20 Coolest Internet Tricks That You Should Try Now

The world of the internet is an ocean of information related to any topic in the world. You name it and the web contains it. Likewise, to dig these facts, there are some shortcuts and tricks which some know and some are completely unaware of. Below are listed some of the coolest internet tricks that you can find on the internet; just give it a try!

1. Shortcut to any website

Whatever you type into the URL bar, it can be surrounded by www. & .com by pressing control + enter.

2. How to do a reverse image search

Hold S and right click on any image to do a reverse image search in Chrome.

3. How to restore a closed browser

Ctrl + shift + T

Opens up the last tab you accidentally closed.

4. How to make your cursor move by words

Most of the good ones are gone, but, holding control makes your cursor move by full words, instead of by characters.

So CTRL + backspace will delete the entire previous word. CTRL + arrow keys will jump to the start of the previous word.

5. A shortcut to highlighting a URL

CTRL + L highlights the URL/address bar in Chrome.

6. How to access private Youtube videos and subscription-only sites

If a YouTube video is marked as private, you can gain access simply by deleting the “watch?” in the URL.

I didn’t include this before because I never personally tried it, but I’ve heard that if you remove the “?” in the URL, you can avoid having to buy a subscription or whatever they want you to pay for.

7. The new “CTRL+Alt+Delete”

Don’t hit control+alt+delete, hit control+shift+escape to go directly to the task manager.

8. How to switch between open windows

So many people don’t know about Alt+Tab key combination, which lets you switch between open applications quickly and can change your life.

9. A simple way to clear your cache

CTRL + SHIFT + R = Clears cache and then refreshes page.

10. An alternative way to pause a Youtube video

Tired of hitting spacebar to pause a YouTube video and having it scroll down a page? Hit “k” instead.

11. How to access paywall sites

For websites like washingtonpost.com that allow you a certain number of free stories per month before you hit a paywall, just delete the cookies from the site and it will reset your count. Alternatively, you can browse it in incognito mode.

12. A fast and easy way to track your UPS package

If you Google a UPS tracking number, it will link you right to the tracking page for your package.

13. Search Flight Details

Just enter the flight number in Google search box and you will see complete departure and arrivals time of that specific flight. Works for any airline worldwide.

14. How to excise words from a Google search

When searching things in Google, you can type a minus sign and then the word you don’t want (-stuff) to remove that word from the search.

15. How to make Google do a barrel roll

Googling “do a barrel roll” results in a barrel roll on Google.

16. How to access video websites that are restricted in your country

Youtube video or website not available in your country? Try https://hola.org/ lets you proxy from a different country really easily.

17. A hidden game in Google images

A lot of people probably already know this, but Go to Google. Type in Atari Breakout and then go to Images tab.

18. How to make Google look off-balance

Try searching “tilt” in the address bar in chrome…

19. How to find an updated version of a now-dead website page

Run into an old, dead link? Copy the URL to archive.org; they often have a preserved copy.

20. How to Make Google Upside-Down

Type ‘Google Upside Down‘ in the search bar and select the first option or hit ‘I am feeling lucky’ button.

Le me know if you know more of such interesting & cool internet tricks, in the comments below, I’ll try to add your suggestions in the list above.