Navigate YouTube with keyboard shortcuts

Memorize these keyboard shortcuts to maneuver YouTube with ease and impress your coworkers.

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Spacebar   Play or pause a video

#02

K   Play or pause a video in player

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M   Mute or unmute a video

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Left and right arrow   Jump backward or forward 5 seconds

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j   Jump backward 10 seconds

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l   Jump forward 10 seconds

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,   When video is paused, skip to next frame

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Up and down arrow   Increase and decrease volume

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>   Speed up video playback rate.

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<   Slow down video playback rate

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1—9   Jump to the 10% to 90% of the video mark

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0   Go to the beginning of the video

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/   Go to the search box

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f   Activate full screen

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c   Activate closed captions

Create links that start at specific times

There are occasions when it’s necessary to skip an intro, preamble, or just jump to a relevant clip. When you’d like to share a link to a video that starts at a specific time, try this YouTube hack.

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How to do it

1. Click Share.

2. Check the Start at box.

3. Adjust the time.

4. Copy the link.