Keyboard shortcuts for YouTube - YouTube Help

With keyboard shortcuts, save time navigating YouTube. To access the list of Keyboard shortcuts, go to your profile picture

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Keyboard shortcuts for YouTube - YouTube Help

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A visual cheat-sheet for the 18 keyboard shortcuts found on YouTube.com

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Overview

Total Shortcuts: 20

  • General:20 shortcuts

General

  • Play/Pause when the seek bar is selected, activate a button if a button has focusSpace
  • Play/Pause in playerK
  • Seek backward/forward 5 secondsLeft/Right
  • Seek backward 10 seconds in playerJ
  • Seek forward 10 seconds in playerL
  • Seek to the beginning of the videoHome
  • Seek to the last seconds of the videoEnd
  • Increase volume 5%Up
  • Decrease volume 5%Down
  • Seek to the 10-90% of the video1-9
  • Seek to the beginning of the video0
  • Move between H1 headersShift + 1
  • Go to search box/
  • Activate full screen, press again (or Esc) to exitF
  • Activate closed captions and subtitles, press again to hideC
  • Move to the next videoShift + N
  • Move to the previous videoShift + P
  • Launch the MiniplayerI
  • Move forward a single frame (while paused).
  • Move back a single frame (while paused),

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Accessing Keyboard Shortcuts

  • To access the list of keyboard shortcuts, go to your profile picture and select "Keyboard Shortcuts" or press SHIFT+? on your keyboard.
  • When you mouse over certain player buttons, you'll see the relevant keyboard shortcut.

Keyboard Shortcuts

The article lists the following keyboard shortcuts:

  • Spacebar: Play/Pause when the seek bar is selected. Activate a button if a button has focus.
  • Play/Pause Media Key on keyboards: Play/Pause.
  • k: Pause/Play in player.
  • m: Mute/unmute the video.
  • Stop Media Key on keyboards: Stop.
  • Next Track Media Key on keyboards: Moves to the next track in a playlist.
  • Left/Right arrow on the seek bar: Seek backward/forward 5 seconds.
  • j: Seek backward 10 seconds in player.
  • l: Seek forward 10 seconds in player.
  • .: While the video is paused, skip to the next frame.
  • ,: While the video is paused, go back to the previous frame.

  • : Speed up the video playback rate.

  • <: Slow down the video playback rate.
  • Home/End on the seek bar: Seek to the beginning/last seconds of the video.
  • Up/Down arrow on the seek bar: Increase/Decrease volume 5%.
  • Numbers 1 to 9: Seek to the 10% to 90% of the video.
  • Number 0: Seek to the beginning of the video.
  • /: Go to search box.
  • f: Activate full screen. If full screen mode is enabled, activate F again or press escape to exit full screen mode.
  • c: Activate closed captions and subtitles if available. To hide captions and subtitles, activate C again.
  • Shift+N: Move to the next video (If you're using a playlist, will go to the next video of the playlist. If not using a playlist, it will move to the next YouTube suggested video).
  • Shift+P: Move to the previous video. Note that this shortcut only works when you're using a playlist.
  • i: Open the Miniplayer.

Note

  • If you're using the new computer experience, you must click the video player before using keyboard shortcuts. To return to the classic computer experience, go to the profile picture and click "Restore old YouTube".