Keyboard shortcuts in iTunes on PC
In the iTunes app on your PC, you can quickly accomplish many tasks using keyboard shortcuts. See the shortcuts below, as well as in iTunes menus in the menu bar.
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.
Some screen readers override keyboard combinations built into iTunes; check the screen reader documentation for instructions on customizing 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, right-click the movie, then choose Set Poster Frame |
Select or deselect all the songs in a list | Right-click the checkbox next to a song |
Select all the songs in the list | Control-A |
Deselect 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 visualizer on or off | Control-T |
Switch between viewing visual effects using the entire screen or in the iTunes window (when visualizer 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 (press and hold the keys 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 plug-ins) | 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
To turn on full keyboard navigation, choose Edit > Preferences, click Advanced, then select “Enable full keyboard navigation.”
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 |