctrl Redo T Y U Undo I Insert Befo… O Open Line… P Put After C… Q S D F G Shift Go to Last… H Move Left… J Shift Join Lines K L M W Word Forw… X Delete Cha… C V Visual Cha… B Word Back… N Next Match MORE SHORTCUTS Back to Normal… Esc Delete Line DD Search Forward / Write File :W › Enter Write and Quit :WQ › Enter Go to First Line GG Yank Line YY Visual Line Shift V Quit :Q › Enter Quit Without Sa… :Q! › Enter Delete Word DW Change Word CW Repeat Last Cha… . Previous Match Shift N Substitute All in… :%S/OLD/NEW/G › Enter Visual Block Ctrl V Open Line Above Shift O Put Before Cursor Shift P Search Backward Shift / Edit File :E › FILE › Enter Split Window Ho… Ctrl W › S Split Window Ve… Ctrl W › V Move to Next Wi… Ctrl W › W Change Line CC Next Buffer :BN › Enter shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH VIM · WINDOWS ⤢ MODES Insert Before Cursor I Back to Normal Mode Esc Append After Cursor A Open Line Below O Open Line Above Shift O Replace Mode Shift R SEARCH Search Forward / Next Match N Previous Match Shift N Substitute All in File :%S/OLD/NEW/G › Enter Search Backward Shift / Search Word Under Cursor Shift 8 WINDOWS Split Window Horizontally Ctrl W › S Split Window Vertically Ctrl W › V Move to Next Window Ctrl W › W Close Window Ctrl W › Q EDITING Delete Line DD Undo U Delete Character X Yank Line YY Put After Cursor P Redo Ctrl R Delete Word DW Change Word CW Repeat Last Change . Put Before Cursor Shift P Change Line CC Join Lines Shift J VISUAL Visual Character V Visual Line Shift V Visual Block Ctrl V MOTION Move Left / Down / Up / Right H Word Forward W Word Backward B Go to First Line GG Go to Last Line Shift G Start of Line 0 End of Line Shift 4 End of Word E FILES Write File :W › Enter Write and Quit :WQ › Enter Quit :Q › Enter Quit Without Saving :Q! › Enter Edit File :E › FILE › Enter Next Buffer :BN › Enter Previous Buffer :BP › Enter Vim KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 46 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH VIM · WINDOWS ⤢ MODES 06 Insert Before Cursor I Back to Normal Mode Esc Append After Cursor A Open Line Below O Open Line Above Shift O Replace Mode Shift R SEARCH 06 Search Forward / Next Match N Previous Match Shift N Substitute All in File :%S/OLD/NEW/G › Enter Search Backward Shift / Search Word Under Cursor Shift 8 WINDOWS 04 Split Window Horizontally Ctrl W › S Split Window Vertically Ctrl W › V Move to Next Window Ctrl W › W Close Window Ctrl W › Q EDITING 12 Delete Line DD Undo U Delete Character X Yank Line YY Put After Cursor P Redo Ctrl R Delete Word DW Change Word CW Repeat Last Change . Put Before Cursor Shift P Change Line CC Join Lines Shift J VISUAL 03 Visual Character V Visual Line Shift V Visual Block Ctrl V MOTION 08 Move Left / Down / Up… H Word Forward W Word Backward B Go to First Line GG Go to Last Line Shift G Start of Line 0 End of Line Shift 4 End of Word E FILES 07 Write File :W › Enter Write and Quit :WQ › Enter Quit :Q › Enter Quit Without Saving :Q! › Enter Edit File :E › FILE › Enter Next Buffer :BN › Enter Previous Buffer :BP › Enter Vim KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 46 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH VIM · WINDOWS ⤢ VIM · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Windows · 7 SETS · No.01 VIM TOTAL 46 SHORTCUTS FOR WINDOWS · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS MODES 06 MOTION 08 EDITING 12 SEARCH 06 FILES 07 VISUAL 03 WINDOWS 04 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Insert Before Cursor I Back to Normal Mode Esc Append After Cursor A Open Line Below O Open Line Above Shift O Replace Mode Shift R Move Left / Down / Up / Right H Word Forward W Word Backward B Go to First Line GG Go to Last Line Shift G Start of Line 0 End of Line Shift 4 End of Word E Delete Line DD Undo U Delete Character X Yank Line YY Put After Cursor P Redo Ctrl R Delete Word DW Change Word CW Repeat Last Change . Put Before Cursor Shift P Change Line CC Join Lines Shift J Search Forward / Next Match N Previous Match Shift N Substitute All in File :%S/OLD/NEW/G › Enter Search Backward Shift / Search Word Under Cursor Shift 8 Write File :W › Enter Write and Quit :WQ › Enter Quit :Q › Enter Quit Without Saving :Q! › Enter Edit File :E › FILE › Enter Next Buffer :BN › Enter Previous Buffer :BP › Enter Visual Character V Visual Line Shift V Visual Block Ctrl V Split Window Horizontally Ctrl W › S Split Window Vertically Ctrl W › V Move to Next Window Ctrl W › W Close Window Ctrl W › Q VIM KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 14 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Q W Word Forw… E R T Y U Undo I Insert Befo… O P A Append Af… S D F G Shift Go to Last… H Move Left… J K L Z X Delete Cha… C V B Word Back… N M MORE SHORTCUTS Back to Normal Mode Esc Delete Line DD Search Forward / Write File :W › Enter Write and Quit :WQ › Enter Go to First Line GG shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH VIM · WINDOWS Keyboard map MOTION Move Left / Down / Up / Right H Word Forward W Word Backward B Go to First Line GG Go to Last Line Shift G SEARCH Search Forward / FILES Write File :W › Enter Write and Quit :WQ › Enter MODES Insert Before Cursor I Back to Normal Mode Esc Append After Cursor A EDITING Delete Line DD Undo U Delete Character X Vim KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH VIM · WINDOWS Isometric MOTION 05 Move Left / Down / Up / Ri… H Word Forward W Word Backward B Go to First Line GG Go to Last Line Shift G SEARCH 01 Search Forward / FILES 02 Write File :W › Enter Write and Quit :WQ › Enter MODES 03 Insert Before Cursor I Back to Normal Mode Esc Append After Cursor A EDITING 03 Delete Line DD Undo U Delete Character X Vim KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH VIM · WINDOWS Typewriter VIM · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Windows · 5 SETS · No.01 VIM TOTAL 14 SHORTCUTS FOR WINDOWS · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS MODES 03 MOTION 05 EDITING 03 SEARCH 01 FILES 02 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Insert Before Cursor I Back to Normal Mode Esc Append After Cursor A Move Left / Down / Up / Right H Word Forward W Word Backward B Go to First Line GG Go to Last Line Shift G Delete Line DD Undo U Delete Character X Search Forward / Write File :W › Enter Write and Quit :WQ › Enter Editorial 
