Useful Tips and Tricks for

Navigating YouTube
Keyboard Shortcuts ? (Shift + /) Open YouTube shortcuts dialog ,purchased Purchased content only

The YouTube video window must be active for Exit Full Screen mode, exit , (Comma) Separate keywords/operators
Esc
dialogs
these shortcuts to work.
*Key(s) on the numeric keypad won’t work.
Space Play/pause video 

k Play/pause video **On Mac keyboards, use Cmd instead of Ctrl and Related Links
Delete instead of Backspace.
Left Arrow Rewind 5 seconds YouTube Trending youtube.com/feed/trending
Right Arrow Fast-forward 5 seconds youtube.com/feed/
Your Subscriptions

 subscriptions
j Rewind 10 seconds
l Fast-forward 10 seconds URL Shortcuts Your YouTube
youtube.com/feed/history
History
*0 Restart video
“Video_ID" in the following links refers to the
YouTube Gaming youtube.com/gaming
11-character sequence that appears in every
Fast-forward in increments of
*1-9 YouTube URL. YouTube Premium youtube.com/red
10%
YouTube TV youtube.com/tv
Home Restart video (Windows only) *Link to any part of youtube.com/watch?
video v=Video_ID&t=YmXXs YouTube Copyright https://youtu.be/
Jump to end of video (Windows
End *Start video from a youtube.com/watch? Basics OQVHWsTHcoc
only)
specific point v=Video_ID&start=XX YouTube TestTube youtube.com/testtube
Rewind by one frame when
, (Comma) Bypass age genyoutube.com/watch?
video is paused
restrictions v=Video_ID
Fast-forward by one frame 

. (Period) Loop video youtuberepeater.com/watch?
when video is paused
indefinitely v=Video_ID Recommended Dimensions (in pixels)
> (Shift + Period) Increase playback speed
View high-res
img.youtube.com/vi/Video_ID/
for Creating YouTube Graphics and
< (Shift + Comma) Decrease playback speed thumbnail of video (if
available)
maxresdefault.jpg Videos
Shift + n Jump to next video in playlist
Make a GIF from any gifyoutube.com/watch? Profile Picture 800x800
Jump to previous video in
Shift + p part of video v=Video_ID
playlist Thumbnail 1280x720
**Ctrl + Right Arrow Jump to next video in playlist *Y refers to minutes and XX refers to seconds Banner (Cover Photo
2560x440
or Channel Art)
Jump to previous video in 

**Ctrl + Left Arrow
playlist Search Operators Banner Safe Area 1546x423

**Backspace
Jump to previous video in Append search operator to your query. Mobile Display 1546x423
playlist
+keyword Force keyword matching Tablet Display 1855x423
m Mute/unmute video
-keyword Exclude keyword Desktop Display 2560x423
Up Arrow Increase volume by 5%
“keyword(s)” Force exact keyword(s) match TV Display 2560x1440
Down Arrow Decrease volume by 5%
Look for keywords in content 4K (2160p) 3840x2160
f Toggle Full Screen Mode intitle:
title
2K (1440p) 2560x1440
t Toggle Theater Mode Content uploaded in the last
,hour Max. Resolution for
hour only 1920x1080
i Toggle Miniplayer HD (1080p)
,today Content uploaded today
c Toggle captions if available Min. Resolution for
1280x720
,week Content uploaded this week HD (720p)
Cycle through text opacity
o
options for captions ,month Content uploaded this month Standard Definition
854x480
(480p)
Cycle through window opacity ,year Content uploaded this year
w
options for captions Traditional Website
,video Videos only 640x360
Resolution (360p)
= (Equals) Increase font size for captions
,channel Channels only Minimum YouTube
- (Minus) Decrease font size for captions 426x240
,playlist Playlists only Video Size (240p)
w Pan up in 360° video
,movie Movies only
s Pan down in 360° video
,show Shows only
a Pan left in 360° video
Content longer than 20
d Pan right in 360° video ,long
minutes
[ Zoom in within 360° video ,short Content shorter than 4 minutes
] Zoom out in 360° video ,live Live streaming content only
Cycle forward through ,4k 4K content only
Tab
onscreen elements
,hd HD content only
Cycle backward through
Shift + Tab ,cc Captioned content only
onscreen elements
Launch or open selected Creative Commons licensed
Space ,creativecommons
element content only

Launch or open selected ,spherical 360° content only

Enter
element ,3d 3D content only
/ Place cursor in search box ,hdr HDR content only

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