Top YouTube keyboard shortcuts you need to know!

In this video tutorial, I will show my Top YouTube keyboard shortcuts you need to know!

Best YouTube shortcuts you need to know

If you want to navigate YouTube quickly then learning a few simple shortcuts can save you time.

I use these shortcuts when I need to move through a video more quickly to find the information I need.

List of popular YouTube shortcuts:

• Toggle play/pause the video: K or Spacebar
• Exit Full-Screen mode: Escape
• Go to the beginning of a video: Home
• Go to the end of a video: End
• Increase volume: Up arrow
• Decrease volume: Down arrow
• Mute/unmute video: M
• Turn captions on/off: C
• Skip ahead/back % of the video: numbers 1-9, 5 middle of the video
• Restart video: 0 (not the keypad number)
• Increase speed: Shift+. (may not work in all browsers) or Shift+. (period)
• Decrease speed: Shift+, (may not work in all browsers) or Shift+, (comma)
• Move forward 1 frame when a video is paused: . (period)
• Move backwards 1 frame when a video is paused: , (comma)
• Move to the next video in a playlist: Shift+N (next)
• Move to the previous video in a playlist: Shift+P (previous)
• Go back 5 seconds: Left arrow
• Go back 10 seconds: J
• Go forward 5 seconds: Right arrow
• Go forward 10 seconds: L
• Go to Full-Screen mode: F

View my YouTube keyboard shortcuts video tutorial.

Video tutorial for YouTube keyboard shortcuts

YouTube top keyboard shortcuts

YouTube keyboard shortcuts FAQs

How can I pause and play a YouTube video?

On Windows and Apple Mac computers you can use the space bar to pause and play a video clip.

Tip: When the video is paused you can also use the left and right arrow keys to move through the video clip.

How can I set YouTube video to full screen?

You can press the F key on your keyboard to make a video fullscreen, you can exit full screen by pressing the F key again.

How can I change the volume of a video?

You can increase the volume by pressing the up arrow on your keyboard and decrease the audio volume by pressing the down arrow key.

Tip: You can press the letter M to mute audio.

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YouTube keyboard shortcuts tutorial by: DCP Web Designers in London