How to start with
Excalidraw
Online whiteboard helps you to get your idea out there,
co-create solutions and show it to others.
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- Cut on clicks
Keyboard shortcuts
Cut on clicks and the most frequent commands with keyboard shortcuts. Give it a try by pressing ...
- R to choose and create a rectangle.
- Enter to type text and Esc when finished.
- Cmd/Ctrl+Arrow to create flowchart nodes. Repeat.
- Opt/Alt+Arrow to move around.
- Shift+1 to zoom to fit all elements.
- ? to explore all shortcuts.
Command palette
Quickly execute actions or find things you haven't known about. Press Cmd-/ or Ctrl-/ to open the command palette.
Navigate with shortcuts
Getting lost in the scene or the workspace? Find stuff easily using these shortcuts.
- Cmd/Ctrl+F to conduct a text search within the scene.
- Cmd/Ctrl+K to link to other scene elements or external pages.
- Cmd/Ctrl+P to find a scene in your Excalidraw+ workspace.
Online whiteboard
Try these shortcuts in Excalidraw!
FAQ
Create
Excalidraw is free to use and no account is needed. You can just go to excalidraw.com and start drawing. You can level up to Excalidraw Plus and create an account together with a workspace.
Collaborate
In free version you can invite as many people as you want and collaborate with them in real-time.
Share
There is a 'share' button in the top right corner of the whiteboard. You can share it with as many people you like.
Privacy and data security
On Excalidraw.com, your drawing is stored locally in LocalStorage on your device. When collaborating or sharing, the drawing is E2EE (end-to-end encrypted), so only those you share it with can see it. For Excalidraw+, you can see how we protect data on our dedicated page.
Excalidraw+
In most cases, we are now auto-importing your excalidraw.com scene to your new workspace. Can’t find the scene in your Excalidraw+ workspace? Visit excalidraw.com/#noredirect or disable auto-redirect in your preferences and navigate to ‘Menu’ → ‘Save to’ → ‘Excalidraw+’ to import it manually.