Keyboard shortcuts in iTunes on PC

You can use keyboard shortcuts to quickly accomplish many tasks in iTunes. To find the shortcuts for common commands, look in the iTunes menus, or use the table below as a reference.

Many items in the iTunes window (for example, songs and column headings) also have shortcut menus that let you do tasks quickly. To see a shortcut menu, right-click the item.

To turn on full keyboard navigation, choose Edit > Preferences, click Advanced, then select “Enable full keyboard navigation”.

Some screen readers override keyboard combinations built into iTunes; check the screen reader documentation for instructions on customising key combinations.

Play music, video and more

Action	Shortcut
Start or stop playing the selected song	Space bar
Play the currently selected song	Enter
Move forward or backward within a song	Control-Alt-Right Arrow or Left Arrow
Listen to the next or previous album in a list	Shift-Right Arrow or Left Arrow
Go to the next or previous song in a list	Left Arrow or Right Arrow (or click the Skip Forward or Skip Backward controls in the upper-left corner of the iTunes window)
Show the currently playing song in the list	Control-L
When a song is playing, play the next song in a list	Right Arrow
When a song is playing, play the previous song in a list	Left Arrow
Increase the volume	Control-Up Arrow
Decrease the volume	Control-Down Arrow
Mute (and unmute) the sound (song keeps playing)	Control-Alt-Down Arrow
Go to the next or last chapter (if available)	Control-Shift-Right Arrow or Left Arrow
Stream audio file at a specific URL to iTunes	Control-U

Create and manage playlists

Action	Shortcut
Create a new playlist	Control-N
Create a playlist from a selection of songs	Control-Shift-N
Create a new Smart Playlist	Control-Alt-N
Refresh the radio list (when Radio is selected)	F5
Refresh a Genius Playlist (when the playlist is selected)	F5

Manage your iTunes library and media files

Action	Shortcut
Add a file to your music library	Control-O
Show where a song file is located	Control-R
Select the search field	Control-F
Edit the name of the currently selected item	F2
Undo your last typing change while still in edit mode	Control-Z
Cut the selected song’s information or artwork	Control-X
Copy the selected song’s information or artwork	Control-C
Paste the selected song’s information or artwork	Control-V
Choose artwork for the selected video	While the video is playing, Control-click the movie, then choose Set Poster Frame
Select or unselect all the songs in a list	Control-click the tick box next to a song
Select all the songs in the list	Control-A
Unselect all the songs in the list	Control-Shift-A

Change what you see

Action	Shortcut
Switch to MiniPlayer	Control-Shift-M
Enter or exit full screen view	Control-Shift-F
Open the song or CD Info window for the selected song or CD	Control-I
In the Info window, see the info for the next or previous song in the list	Control-N or Control-P
See more options when a visual effect is showing	Press ?, then press the indicated key to use an option (not all visual effects support this)
Close the iTunes window	Control-W
Show or hide the Column Browser	Control-B
Turn the visualiser on or off	Control-T
Switch between viewing visual effects using the entire screen or in the iTunes window (when visualiser is on)	Control-Shift-F
Open the View Options window for the selected source	Control-J
Refresh source list	F5

Find items in the iTunes Store

Action	Shortcut
Go to the next page in the iTunes Store	Control-Right Bracket ( ] )
Go to the previous page in the iTunes Store	Control-Left Bracket ( [ )
Check for new podcast episodes (when Podcasts is selected)	F5
Initiate a search in the iTunes Store (from anywhere in iTunes)	Type a word or phrase in the search field and press Shift-enter
Open the Store menu	Alt-S

General

Action	Shortcut
Prevent iPhone, iPad or iPod from automatically syncing when you connect it to your computer	Control-Shift as you connect the device to your computer (hold the keys down until the device appears in the iTunes window)
Open iTunes Preferences	Control-Comma
Eject a CD	Control-E
Open iTunes in “safe mode” (without external plugins)	Control-Shift (while opening iTunes)
Interrupt the current process (burning a CD, syncing, converting a file and so on)	Control-Break

Full keyboard navigation commands

Action	Shortcut
Select the next control	Tab
Click the currently selected control	Enter
Open or close the selected item’s arrow	Left Arrow or Right Arrow, or + and - on the numeric keypad

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