Helpful YouTube Keyboard Shortcuts

Websites also make excellent use of keyboard shortcuts you utilize every day to enhance your productivity. YouTube is an excellent source of entertainment and education; we want to help you get more value out of it with keyboard shortcuts. Listed below are some of the best that you should know.

Your Go-To List of YouTube Keyboard Shortcuts

These aren’t the only shortcuts to consider, but they are the most critical and (probably) the most useful.

• Pause and Play a Video
  • Spacebar OR the K key
  • If you hold down the key, your video will start in slow motion.
• Jump to the Start of a Video
  • Press the 0 key or Home key
• Skip to the End or Start Next Video
  • Press the End key
  • If you are watching a video on a playlist, you’ll automatically jump to the next video.
• Fast Forward or Rewind
  • For 5-second intervals: Press the left or right arrow keys.
  • For 10-second intervals: Fast forward with the L key, Rewind with the J key.
• Skip Ahead by Percentage
  • Use the numbered keys (1-9) to skip ahead to that percentage of the video. For example, the 5 Key would have you jump to the 50% point of the video.
• Change Video Playback Speed
  • Slow down a video by holding down Shift and pressing the Comma key.
  • Speed up a video by holding down Shift and pressing the Period key.
• Switch to Full-Screen or Theater Mode
  • Press the F key to make the video full-screen or normal mode, depending on what you’re currently set to.
  • Press the T key to toggle between Theater Mode.
• Turn Off (or On) Closed Captions and Subtitles
  • Press the C key to toggle subtitles and captions on or off.
• Turn the Volume Up or Down
  • Turn the volume up with the up arrow and down with the down arrow.
  • You can also mute the video by pressing the M key.

We hope you find these tips helpful. Be sure to check back to our blog frequently for more ways to get the most out of your technology.