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Adobe After Effects

Lock the selected layers

CtrlL

Windows Desktop app After Effects desktop, default shortcuts

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To lock the selected layers in Adobe After Effects, press Ctrl + L. On a Mac, press Cmd + L instead.

Where it works: Layers selected

Every documented variant

Variants of this shortcut
System	Environment	Keys
Mac	Desktop app	`CmdL`
Windows	Desktop app	`CtrlL`

Where this comes from

Keyboard shortcuts in After Effects

Documentation checked on 2026-09-14. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

The same task in other apps

Lock the selected objects Keynote Cmd + L
Lock the selected objects Numbers Cmd + L
Lock the selected objects Pages Cmd + L
Lock or unlock the layer Sketch Shift + Cmd + L

More Adobe After Effects shortcuts

Unlock all layers Cmd + Shift + L
Show every property of the selected layers Cmd + `
Show only the Anchor Point property A
Show only the Audio Levels property L
Show only the Mask Feather property F
Show only the Mask Path property M
Show only the Mask Opacity property T then T
Show only the Opacity property T

See every Adobe After Effects shortcut

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