---
title: Keyboard shortcuts
updated: 2026-10-15
summary: Move through your mail without reaching for the mouse.
section: Your inbox
order: 4
---

Shortcuts work on a computer with a keyboard. They're paused while you're typing in a field. Press **?** in Yellowbird to see them at any time, or choose **Keyboard shortcuts** from the account menu. Buttons that have a shortcut show it when you hover over them.

## In a list

These also work on the conversation you have open.

- **j** and **k**: next and previous conversation. With a conversation open, these open the next or previous one.
- **Enter** or **o**: open the highlighted conversation
- **x**: tick or untick the highlighted conversation
- **e**: archive, on paid plans
- **#**: move to Trash
- **s**: snooze, in Inbox, Archive and your own folders
- **v**: move to a folder, on paid plans
- **b**: block (see below)
- **⇧ I**: mark read
- **⇧ U**: mark unread

Once you've ticked conversations with **x**, **e**, **#**, **b**, **⇧ I** and **⇧ U** act on all of them instead of the highlighted one. **j** and **k** still move the highlight.

### What b blocks

**b** acts on the latest message from someone else in the conversation, and always asks before blocking. Press **Enter** to confirm.

- **Mail to an alias from someone unexpected**: blocks that sender's domain on the alias, like the leak warning does. Everyone else can still reach you there.
- **Mail to an alias from the company you gave it to**: blocks the alias, so nobody can reach you there any more. The question names the alias so you know what you're stopping. You can unblock it from Aliases.
- **Mail to your real address**: blocks the sender, the same as blocking them in Screening, and moves the conversation to Blocked.
- **Mail we couldn't verify**: moves only this email to Blocked. The sender isn't blocked, because we can't be sure who sent it.

**b** does nothing on custom aliases, or in Sent, Drafts and Trash.

## In a conversation

- **u**: back to the list
- **r**: reply
- **a**: reply all
- **f**: forward

## In Screening

- **j** and **k**: next and previous sender
- **y**: approve
- **t**: just this email
- **b**: block. There's no question here, since **z** undoes it.
- **z**: undo the last decision

## Go to

- **g** then **i**: Inbox
- **g** then **c**: Screening
- **g** then **s**: Sent
- **g** then **d**: Drafts
- **g** then **a**: Archive, on paid plans
- **g** then **b**: Blocked
- **g** then **t**: Trash
- **g** then **f**: pick one of your own folders, on paid plans. Type to filter, then press **Enter**.
- **g** then **l**: Aliases

## Everywhere

- **c**: compose
- **/**: search
- **?**: show all shortcuts