How to disable Alt + ` (backtick/grave)

Solution 1:

This is what worked for me

  • Open a terminal and run dconf-editor
  • Navigate to org > gnome > desktop > wm > keybindings
  • Find ['<Super>Above_Tab', '<Alt>Above_Tab']
  • Set it to ['disabled']
  • This should free up that binding for you to use elsewhere.

(ps: I use alt-grave to switch back one application like you can in mac - works well for me and the setting for that is in dconf-editor under the same place


For those of you that don't know what a grave is, it is the key right above the tab key and to the left of the number 1 key it looks like this (`). It's also known as a backtick and is used in mark down and python as a comment like this

`code here`
```or in some markdown dialects, code here``` 

Solution 2:

  • Install the compizconfig-settings-manager Install compizconfig-settings-manager package
  • The setting can be found in Desktop, Ubuntu Unity Plugin, Switcher
  • Change Key to flip through windows in the switcher from disabled to something else.

And the reason you can not find it: disabled means it uses alt+` so it is impossible to find if you did not already know where it is used for ;)

Solution 3:

Or as a one-liner:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-group "[]"