95 Essential Premiere Pro Hotkeys Video Editors Must Use
Published on 25 March 2025
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Introduction
Adobe Premiere Pro is arguably the most used video editing software among the editors ranging from non-professional user base to a good number of professionals in the industry.
Being an Adobe product, it has an excellent sync with After Effects what they call the ‘Dynamic Link’. It helps an editor open a Premiere sequence directly into an After Effects Project and vice versa without having to take an export outside.
This certainly gives Premiere Pro an edge especially to those who love to use After Effects for VFX and motion graphics.
Evey NLE has tons of features, though much similar in functioning. But they widely differ in terms of interface. So it’s obvious for any video editor to memorize the hotkeys as fast as possible to speed up the workflow.
Adobe Premiere Pro offers its wide range of keyboard shortcuts to streamline your workflow.
Below is an exhaustive list of hotkeys organized by category for Premiere Pro (as of the latest version). Note that some shortcuts may vary depending on your operating system (Windows or macOS) or if you’ve customized them.
Note that the list of Premiere Pro hotkeys below are for using on a Windows PC. Just replace the Ctrl and Alt modifiers with Command and Option modifiers respectively for using them on Mac.
1. Premiere Pro Hotkeys for General Work Around
| Sl No | Commands | Functions |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ctrl + Alt + N | New Project |
| 2. | Ctrl + O | Open Project |
| 3. | Ctrl + S | Save Project |
| 4. | Ctrl + Shift + S | Save As |
| 5. | Ctrl + Shift + W | Close Project |
| 6. | Ctrl + Q | Quit Premiere Pro |
| 7. | Ctrl + Z | Undo |
| 8. | Ctrl + Shift + Z | Redo |
| 9. | Ctrl + X | Cut |
| 10. | Ctrl + C | Copy |
| 11. | Ctrl + V | Paste |
| 12. | Ctrl + Shift + V | Paste Insert |
| 13. | Ctrl + Alt + V | Paste Attribute |
| 14. | Delete | Delete |
| 15. | Shift + Delete | Ripple Delete |
| 16. | Ctrl + A | Select All |
| 17. | Ctrl + Shift + A | Deselct All |
| 18. | Ctrl + F | Find |
| 19. | Ctrl + E | Edit Original |
| 20. | Ctrl + , | Preference |
2. Premiere Pro Hotkeys for Timeline Operations
| Sl No | Commands | Functions |
|---|---|---|
| 21. | = | Zoom In |
| 22. | – | Zoom Out |
| 23. | \ | Move to Sequence |
| 24. | Home | Move Playhead to Start |
| 25. | End | Move Playhead to End |
| 26. | Up Arrow | Go to Next Edit Point |
| 27. | Down Arrow | Go to Previous Edit Point |
| 28. | Q | Trim Start of Clip to Playhead |
| 29. | W | Trim End of Clip to Playhead |
| 30. | , | Insert |
| 31. | . | Overwrite |
| 32. | ; | Lift |
| 33. | ‘ | Extract |
| 34. | Add Edit | Ctrl + K |
| 35. | Ctrl + Shift + K | Add Edit to All Tracks |
| 36. | Ctrl + Shift + I | Clear In Point |
| 37. | Ctrl + Shift + O | Clear Out Point |
| 38. | F | Match Frame |
| 39. | Ctrl + U | Create Subclip |
| 40. | Shift + E | Enable/Disable Clip |
| 41. | Ctrl + G | group Clips |
| 42. | Ctrl + Shift + G | Ungroup Clips |
| 43. | Ctrl + Alt + N | Nest |
| 44. | Enter | Render In to Out |
3. Premiere Pro Hotkeys for Playback
| Sl No | Commands | Functions |
|---|---|---|
| 45. | Space | Play/ Stop |
| 46. | Shift + K | Play Around Playhead |
| 47. | Shift + Space | Play In to Out |
| 48. | Right Arrow | Go to Next Frame |
| 49. | Left Arrow | Go to Previous Frame |
| 50. | J | Shuttle Left |
| 51. | K | Shuttle Stop |
| 52. | L | Shuttle Right |
| 53. | Ctrl + Shift + L | Loop Playback |
| 54. | Ctrl + ` | Toggle Full Screen |
4. Premiere Pro Hotkeys for Editing
| Sl No | Commands | Functions |
|---|---|---|
| 55. | V | Selection Tool |
| 56. | A | Track Select Forward Tool |
| 57. | Shift + A | Track Select Backward Tool |
| 58. | B | Ripple Edit Tool |
| 59. | N | Rolling Edit Tool |
| 60. | R | Rate Stretch Tool |
| 61. | C | Razor Tool |
| 62. | Y | Slip Tool |
| 63. | U | Slide Tool |
| 64. | P | Pen Tool |
| 65. | G | Rectangle Tool |
| 66. | E | Ellipse Tool |
| 67. | T | Type Tool |
| 68. | H | Hand Tool |
| 69. | Z | Zoom Tool |
5. Premiere Pro Hotkeys for Audio Editing
| Sl No | Commands | Functions |
|---|---|---|
| 70. | Shift + M | Mute Audio |
| 71. | Shift + S | Solo Audio |
| 72. | G | Adjust Audio Gain |
| 73. | Ctrl + Shift + N | Normalize Audio |
6. Premiere Pro Hotkeys for Effects & Transitions
| Sl No | Commands | Functions |
|---|---|---|
| 74. | Ctrl + D | Add Default Video Transition |
| 75. | Ctrl + Shift + D | Add Default Audio Transition |
| 76. | Drag and Drop | Apply Video Effect |
| 77. | Drag and Drop | Apply Audio Effect |
| 78. | Shift + 7 | Show/Hide Effects Panel |
7. Premiere Pro Hotkeys for Markers
| Sl No | Commands | Functions |
|---|---|---|
| 79. | M | Add Marker |
| 80. | Ctrl + Right Arrow | Go to Next Marker |
| 81. | Ctrl + Left Arrow | Go to Previous Marker |
| 82. | Ctrl + Alt + M | Clear Selected Marker |
| 83. | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + M | Clear All Markers |
8. Export Shortcuts
| Sl No | Commands | Functions |
|---|---|---|
| 84. | Ctrl + M | Export Media |
9. Premiere Prto Hotkeys for Workspace
| Sl No | Commands | Functions |
|---|---|---|
| 85. | Shift + 0 | Reset Current Workspace |
| 86. | Shift + 1 | Editing Workspace |
| 87. | Shift + 2 | Color Workspace |
| 88. | Shift + 3 | Audio Workspace |
| 89. | Shift + 4 | Effects Workspace |
10. Premiere Prto Hotkeys for Miscellanous Operations
| Sl No | Commands | Functions |
|---|---|---|
| 90. | F5 | Capture |
| 91. | F6 | Batch Capture |
| 92. | Ctrl + T | New Title |
| 93. | Ctrl + N | New Sequence |
| 94. | S | Toggle Snapping |
| 95. | Ctrl + L | Toggle Linked Selection |
Conclusion
Adobe Premiere shortcuts are essential to speed up you operations. Time is money and so is you fast turnaround.
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