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YouTube keyboard shortcuts

21 shortcuts, from Shortivo

Editing 8 shortcuts

Action Windows Mac
Play or pause the video Player focused K K
Enter or leave full screen Player focused F F
Switch to theatre mode Player focused T T
Switch to the miniplayer Player focused I I
Turn the volume up Player focused Up arrow Up arrow
Turn the volume down Player focused Down arrow Down arrow
Speed the video up Player focused Shift + . Shift + .
Slow the video down Player focused Shift + , Shift + ,

Messages and mail 1 shortcut

Action Windows Mac
Mute or unmute Player focused M M

Navigation 8 shortcuts

Action Windows Mac
Skip back ten seconds Player focused J J
Skip forward ten seconds Player focused L L
Skip back five seconds Player focused Left arrow Left arrow
Skip forward five seconds Player focused Right arrow Right arrow
Jump back to the start Player focused Not documented Not documented
Jump to a point in the video Digits 1 to 9 jump to that tenth 5 5
Step one frame back Video paused , ,
Step one frame forward Video paused . .

Paragraphs and lists 2 shortcuts

Action Windows Mac
Go to the next video Playlist or suggestions Shift + N Shift + N
Go to the previous video Playlist Shift + P Shift + P

Search 1 shortcut

Action Windows Mac
Focus the search field Anywhere on YouTube / /

View and zoom 1 shortcut

Action Windows Mac
Turn captions on or off Captions must be available C C

From Shortivo at https://shortivo.net/platforms/youtube/. A dot means the maker does not document a key for that system. Nothing on this sheet was converted from one system to another.