Must-Know Essential VLC Media Player Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows

Do you use VLC Media Player? Here are all the quick keyboard shortcuts you should 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 article that contains all the Windows shortcuts you need to know for VLC Media Player.

Table of contents

Playback
Audio
Display
Playlists
Subtitles
Menus and Settings

Playback

Play/pause	Space
Stop	S
Faster	+
Slower	–
Faster (fine)	]
Slower (fine)	[
Normal rate	=
Back 3 seconds	Shift + Left arrow
Forward 3 seconds	Shift + Right arrow
Back 10 seconds	Alt + Left arrow
Forward 10 seconds	Alt + Right arrow
Back 1 minute	Control + Left arrow
Forward 1 minute	Control + Right arrow
Back 5 minute	Control + Alt + Left arrow
Forward 5 minutes	Control + Alt + Right arrow
Next track	N
Previous track	P
Position/time	T
Normal/loop/repeat	L
Next frame	E
Disc menu	Shift + M
Previous title	Shift + O
Next title	Shift + B
Previous chapter	Shift + P
Next chapter	Shift + N
Quit	Shift + Q

Audio

Decrease audio delay	J
Cycle audio track	B
Cycle audio device	Shift + A
Increase volume	Ctrl + Up arrow
Decrease volume	Ctrl + Down arrow
Mute	M

Display

Show controller in fullscreen	I
Zoom	Z
Reset zoom	Shift+ Z
Toggle fullscreen	F
Leave fullscreen/close dialogue	Escape
Shrink the viewpoint	Page Up
Expand the viewpoint	Page Down
1:4 quarter crop	Alt + 1
1:2 half crop	Alt + 2
1:1 original crop	Alt + 3
2:1 double crop	Alt + 4
Cycle aspect ratio	A
Cycle cropping ratio	C
Toggle autoscaling	O
Increase scale factor	Alt + O
Decrease scale factor	Alt + Shift + O
Toggle deinterlacing	D
Cycle deinterlace modes	Shift + D

Playlists

Set playlist bookmark 1 – 10	Ctrl + F1 – F10
Play playlist bookmark 1 – 10	F1 – F10
Clear the playlist	Ctrl + W
Save playlist	Ctrl + Y

Subtitles

Reset subtitles scale	Ctrl + O
Scale down subtitles text	Ctrl + Mouse wheel up
Scale up subtitles text	Ctrl + Mouse wheel down
Increase subtitles delay	H
Decreases subtitles delay	G
Sync subtitles	Shift + H
Cycle subtitle track in reverse order	Alt + V
Cycle subtitle track	V
Toggle subtitles	Shift + V

Menus and Settings

Bookmarks	Ctrl + B
Open capture device	Ctrl + C
Open disc	Ctrl + D
Extended settings	Ctrl + E
Open folder	Ctrl + F
Hide/show menus	Ctrl + H
Media information	Ctrl + I
Codecs information	Ctrl + J
Hide/show playlist	Ctrl + L
Messages	Ctrl + M
Open network stream	Ctrl + N
Open file	Ctrl + O
Preferences	Ctrl + P
Convert/save	Ctrl + R
Streaming	Ctrl + S
Go to time	Ctrl + T
Paste location/MRL	Ctrl + V
VLM configurator	Ctrl + Shift + W
Audio menu	Alt + A
Help menu	Alt + H
View menu	Alt + I
Playback menu	Alt + L
Media menu	Alt + M
Tools menu	Alt + S
Subtitle menu	Alt + T
Snapshot	Shift + S
Record	Shift + R
Random	R
Select menu entry (DVD)	Enter
Navigate menus (DVD)	Arrow keys