How to Turn On Caps Lock on a Chromebook

Overview

This tutorial will guide you through how to turn the Caps Lock feature on a Chromebook.

  • If utilizing an Edmonds College-issued Chromebook, logging on will correspond to your Triton (Student email) or your employee email credentials.

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Steps

  1. Press both the Alt + Search keys located on the left side of the keyboard. (the magnifying glass or Assistant icon), It should be located in place of where you'd normally find a Caps Lock key. You'll see a pop-up that will alert you that Caps Lock is now enabled.
    Chromebook keyboard with green arrows highlighting the Search key on the far left of the letter row (where Caps Lock is typically located) and the Alt key on the bottom row, second key from the left next to the Ctrl key.
  2. To disable Caps Lock press the shift key, which is located below the magnifying glass
    Chromebook keyboard with a green arrow pointing to the left Shift key, located on the left side of the keyboard directly below the Caps Lock area and to the left of the Z key.
  3. Alternatively, you can also tap Alt + Search to turn Caps Lock off.

Change the Search Key to Caps Lock in Chromebook Settings

  1. You may also assign the Search key to Caps Lock, replacing it. To do this, open the Settings menu by clicking the system tray in the bottom right of the screen, then click the gear icon.
    Chromebook quick settings panel showing Triton WiFi connected with a strong signal, and the Settings gear icon highlighted in the bottom right.
  2. In the menu, scroll down to the Device section and choose Keyboard, then select Customize keyboard keys
    Chromebook Settings page under Device showing Keyboard and inputs, with the “Customize keyboard keys” option highlighted.
  3.  A new menu will expand and show several options for button remapping, including Search, Ctrl, Alt, Caps Lock, Escape, and Backspace. To change the Caps Lock key to a Search key, simply select Search from the dropdown box next to the Caps Lock entry.
    Chromebook Settings page for Customize keyboard keys, showing the Launcher/Search key selected with a dropdown menu open displaying options such as launcher, ctrl, alt, caps lock, escape, backspace, assistant, quick insert, and disabled, with the caps lock option highlighted in blue.
  4. Success! Now your search key will activate Caps Lock.

Last Updated: August 18th, 2026