iTunes Keyboard Shortcuts to Quickly Accomplish Tasks

Keyboard shortcuts in any application play an important role in helping to accomplish tasks more quickly. The trouble of course, is that almost every application uses a unique combination of shortcut keys which limits the scope of its usage. If you are in the habit of frequently using iTunes, you may print a copy of the shortcuts for quick reference and as you become familiar with the shortcuts, you will no longer need any reference material. You can refer to this list of iTunes keyboard shortcuts or download it in the PDF format ( link at the bottom of the post) for your use later.

iTunes Keyboard Shortcuts to Quickly Accomplish Tasks

To	Keyboard Shortcut
Open iTunes Help	F1
Edit the name of the currently selected item	F2
Refresh the selected Radio, iTunes DJ list, or Genius Playlist Check for app updates when Apps is selected Refresh source list	F5
Play a selected song	Enter
Start or stop playing the selected song	Space Bar
Listen to the next or previous album	Shift+Right Arrow or Left Arrow
Move one song forward or backward	Left Arrow or Right Arrow
Select or deselect all the songs in a list	Control+click any checkbox next to a song
Create a playlist from a selection of songs or Create a new Smart Playlist	Shift+click the Add (+) button at the bottom left of the window
Move forward or backward within a song	Control+Alt+Arrow
Reshuffle the current playlist	Alt+click the Shuffle button at the bottom left of the window
Search in the iTunes from anywhere in iTunes	Type in Search field and press Shift-Return
Insert the cursor in the search field	Control+Alt+F
Deselect all the songs in the list	Shift+Control+A
Mute the sound (song will continue to play)	Control+Alt+Down Arrow
Decrease the volume	Control+Down Arrow
Increase the volume	Control+Up Arrow
Select all the songs in the list	Control+A
Hide or show the Browser (Artist and Album columns)	Control+B
Copy the selected song’s information or artwork	Control+C
Eject a CD	Control+E
Enter or exit full-screen view	Control+F
Hide or show song artwork	Control+G
Open the song or CD Info window for the selected song or CD	Control+I
Open the View Options window for the selected source	Control+J
Show the currently playing song in the list	Control+L
Add a file to your music library	Control+O
Show where a song file is located	Control+R
Turn the visualizer on or off	Control+T
Stream audio file at a specific URL to iTunes	Control+U
Paste a selected song’s information or artwork	Control+V
Close the iTunes window	Control+W
Cut a selected song’s information or artwork	Control+X
Undo your last typing change while still in edit mode	Control+Z
Interrupt a process such as burning a CD, syncing, converting a file, and so on.	Control+Break
Open iTunes Preferences	Control+Comma
Open the Store menu	Alt-S
In the Get Info window, see the info for the next or previous song in the list	Alt+N or Alt+P
Open iTunes in “safe mode” (without external plug-ins)	Control+Shift (while opening iTunes)
Choose artwork for the selected video	While the video is playing, press the Control key, click the movie, and choose Set Poster Frame
Expand or collapse all the triangles in the Radio’s Stream list	Control+click a triangle
Shrink the iTunes window to show only the playback controls	Click the zoom control in the upper-left corner of the iTunes window

Download iTunes Keyboard Shortcuts.