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Adobe Premiere Pro

Send the layer backward

Cmd[

Mac Desktop app Premiere desktop, default shortcuts

Practice this

To send the layer backward in Adobe Premiere Pro, press Ctrl + Left bracket. On a Mac, press Cmd + Left bracket instead.

Where it works: Graphics and Titles menu

Every documented variant

Variants of this shortcut
System	Environment	Keys
Mac	Desktop app	`Cmd[`
Windows	Desktop app	`Ctrl[`

Where this comes from

Default keyboard shortcuts - Adobe Premiere

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

More Adobe Premiere Pro shortcuts

Send the layer to the back Shift + Cmd + [
Select the next layer Option + Cmd + ]
Select the previous layer Option + Cmd + [
Switch to the All Panels workspace Option + Shift + 1
Switch to the Assembly workspace Option + Shift + 2
Switch to the Audio workspace Option + Shift + 3
Switch to the Captions and Graphics workspace Option + Shift + 4
Switch to the Color workspace Option + Shift + 5

See every Adobe Premiere Pro shortcut

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