Keyboard shortcuts for YouTube

With keyboard shortcuts, save time navigating YouTube.

To access the list of Keyboard shortcuts, go to your profile picture , and select Keyboard Shortcuts . You can also enter SHIFT+? on your keyboard. When you mouse over certain player buttons, youâ€™ll see the relevant keyboard shortcut. For example, when you mouse over the full screen icon, you'll see 'Full screen (f),' indicating you can enter f to open full screen.

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Keyboard shortcuts

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.

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	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.

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