YouTube Shortcuts you must know

Jul 24, 2023

Ankita Baidya

To open up the entire list of shortcuts, press Shift + ?

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You might come across many other shortcuts for exploring videos on YouTube but here are the ones that you will definitely need.

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To pause any video, you can press "k." To resume back, press the same key.

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To mute any video, you can press "m." To resume back, press the same key.

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To jump to the nect video, press Shift + N. It will play the next video on the playlist or the next suggested video.

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To jump to the previous video, press Shift + P. this shortcut can be used only when you are using a playlist.

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To jump the video forward by a few seconds, you can press "l." This will take your video forward by 10 seconds.

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To jump the video backward by a few seconds, you can press "j." This will take your video backward by 10 seconds.

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To increase the rate of your video, press ">" key.

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To decrease the rate of your video, press "<" key.

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To skip to any specific portion of the video, press a number between 1 to 9. 

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If one wishes to go to the starting point of the video, they can press 0.

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