13 Keyboard Shortcuts for YouTube
These Shortcuts will help you to navigate through Videos without using the mouse. You can forward, rewind, play and pause a video. But you can also jump to the search bar to search for your next Video and Tab around to hit enter and the next Video will start. Scan trough the following tables to find the shortcuts you need. Have fun watching!
Video Shortcuts
These Shortcuts will work when you already clicked on the video or the video is in focus. You can simply try out if it is in focus by hitting the spacebar.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Spacebar or k | Pause/Play |
| Left arrow(5 seconds) j(10seconds) | Rewind |
| Right arrow(5seconds) l(10seconds) | Forward |
| Up Arrow/DownArrow | Increase/Decrease Volume |
| Numbers 0-9 | Jump to a certain section of the Video (0=0%,1=10%,…9=90%) |
| f | Switch to full-screen |
| . | Move forward 1 frame when video is paused |
| , | Move backward 1 frame when video is paused |
| m | Mute/unmute the Video |
Search Bar
These shortcuts will work when the video is not focussed, like mentioned before.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| / | Jump to the Search Bar of YouTube |
| Tab | Jump from Video to Video or from source to source on YouTube (Just try it out) |
Playlist Shortcuts
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Shift+P | Previous Video in playlist |
| Shift+N | Next Video in Playlist |