YouTube Desktop Shortcuts

All YouTube Shortcuts.

Keyboard shortcut Function
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 Play/Pause in the 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 backwards/forwards 5 seconds.
j Seek backwards 10 seconds in player.
l Seek forwards 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 from 10% to 90% of the video.
Number 0 Seek to the beginning of the video.
/ Go to the 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.