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It’s easy to spend hours watching YouTube videos about, well, pretty much anything. Using your mouse to adjust a setting isn’t exactly slow, but in some cases, the keyboard shortcuts are much faster. Here is a list of the best YouTube keyboard shortcuts you should start using right now:
These shortcuts work when you open a new video, without needing to click anything in the player.
- J – Jump back 10 seconds.
- K – Toggles play/pause.
- L – Jump forward 10 seconds.
- M – Mutes the audio.
The following shortcuts may only work once you’ve clicked somewhere on the player (play, pause, volume, etc).
- Left/right arrows – Rewind or fast-forward 5 seconds.
- Up/down arrows – Volume control.
- Numerals 1 through 9 – Skip to 10%-90%, respectively.
- Home – Jump to start of video.
- End – Jump to end of video.
- F – Enter fullscreen mode.
- Esc – Exit fullscreen mode.
Do you have another shortcut to add to the list? Share it in the comments.
