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YouTube Keyboard Shortcuts

    YouTube Keyboard Shortcuts

    YouTube Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows

    General

    Play/Pause when the seek bar is selected, activate a button if a button has focus

    • Space

    Play/Pause in player

    • K

    Seek backward/forward 5 seconds

    • Left/Right

    Seek backward 10 seconds in player

    • J

    Seek forward 10 seconds in player

    • L

    Seek to the beginning of the video

    • Home

    Seek to the last seconds of the video

    • End

    Increase volume 5%

    • Up

    Decrease volume 5%

    • Down

    Seek to the 10-90% of the video

    • 1-9

    Seek to the beginning of the video

    • 0

    Move between H1 headers

    • Shift
    • +
    • 1

    Go to search box

    • /

    Activate full screen, press again (or Esc) to exit

    • F

    Activate closed captions and subtitles, press again to hide

    • C

    Move to the next video

    • Shift
    • +
    • N

    Move to the previous video

    • Shift
    • +
    • P

    Launch the Miniplayer

    • I

    Move forward a single frame (while paused)

    • .

    Move back a single frame (while paused)

    • ,

    YouTube Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac

    General

    Play/Pause when the seek bar is selected, activate a button if a button has focus

    • Space

    Play/Pause in player

    • K

    Seek backward/forward 5 seconds

    • Left/Right

    Seek backward 10 seconds in player

    • J

    Seek forward 10 seconds in player

    • L

    Seek to the beginning of the video

    • Home

    Seek to the last seconds of the video

    • End

    Increase volume 5%

    • Up

    Decrease volume 5%

    • Down

    Seek to the 10-90% of the video

    • 1-9

    Seek to the beginning of the video

    • 0

    Move between H1 headers

    • Shift
    • +
    • 1

    Go to search box

    • /

    Activate full screen, press again (or Esc) to exit

    • F

    Activate closed captions and subtitles, press again to hide

    • C

    Move to the next video

    • Shift
    • +
    • N

    Move to the previous video

    • Shift
    • +
    • P

    Launch the Miniplayer

    • I

    Move forward a single frame (while paused)

    • .

    Move back a single frame (while paused)

    • ,