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Coming from Arc
Arc shuts down on December 22, 2026. Keep your command bar habits in Chrome by searching tabs, opening sites and copying links from one shortcut.
Commands
- Copy URL
- Copy the address of the page you’re on
- Copy as Markdown Link
- Copy the page as a Markdown link
- Reopen Closed Tab
- Bring back a tab or window you closed
- Close Duplicate Tabs
- Close repeated tabs in this window
- Snooze This Tab
- Close a tab now and have it come back later
- Group Tabs by Domain
- Sort this window’s tabs into one group per site
If you’re moving from Arc to Chrome, the thing you’ll probably miss first is the command bar: press ⌘ Cmd T, type a few letters, and land on the tab, site or setting you wanted. Vokto gives Chrome a box that works the same way, so that habit can come with you.
Your new shortcut
Press ⌘ Cmd Shift K on a Mac, or
Ctrl Shift K on Windows. Want something
closer to what your fingers already know? Pick a different shortcut at
chrome://extensions/shortcuts. Settings has the
details.
What you used the command bar for
| In Arc, you’d type… | In Vokto |
|---|---|
| The name of a tab | Type it the same way, or start with t: to see only tabs |
| An address or a search | Type it and press Enter; searches use your default engine |
| A page from last week | Type h: and a few words you remember |
| A command like “pin” | Highlight the tab, then press ⌥ Option Enter for pin, mute and more |
| “settings” | Chrome Settings or Vokto Settings, plus Chrome’s other pages |
If the page you’re opening is already in a tab, Vokto switches to that tab instead of opening a second copy.
Switch and manage tabs, Open sites and search the web and History and bookmarks go deeper.
Copying links
In Arc, ⌘ Cmd Shift C copied the page’s
address. In Vokto, type copy and pick the one you need: Copy URL,
Copy URL (Clean) without tracking bits like utm_source, or Copy as
Markdown Link. Copy links and page content lists
the rest.
Keeping tabs under control
Arc tidied old tabs away for you. Chrome doesn’t, but a few commands help:
- Close Duplicate Tabs closes repeats in the window you’re in.
- Snooze This Tab closes a tab and brings it back when you choose, like tomorrow morning. See Snooze tabs.
- Reopen Closed Tab brings back something you closed too soon.
- Group Tabs by Domain sorts a crowded window into Chrome’s tab groups, one per site. See Tab groups.
What Vokto doesn’t replace
Vokto is a command palette, not a new browser. It doesn’t bring back Arc’s sidebar, Spaces, Little Arc, Split View or Boosts. What it does replace is the part you reached for dozens of times a day: one shortcut, a few letters, Enter.
Vokto also works in Edge, Brave and Opera if Chrome isn’t where you’re headed. It has no account and no servers, and your tabs and history never leave your browser. Getting started covers the rest of the basics.
Arc is a product of The Browser Company. Vokto isn’t affiliated with it.