diff --git a/packages/app/src/shell/commands/desktop-menu.ts b/packages/app/src/shell/commands/desktop-menu.ts
index b101c65b0e6..ec74740b2f7 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/shell/commands/desktop-menu.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/shell/commands/desktop-menu.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,13 @@ export const DESKTOP_MENU: DesktopMenu[] = [
         accelerator: { macos: "Cmd+Shift+N", windows: "Ctrl+Shift+N" },
       },
       { type: "separator" },
-      { type: "item", labelKey: "desktop.menu.closeWindow", action: "window.close", role: "close" },
+      {
+        type: "item",
+        labelKey: "desktop.menu.closeWindow",
+        action: "window.close",
+        role: "close",
+        accelerator: { macos: "Shift+Cmd+W", windows: "Ctrl+Shift+W" },
+      },
     ],
   },
   {
diff --git a/packages/app/src/shell/titlebar/windows-menu.test.ts b/packages/app/src/shell/titlebar/windows-menu.test.ts
index c5552fad8e9..e9bfb6aa637 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/shell/titlebar/windows-menu.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/shell/titlebar/windows-menu.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ test("resolves the new window accelerator only with its modifiers", () => {
   expect(windowsMenuAccelerator(new KeyboardEvent("keydown", { key: "N" }))).toBeUndefined()
 })
 
+test("resolves Ctrl+Shift+W to close the window and leaves Ctrl+W to tabs", () => {
+  expect(windowsMenuAccelerator(new KeyboardEvent("keydown", { key: "W", ctrlKey: true, shiftKey: true }))).toBe(
+    "window.close",
+  )
+  expect(windowsMenuAccelerator(new KeyboardEvent("keydown", { key: "w", ctrlKey: true }))).toBeUndefined()
+})
+
 test.each(["v", "c", "x", "a", "A", "z", "y"])("leaves Ctrl+%s to the focused editor", (key) => {
   expect(windowsMenuAccelerator(new KeyboardEvent("keydown", { key, ctrlKey: true }))).toBeUndefined()
 })
diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/main/native/menu.ts b/packages/desktop/src/main/native/menu.ts
index 9eabd930a6b..075580da11a 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/main/native/menu.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/main/native/menu.ts
@@ -109,7 +109,12 @@ function nativeMenu(menu: DesktopMenu, extra: readonly MenubarEntry[], deps: Dep
 function nativeItem(entry: DesktopMenuEntry, deps: Deps): MenuItemConstructorOptions {
   if (entry.type === "separator") return { type: "separator" }
 
-  if (entry.role) return { role: nativeRole(entry.role), label: entry.labelKey ? nativeT(entry.labelKey) : undefined }
+  if (entry.role)
+    return {
+      role: nativeRole(entry.role),
+      label: entry.labelKey ? nativeT(entry.labelKey) : undefined,
+      accelerator: entry.accelerator?.macos,
+    }
 
   const item: MenuItemConstructorOptions = {
     label: entry.labelKey ? nativeT(entry.labelKey) : undefined,