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` backtick / grave accent on your keyboardThe backtick is used for inline code and code blocks in Markdown. Its location changes with your keyboard layout - use the highlighted key and shortcut below.
Why press Space? On some layouts, the grave accent is a dead key: it waits to accent the next letter. Pressing Space tells it to output a plain ` instead. View Microsoft’s Windows keyboard layouts
US ENGLISH
Press the first key in the number row: directly below Esc and to the left of 1. It shares a key with the tilde.
`Press once
First key in the number row, directly below Esc
GERMAN
Hold Shift and press the ´ key immediately to the left of Backspace, then press Space. The grave is a composing key: it waits to accent the next letter, pressing Space tells it to output a plain ` instead.
Shift+´+SpaceHold Shift, press the key, then Space
Use Shift + the highlighted key, then Space
FRENCH (LEGACY AZERTY)
Hold AltGr and press 7, the key labelled è on the number row.
AltGr+7Hold AltGr, then press
Windows 11’s optional French Standard layout is different: use AltGr + è, then Space.
Use AltGr + 7 (è)
ENGLISH (UNITED KINGDOM)
Press the key below Esc and left of 1. It types a backtick directly.
`Press once
SPANISH (SPAIN)
Press the ` / ^ key immediately to the right of P, then press Space.
`+SpacePress the dead key, then Space
SPANISH (LATIN AMERICA)
Hold AltGr and press the - key immediately left of the right Shift key, then press Space.
AltGr+-+SpaceHold AltGr, press the key, then Space
PORTUGUESE (BRAZIL ABNT2)
Hold Shift and press the ´ key immediately to the right of P, then press Space.
Shift+´+SpaceHold Shift, press the key, then Space
PORTUGUESE (PORTUGAL)
Hold Shift and press the ´ key immediately left of Enter, then press Space.
Shift+´+SpaceHold Shift, press the key, then Space
DANISH, FINNISH, NORWEGIAN & SWEDISH
Hold Shift and press the ´ key immediately left of Backspace, then press Space.
Shift+´+SpaceHold Shift, press the key, then Space
POLISH (PROGRAMMERS)
Hold AltGr and press 7. This layout types the backtick directly.
AltGr+7Hold AltGr, then press
CZECH
Hold AltGr and press 7, then press Space. The backtick is a dead key on this layout.
AltGr+7+SpaceHold AltGr, press the key, then Space
ITALIAN
Hold Alt, type 96 on the numeric keypad, then release Alt. Turn on Num Lock first.
Alt+Num 9+Num 6Use the numeric keypad, not the number row
GREEK
Hold Shift and press the key immediately left of Backspace, then press Space.
Shift+key left of Backspace+SpaceHold Shift, press the dead key, then Space
Linux: Similar layout names can use different mappings. Check your desktop environment’s selected input source before relying on a Windows shortcut.
Why press Space? On some Mac layouts, the grave accent is a dead key: it waits to combine with the next letter. Pressing Space outputs the plain ` character instead. Identify your Apple keyboard layout
US ENGLISH
Press the first key in the number row, directly below Esc and to the left of 1.
`Press once
First key in the number row, directly below Esc
GERMAN
Press the key immediately to the left of Delete. The accent is a dead key, so Space makes it appear as a backtick.
Shift+´+SpaceHold Shift, press the key, then Space
Use Shift + the highlighted key, then Space
FRENCH
Press the key immediately to the right of the right Shift key. It types ` directly.
`Press once
The highlighted key is immediately right of the right Shift key
ENGLISH (UNITED KINGDOM)
Press the key below Esc and left of 1. It types a backtick directly.
`Press once
SPANISH
Press the dead key immediately to the right of P, then press Space.
key right of P+SpacePress the dead key, then Space
SPANISH (LATIN AMERICA)
Hold Option and press the } key immediately left of Return, then press Space.
Option+}+SpaceHold Option, press the key, then Space
PORTUGUESE (BRAZIL ABNT2)
Hold Option and press the ' key below Esc. It types a backtick directly.
Option+'Hold Option, then press
PORTUGUESE (PORTUGAL)
Hold Shift and press the dead key immediately to the right of P, then press Space.
Shift+key right of P+SpaceHold Shift, press the dead key, then Space
DANISH, FINNISH & SWEDISH
Hold Shift and press the key immediately left of Delete, then press Space.
Shift+key left of Delete+SpaceHold Shift, press the dead key, then Space
NORWEGIAN
Hold Option and press the key immediately left of Delete. It types a backtick directly.
Option+key left of DeleteHold Option, then press
POLISH
Press the key below Esc and left of 1. It types a backtick directly.
`Press once
CZECH
Hold Option and press 1. It types a backtick directly.
Option+1Hold Option, then press
ITALIAN
Hold Option and press 9, then press Space. The backtick is a dead key on this layout.
Option+9+SpaceHold Option, press the key, then Space
GREEK
Press the key below Esc and left of 1. It types a backtick directly.
`Press once