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Adobe Premiere Pro

Send the layer to the back

CtrlShift[

Windows Desktop app Premiere desktop, default shortcuts

Practice this

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

Where it works: Graphics and Titles menu

Every documented variant

Variants of this shortcut
System	Environment	Keys
Mac	Desktop app	`ShiftCmd[`
Windows	Desktop app	`CtrlShift[`

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.

The same task in other apps

Send the selection to the back Canva Cmd + Option + [
Send the element to the back Confluence Cmd + [
Send the selection to the back Figma [
Send the selection to the back Adobe Illustrator Cmd + Shift + [
Send the object to the back LibreOffice Impress Shift + Cmd + -
Lower the selection to the bottom Inkscape End
Send the object to the back Keynote Shift + Cmd + B
Send the item to the back Miro Page Down
Send the object to the back Pages Shift + Cmd + B
Send to the back Sketch Option + Cmd + [
Send the shape to the back Microsoft Visio Ctrl + Shift + B

More Adobe Premiere Pro shortcuts

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
Switch to the Editing workspace Option + Shift + 6

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