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- /deleting-your-user-account
- /permission-levels-for-a-user-account-repository
- /permission-levels-for-user-owned-project-boards
- /managing-accessibility-settings
- /managing-the-default-branch-name-for-your-repositories
- /managing-security-and-analysis-settings-for-your-user-account
- /managing-access-to-your-user-accounts-project-boards
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---
title: Managing accessibility settings
intro: 'You can disable character key shortcuts on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} in your accessibility settings.'
versions:
fpt: '*'
ghes: '>=3.4'
feature: keyboard-shortcut-accessibility-setting
---

## About accessibility settings

{% data variables.product.product_name %} includes a variety of keyboard shortcuts so that you can perform actions across the site without using your mouse to navigate. While shortcuts are useful to save time, they can sometimes make {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} harder to use and less accessible.

All keyboard shortcuts are enabled by default on {% data variables.product.product_name %}, but you can choose to disable character key shortcuts in your accessibility settings. This setting does not affect keyboard shortcuts provided by your web browser or {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} shortcuts that use a modifier key such as `control` or `command`.

## Managing character key shortcuts

{% data reusables.user_settings.access_settings %}
{% data reusables.user_settings.accessibility_settings %}
1. Select or deselect the **Enable character key shortcuts** checkbox.
![Screenshot of the 'Enable character key shortcuts' checkbox](/assets/images/help/settings/disable-character-key-shortcuts.png)
2. Click **Save**.
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Typing <kbd>?</kbd> on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} brings up a dialog box that lists the keyboard shortcuts available for that page. You can use these keyboard shortcuts to perform actions across the site without using your mouse to navigate.

{% if keyboard-shortcut-accessibility-setting %}
You can disable character key shortcuts, while still allowing shortcuts that use modifier keys, in your accessibility settings. For more information, see "[Managing accessibility settings](/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-user-account/managing-user-account-settings/managing-accessibility-settings)."{% endif %}

Below is a list of some of the available keyboard shortcuts.
{% if command-palette %}
The {% data variables.product.prodname_command_palette %} also gives you quick access to a wide range of actions, without the need to remember keyboard shortcuts. For more information, see "[{% data variables.product.prodname_command_palette %}](/get-started/using-github/github-command-palette)."{% endif %}
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# Reference: #4999.
# Documentation for the security manager org-level role
versions:
fpt: '*'
ghes: '>=3.4'
ghae: 'ghae-issue-5430'
ghec: '*'
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1. In the navigation on the left hand side, click the **Accessibility** link.
![Screenshot of the user settings navigation. The Accessibility link is highlighted.](/assets/images/help/settings/accessibility-tab.png)