Essential Windows Keyboard Shortcuts for iTunes

The Windows version of iTunes has an easy-to-use menu system, so why use keyboard shortcuts at all?

Knowing the essential shortcuts in iTunes (or any other program for that matter) helps to speed up tasks. The graphical user interface (GUI) in iTunes may be easy enough to use, but it can be slow if you need to do a lot of music library management tasks.

If for example, you need to create several playlists or need to quickly pull up song information, then knowing specific keyboard shortcuts can really speed things up.

Knowing how to get to a particular option via a keyboard shortcut also accelerates your workflow. Rather than navigating through endless menus looking for the relevant option, you can get the job done with just a few key presses.

To discover the essential keyboard commands to efficiently control iTunes, take a look at the handy table below.

Essential iTunes Keyboard Shortcuts for Managing Your Digital Music Library

Playlist Shortcuts
New playlist	CTRL + N
New Smart Playlist	CTRL + ALT + N
New playlist from selection	CTRL + SHIFT + N

Song Selection and Playback
Add file to library	CTRL + O
Select all songs	CTRL + A
Clear song selection	CTRL + SHIFT + A
Play or pause selected song	Spacebar
Highlight currently playing song in the list	CTRL + L
Get song information	CTRL + I
Show where song is located (via Windows)	CTRL + SHIFT + R
Fast forward search in playing song	CTRL + ALT + Right Cursor Key
Fast backwards search in playing song	CTRL + ALT + Left Cursor Key
Skip forwards to the next song	Right Cursor Key
Skip backwards to the previous song	Left Cursor Key
Skip forwards to the next album	SHIFT + Right Cursor Key
Skip backwards to the previous album	SHIFT + Left Cursor Key
Volume level up	CTRL + Up Cursor Key
Volume level down	CTRL + Down Cursor Key
Sound on / off	CTRL + ALT + Down Cursor Key
Enable / disable mini player mode	CTRL + SHIFT + M

iTunes Store Navigation
iTunes Store home page	CTRL + Shift + H
Refresh page	CTRL + R or F5
Go back one page	CTRL + [
Go forward one page	CTRL + ]

iTunes View Controls
View iTunes music library as a list	CTRL + SHIFT + 3
View iTunes music library as album list	CTRL + SHIFT + 4
View iTunes music library as a grid	CTRL + SHIFT + 5
Cover Flow mode (version 11 or lower)	CTRL + SHIFT + 6
Customize your view	CTRL + J
Enable / disable column browser	CTRL + B
Show / hide iTunes sidebar	CTRL + SHIFT + G
Enable / disable visualizer	CTRL + T
Full screen mode	CTRL + F

iTunes Miscellaneous Shortcuts
iTunes preferences	CTRL + ,
Eject a CD	CTRL + E
Display audio equalizer controls	CTRL + SHIFT + 2

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