Keyboard Shortcuts for YouTube in Windows
On Gadget
These shortcuts will only work when the video player is in focus. To move the focus try pressing the space-bar to pause and then play the video.
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Toggle play/pause the video | Spacebar |
| Increase volume 5% | Up arrow |
| Decrease volume 5% | Down arrow |
| Go back 5 seconds | Left arrow |
| Go forward 5 seconds | Right arrow |
| Go to Full Screen mode | f |
| Exit Full Screen mode | Escape |
| Child window | i |
| Go to beginning of video | Home |
| Go to end of video | End |
| Mute/unmute video | m |
| Turn captions on/off | c |
| Cycle through options for caption background color | b |
| Move forward 1 frame when video is paused | . (period) |
| Move backward 1 frame when video is paused | , (comma) |
| Increase speed | Shift + > (may not work in all browsers) or Shift + . (period) |
| Decrease speed | Shift + < (may not work in all browsers) or Shift + , (comma) |
| Move to the previous video in a playlist | Shift + p |
| Move to the next video in a playlist | Shift + n |