Italian Keyboard

Write Italian with the right accents. Use the Italian keyboard layout, add accents on your usual keyboard with shortcuts (e` → è, e' → é, a` → à) or click the buttons, including the capitals that the Italian keyboard lacks.

Last updated: October 24, 2026

How to use the Italian Keyboard

1. Choose a typing mode: Italian, Accent shortcuts.
2. Type with your keyboard (keep “Type with my physical keyboard” ticked) or click the on-screen keys. Each key shows the Italian character it types.
3. Hold Shift or press the on-screen ⇧ key for the second character on each key.
4. Use the quick characters below the keyboard for marks and symbols that are not on the main layout.
5. Copy the text and paste it anywhere, download it as a .txt file, or search Google for it directly.

About the Italian keyboard

Italian uses the grave accent (à è ì ò ù) and the acute accent (é, sometimes ó, í, ú) mainly on stressed final vowels. Accents are part of correct spelling: è means "is" while e means "and".

• Italian: The Italian layout: è é ò à ù ì have their own keys (é is Shift+è), there are no dead keys.
• Accent shortcuts: Keep your normal keyboard and add accents with a symbol after the letter: e' → é, n~ → ñ, u" → ü. See the cheat sheet below.

Italian letters and where to find them

All 7 Italian characters on the main layout, with the key that types them and how to type them phonetically. “Shift+” means hold Shift (or press the on-screen ⇧ key first).

Tips for typing Italian

• Use È, not E' for the capital: È stato bello.
• Perché, poiché, affinché take the acute é.
• Città, università, virtù end in a grave accent.
• Quotation marks: « » are common in Italian publishing.

Frequently asked questions

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