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CapCut

Play or pause the preview

Space

Windows Desktop app CapCut desktop

Practice this

Press Space to play or pause the preview in CapCut. It is listed for Windows, and no Mac version is documented here.

Where it works: Editor

The guide names the PC editor only, so no Mac row is published.

Where this comes from

Mastering Video Overlays: Enhance Your Edits with Impact

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

The same task in other apps

Start or stop the preview Adobe After Effects Space
Play or stop Audacity Space
Play or pause the animation Blender Space
Start or pause playback Final Cut Pro Space
Start or stop playback GarageBand Space
Play from the playhead iMovie Space
Play or stop Kdenlive Space
Play or stop Logic Pro Space
Play or pause Spotify Space
Play or pause VLC media player Space
Play or pause the video YouTube K

More CapCut shortcuts

Insert a clip Ctrl + I
Add a video track Ctrl + Alt + T
Show the keyframe panel Alt + K
Undo the last action Ctrl + Z
Split the clip at the playhead Cmd + B
Separate the audio from the video Cmd + Shift + S

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