AccentKeyHold a letter.
Pick the accent.
AccentKey brings the Mac's press-and-hold accent picker to Windows. Type café, Zürich, señor or Łódź on any QWERTY keyboard, in any app.
Free version for accented vowels. No installer, no admin rights, no account: just one small app in your system tray.
As simple as it should be
No codes to memorise, no switching keyboard layouts, no Character Map.
Hold a letter
Keep e pressed for a moment. A small popup appears right at your text cursor.
Pick the accent
Press 1–9, or click it. In Full you can also use ← → and Enter.
Keep typing
The letter is swapped for the accented one. Changed your mind? Esc or just type on.
Made to stay out of your way
AccentKey runs quietly in the background and only shows up when you hold a key.
Works in your apps
Word, Outlook, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Teams, Slack, VS Code, Notepad: wherever you type.
Right at the cursor
The popup appears where you're typing, also on multiple monitors and high-resolution 4K screens.
Respects Shift and Caps Lock
Hold Shift or turn on Caps Lock and you get É, Ü, Ñ. Shortcuts like Ctrl+S are never touched.
Pauses for games
Full-screen games and presentations? AccentKey steps aside automatically.
No installation
A single file. Run it, choose whether it starts with Windows, done. Remove it by deleting it.
Private by design
Everything happens on your PC. AccentKey never records, stores or sends what you type. Privacy
Every European accent, and the currencies
Hold any of these keys. Add Shift or Caps Lock for capitals. Keys marked Free work in the free version; everything else comes with Full.
French · German · Spanish · Portuguese · Italian · Dutch · Danish · Norwegian · Swedish · Finnish · Icelandic · Polish · Czech · Slovak · Hungarian · Slovenian · Croatian · Romanian · Turkish · Latvian · Lithuanian
Free to start. Full when you need more.
Both are the same small app. Upgrading unlocks everything with a license key: no reinstalling.
Free
For the most common accents
- All accented vowels: à é î ö ü å ā ę ő ů…
- Works in all your apps, at your cursor
- Pick with 1–9 or a click
- Shift and Caps Lock for capitals
Full
Every accent and symbol
- Everything in Free, plus:
- ç ñ ß and every accented consonant: ł č ř ș ğ ž…
- Currencies: € £ $ ¥ ¢ ₹ ₩ ₺ ₽ ₿
- Quotes and punctuation: « » „ “ ” ¿ ¡
- Pick with ← → and Enter
Both are on Gumroad: choose the free option or the Full version at checkout.
Questions
What's the difference between Free and Full?
Free gives you every accented vowel (à, é, ü, ô, å, ę and so on). Full adds ç, ñ, ß and all other accented consonants, the currency symbols, typographic quotes, ¿ and ¡, and picking with the arrow keys. Compare
How do I upgrade from Free to Full?
Buy Full on Gumroad and you'll receive a license key by email. Enter it in AccentKey to unlock everything. There's nothing to reinstall, and your settings stay as they are.
Which Windows versions are supported?
Windows 10 and Windows 11, 64-bit. Nothing else needs to be installed.
My browser or Windows warns about the download. Is it safe?
To notice that you're holding a key, AccentKey has to listen to the keyboard, and security tools are careful with any app that does. AccentKey only looks for held keys and never records, stores or sends what you type.
- Browser says the download is dangerous or uncommon: open your downloads list and choose Keep.
- Windows says "Windows protected your PC": click More info, then Run anyway.
How do I install and start it?
- Unzip the download and move
AccentKey.exeto a permanent folder (not Downloads). - Double-click it. The first time, AccentKey asks whether to start automatically with Windows.
- Find it in the system tray next to the clock (it may be under the ^ arrow). Right-click for settings.
Does it work with my keyboard?
AccentKey is designed for QWERTY keyboards (US and UK layouts) and works with any physical keyboard, including laptops.
Can I still hold a key to repeat it?
For keys that have accents, holding shows the popup instead, just like on a Mac. Other keys repeat as usual, and you can pause AccentKey from the tray icon at any time.
How do I update or remove it?
To update, exit AccentKey from the tray icon and replace AccentKey.exe with the new version; your settings are kept. To remove it, turn off "Start with Windows" in Settings, exit, and delete the file.
I need help
Email support. If something isn't working, attach the log file: right-click the tray icon and choose Open log file. It never contains what you type.