# Remove windows wide crtl-shift-plus shortcut in 2025 ASANA

**URL:** <https://forum.asana.com/t/remove-windows-wide-crtl-shift-plus-shortcut-in-2025-asana/1115273>\
**Category:** Ask the Community\
**Tags:** agentic-work-management, tasks\
**Created:** [22 December 2025 21:26 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/remove-windows-wide-crtl-shift-plus-shortcut-in-2025-asana/1115273 "2025-12-22T21:26:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Annegret\_Ulke-Lemee](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Annegret\_Ulke-Lemee](https://forum.asana.com/u/Annegret_Ulke-Lemee)\
**Post date:** [22 December 2025 21:26 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/remove-windows-wide-crtl-shift-plus-shortcut-in-2025-asana/1115273/1 "2025-12-22T21:26:51Z")

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The Windows wide ctrl-shift- + shortcut to add an ASANA task is interfering with my usual workflow of unrelated Windows programs (Word, Excel). According to older posts in this forum (~ 2022), there used to be a way in to switch off this shortcut from “settings”. However, in the 2025 version of ASANA (desktop or online) version, I am unable to find the feature to switch off this windows-wide shortcut.

Does anyone have an idea or am I just missing something? Thanks all.

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**Author:** ![Liz\_Carpio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/liz_carpio/32/283890_2.png) [@Liz\_Carpio](https://forum.asana.com/u/Liz_Carpio)\
**Post date:** [26 December 2025 16:56 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/remove-windows-wide-crtl-shift-plus-shortcut-in-2025-asana/1115273/2 "2025-12-26T16:56:15Z")

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Hi @Annegret_Ulke-Lemee ,

I’m with you, global shortcuts clashing with everyday apps is super frustrating.

A couple of things to try:

1. If you’re on the Asana desktop app for Windows, this behavior comes from the global quick add shortcut. Open the desktop app, click your profile photo \> Settings. Look for Advanced or Shortcuts and toggle off Global keyboard shortcuts.

2. Using Asana in a browser instead of the desktop app won’t register an OS-wide shortcut, so that’s an easy workaround if the toggle isn’t available.

3. If Windows continues to intercept the keys, you can also remap the shortcut with PowerToys as a temporary fix.

A quick clarification that might help us narrow it down: which keys are you pressing exactly when the conflict happens? On Windows the Asana global quick add is usually Ctrl+Shift+A, while “plus” is often Ctrl+Shift+=. If you can confirm the exact combo and whether you’re on desktop or web, I can guide you more precisely.

If you don’t see a toggle to disable the global shortcut in the desktop app, please ping our support team with your app version so they can take a closer look: [https://help.asana.com/s/article/how-do-i-get-support-from-asana?language=en\_US](https://help.asana.com/s/article/how-do-i-get-support-from-asana?language=en_US)

Thanks for flagging this. I’ll share this feedback with our team as well.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/system/32/276370_2.png) [@system](https://forum.asana.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [25 January 2026 16:56 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/remove-windows-wide-crtl-shift-plus-shortcut-in-2025-asana/1115273/3 "2026-01-25T16:56:29Z")

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