VLC Media Player: Every Windows Keyboard Shortcut You Must Know

VLC Media Player is not only the best program for playing videos and music, but it's also free and open source.

One of the great things about VLC Media Player is that it supports so many different types of media files out of the box.

If you use VLC Media Player, you should know all the keyboard shortcuts so that you can quickly control media, open menus, and navigate through the program.

That's why we've put together this free cheat sheet that contains all the Windows shortcuts you need to know for VLC Media Player.

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VLC Media Player Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows

Shortcut	Action
Playback
Space	Play/pause
S	Stop
+	Faster
-	Slower
]	Faster (fine)
[	Slower (fine)
=	Normal rate
Shift + Left arrow	Back 3 seconds
Shift + Right arrow	Forward 3 seconds
Alt + Left arrow	Back 10 seconds
Alt + Right arrow	Forward 10 seconds
Control + Left arrow	Back 1 minute
Control + Right arrow	Forward 1 minute
Control + Alt + Left arrow	Back 5 minutes
Control + Alt + Right arrow	Forward 5 minutes
N	Next track
P	Previous track
T	Position/time
L	Normal/loop/repeat
E	Next frame
Shift + M	Disc menu
Shift + O	Previous title
Shift + B	Next title
Shift + P	Previous chapter
Shift + N	Next chapter
Ctrl + Q	Quit
Audio
J	Decrease audio delay
B	Cycle audio track
Shift + A	Cycle audio device
Ctrl + Up arrow	Increase volume
Ctrl + Down arrow	Decrease volume
M	Mute
Display
I	Show controller in fullscreen
Z	Zoom
Shift + Z	Reset zoom
F	Toggle fullscreen
Escape	Leave fullscreen/close dialogue
Page Up	Shrink the viewpoint
Page Down	Expand the viewpoint
Alt + 1	1:4 quarter crop
Alt + 2	1:2 half crop
Alt + 3	1:1 original crop
Alt + 4	2:1 double crop
A	Cycle aspect ratio
C	Cycle cropping ratio
O	Toggle autoscaling
Alt + O	Increase scale factor
Alt + Shift + O	Decrease scale factor
D	Toggle deinterlacing
Shift + D	Cycle deinterlace modes
Playlists
Ctrl + F1 - F10	Set playlist bookmark 1 - 10
F1 - F10	Play playlist bookmark 1 - 10
Ctrl + W	Clear the playlist
Ctrl + Y	Save playlist
Subtitles
Ctrl + 0	Reset subtitles scale
Ctrl + Mouse wheel up	Scale down subtitles text
Ctrl + Mouse wheel down	Scale up subtitles text
H	Increase subtitle delay
G	Decrease subtitle delay
Shift + H	Sync subtitles
Alt + V	Cycle subtitle track in reverse order
V	Cycle subtitle track
Shift + V	Toggle subtitles
Menu and Settings
Ctrl + B	Bookmarks
Ctrl + C	Open capture device
Ctrl + D	Open disc
Ctrl + E	Extended settings
Ctrl + F	Open folder
Ctrl + H	Hide/show menus
Ctrl + I	Media information
Ctrl + J	Codecs information
Ctrl + L	Hide/show playlist
Ctrl + M	Messages
Ctrl + N	Open network stream
Ctrl + O	Open file
Ctrl + P	Preferences
Ctrl + R	Convert/save
Ctrl + S	Streaming
Ctrl + T	Go to time
Ctrl + V	Paste location/MRL
Ctrl + Shift + W	VLM configurator
Alt + A	Audio menu
Alt + H	Help menu
Alt + I	View menu
Alt + L	Playback menu
Alt + M	Media menu
Alt + S	Tools menu
Alt + T	Subtitle menu
Shift + S	Snapshot
Shift + R	Record
R	Random
Enter	Select menu entry (DVD)
Arrow keys	Navigate menus (DVD)

Do More With VLC Media Player

VLC Media Player can do much more than just play your video files. It's packed full of great features you might not be aware of, like the ability to convert video formats or download from YouTube. Be sure to explore everything it has to offer.