Keyboard shortcuts for YouTube

Save time navigating YouTube on a computer with keyboard shortcut.

Keyboard shortcut	Function
Spacebar	Play/Pause when the seek bar is selected. Activate a button if a button has focus.
Play/Pause Media Key on keyboards	Play / Pause.
K	Pause/Play in player.
Stop Media Key on keyboards	Stop.
Next Track Media Key on keyboards	Moves to the next track in a playlist.
Left/Right arrow on the seek bar	Seek backward/forward 5 seconds.
J	Seek backward 10 seconds in player.
L	Seek forward 10 seconds in player.
Home/End on the seek bar	Seek to the beginning/last seconds of the video.
Up/Down arrow on the seek bar	Increase/Decrease volume 5%.
Numbers 1 to 9 on the seek bar (not on the numeric pad)	Seek to the 10% to 90% of the video.
Number 0 on the seek bar  (not on the numeric pad)	Seek to the beginning of the video.
Number 1 or Shift+1	Move between H1 headers.
/	Go to search box.
F	Activate full screen. If full screen mode is enabled, activate F again or press escape to exit full screen mode.
C	Activate closed captions and subtitles if available. To hide captions and subtitles, activate C again.
Shift+N	Move to the next video (If you are using a playlist, will go to the next video of the playlist. If not using a playlist, it will move to the next YouTube suggested video).
Shift+P	Move to the previous video. Note that this shortcut only works when you are using a playlist.

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