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50 iTunes Keyboard Shortcuts

for Windows & MacOS

The latest version of iTunes is pretty powerful but also a bit complicated. Hence, to reduce complications while working it’s a good idea to learn iTunes Shortcuts. These iTunes Shortcuts will help you to navigate faster and better through iTunes.

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You can start and stop the songs, change the volume, hide and show the sidebar, toggle between the new MiniPlayer, and access media libraries with the help of nothing but iTunes Shortcuts.

A music-playing application is iTunes. Apple created this media player. On January 9th, 2001, it was formally launched. Furthermore, the player supports macOS and Windows 7. The user can download tracks from the iTunes music store with this application. You may keep more than 10,000 songs in the Library of this app. As a result, this article will show us the shortcuts used in this software.

File Menu Shortcuts

Action iTunes Shortcuts Windows iTunes Shortcuts Mac
Create a new playlist Ctrl + N Command + N
Open or add a file to your music library Ctrl + O Command + O
Close the iTunes window Ctrl + W Command + W
Open the song or CD info window Ctrl + I Command + I
Show where a song file is located Ctrl + R Command + R
Show the currently playing song in the list Ctrl + L Command + L

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Edit Menu Shortcuts

Action iTunes Shortcuts Windows iTunes Shortcuts Mac
Open iTunes Preferences Ctrl + , Command + ,
Cut Ctrl + X Command + X
Copy Ctrl + C Command + C
Paste Ctrl + V Command + V
Undo Ctrl + Z Command + Z
Deselect all the songs on the list Ctrl + A Command + A
Hide or show the Artist and Album columns Ctrl + Shift + A Command + Shift + A

Control Menu Shortcuts

Action iTunes Shortcuts Windows iTunes Shortcuts Mac
Start or stop playing the selected song Spacebar Spacebar
Play the next song in a list Right Arrow key Right Arrow key
Play the previous song in a list Left Arrow key Left Arrow key
Increase the volume Ctrl + Up Arrow key Command + Up Arrow key
Decrease the volume Ctrl + Down Arrow key Command + Down Arrow key
Mute the sound Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow key Command + Option + Down Arrow key
Eject a CD Ctrl + E Command + E

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View Menu Shortcuts

Action iTunes Shortcut keys Windows iTunes Shortcut keys Mac
Switch to the MiniPlayer Ctrl + Shift + S Command + Shift + S
Hide or show the Browser Ctrl + B Command + B
Turn the visualizer on or off Ctrl + T Command + T
Fullscreen visualizer Ctrl + F Command + F
See more options when a visual effect is showing Ctrl + Shift + F Command + Shift + F
Open the View Options window Ctrl + J Command + J

iTunes Store Shortcuts

Action iTunes Shortcuts Windows iTunes Shortcuts Mac
Go to the next page in the iTunes Store Ctrl + ] Command + ]
Go to the previous page in the iTunes Store Ctrl + [ Command + [
Check for new podcast episodes F5 F5
Open the Store menu Alt + S Option + S
Check for app updates F5 F5

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Playback Shortcuts

Action iTunes Shortcuts Windows iTunes Shortcuts Mac
Play the currently selected song immediately Enter Return
Move forward within a song Ctrl + Alt + Right Arrow key Command + Option + Right Arrow key
Move backward within a song Ctrl + Alt + Left Arrow key Command + Option + Left Arrow key
Listen to the next album in a list Shift + Right Arrow key Shift + Right Arrow key
Listen to the previous album in a list Shift + Left Arrow key Shift + Left Arrow key
Go to the next song in a list Left Arrow key Left Arrow key
Go to the previous song in a list Right Arrow key Right Arrow key

Others Shortcuts

Action iTunes Shortcuts Windows iTunes Shortcuts Mac
Open iTunes Help Ctrl + ? Command + ?
Open iTunes in “safe mode” Ctrl + Shift Command + Shift
Edit the name of the currently selected item F2 F2
Refresh source list F5 F5
Interrupt the current process of burning a CD Ctrl + Pause Break Command + Pause Break
See more options when a visual effect is showing ? ?

Out of all the above iTunes Shortcuts, the SPACEBAR shortcut key is the most used one. SPACEBAR shortcut lets you play and pause songs, videos, audiobooks, podcasts, etc. Spotify is another such software where you can listen to music. Check out Spotify Shortcuts as well.

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