How can I disable Ctrl+Shift+W on Chrome for Windows 7

Question

I just accidentally pressed Ctrl+Shift+W again and lost some work. I like using CTRL+W for individual windows, but I never want to close everything. Is there a way to disable this on Chrome?

It's a shame hotkeys **still** cannot be disabled/altered. I would like to use `Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Q` in [Cloud9 IDE](https://c9.io/), but that closes my Chrome :( — Richard de Wit, Jan 20 '15 at 15:58
This is not a Windows-specific issue. It is a general browser issue and these browsers (Chrome and Firefox) both use these same hot-key combos in Ubuntu linux as well. AHK doesn't support other OSes, but I wonder if there are solutions that could work for those OS as well. — music2myear, Jan 05 '17 at 18:27
For MacOS the chrome installation has an option "Warn before quitting" in the Chrome menu. It's saved me many times over. — Rebecca Dessonville, Jan 05 '17 at 22:40
[Here](https://superuser.com/q/704779/656580) you can find more options even without using AutoHotkey. I really like [this approach](https://superuser.com/a/1097584/656580). — Michael Berdyshev, Feb 06 '18 at 18:07
This is a good question! I often use the middle of a pinky to press ctrl and another finger to press w to close individual tabs. It is so easy for the pinky to sometimes also press the large shift key right above ctrl. I don't want to have to use autohotkey though to remedy this. — user3015682, May 26 '19 at 03:19

Raj · Answer 1 · 2015-03-12T11:27:33.080

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The answer by iglvzx doesn't work for newer versions of AutoHotKey (AHK). Here is how you can do it with newer AHK versions:

SetTitleMatchMode, Regex

#IfWinActive, ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin_1
    ^+w::
        ;do nothing
        return
    ^+q::
        ;do nothing
        return

#IfWinActive

This also prevents Ctrl+Shift+Q from quitting all of Chrome.

edited Mar 12 '15 at 11:27

answered Jul 14 '14 at 14:26

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(to send ctrl W just remove the `+`) – JinSnow Nov 05 '17 at 22:03
This should be the default answer. This also works with Firefox Quantum if you change the `ahk_class` to `MozillaWindowClass` – ifconfig Nov 19 '17 at 22:45
Ctrl+Shift+Q is disabled now in one of the latest chrome updates, so it is no longer necessary to block – pfg Nov 03 '18 at 21:03

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 15 '12 at 16:37

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You can use AutoHotkey to intercept the keyboard shortcut:

SetTitleMatchMode, Regex

#IfWinActive, (- Google Chrome)$
    ^+w::
        ;do nothing
        return

#IfWinActive

answered Mar 15 '12 at 16:37

iglvzx

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This example did not work for me with AutoHotKey v1.1.09.02. After some tweaking I got this working: #IfWinActive, ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin_1 ^w::Return #IfWinActive – Steven Devijver Jan 19 '13 at 21:45

robertono · Answer 3 · 2016-04-14T13:59:40.090

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Complete version of this script. Works on new AHK versions.

Works with any input language (assigned to key code, not key as letter)
Only one running instance (SingleInstance force)
Doesn't recording history of pressed keys (KeyHistory 0)
Prevents from Ctrl+Shift+W and Ctrl+Shift+Q in Chrome

#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
#SingleInstance force;
#KeyHistory 0 ;
SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.

SetTitleMatchMode, Regex
#IfWinActive, ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin_1
    ^+SC011::
        ;do nothing
        return
    ^+SC010::
        ;do nothing
        return
#IfWinActive

edited Apr 14 '16 at 13:59

answered Apr 14 '16 at 12:28

robertono

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please help me format this code! – robertono Apr 14 '16 at 12:28
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You had missed the closing `` tag – Burgi Apr 14 '16 at 13:41
The chrome keybinding is language dependent for at least my version (61.0.3163.100) of chrome, so it doesn't work better to use the scancode. – William Cushing Oct 04 '17 at 20:04

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 25 '21 at 03:06

Install the Chrome extension "Disable keyboard shortcuts", by Benjamin Barenblat. (You may also view the source code, if you wish.)
Visit the URL: chrome://extensions/shortcuts
If you're on Windows, assign Control+Shift+W to do nothing in Chrome. (If you're on Mac OS, assign Cmd+Shift+W instead.)

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 04 '17 at 20:08

This binds ctrl-w to perform a kind of select-word in every application, and disables closing chrome using ctrl-shift-w and ctrl-shift-q. Tested on english and french language input methods for windows 10.

#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
; #Warn  ; Enable warnings to assist with detecting common errors.
#SingleInstance FORCE
#KeyHistory 0
SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.

^w:: ; select word
    Send, ^{right}^{left}^+{right}
    return

SetTitleMatchMode, Regex
#IfWinActive, ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin_1
    ^+w::return ; make ctrl-shift-w do nothing
    ^+q::return ; make ctrl-shift-q do nothing
#IfWinActive

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 06 '17 at 07:22

Here is the autohotkey code to disable ctrl+w and ctrl+q for the tab named test1 and test2 (test1 is the title that appears on your tab. You can use also use autohotkey spy to figure out more stuff)

SetTitleMatchMode, Regex

#If WinActive("test1 ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin_1") || WinActive("test2 ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin_1") 
        ^w::
        ^q::
            return  ; do nothing

#IfWinActive

credit to Raj and this guy

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 25 '21 at 03:57

it think this might work:

1- Press WIN + R to open Run dialog (alternatively right click Start, select Run), type control /name Microsoft.Language, press OK:

2- This opens Control Panel > All Control Panel items > Language. Select Advanced settings:

3- Select Change language bar hot keys:

4- In Advanced Key Settings tab, select Change Key Sequence:

5- Change key sequence, click OK to save settings:

6- Notice that Switch Input Language and Switch Keyboard Layout can't have the same sequence. To avoid using CTRL + SHIFT you can for instance set Switch Input Language to Grave Accent and Switch Keyboard Layout to Left Alt + SHIFT

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