Spotify is the ultimate source of all kinds of new and old music that are available in the world. This application is available on the smartphone. Also, a user can access it on the desktop app. A majority of people work on their desktops and laptops while listening to music on it. While busy at work, it can be distracting to constantly switch to the Spotify app to change a track, mute a song, create a playlist of songs that you just heard. So, here knowing the Spotify keyboard shortcuts will come in handy for you.
Right from your keyboard, you can execute a lot of functions on Spotify. As usual, the keyboard commands are available for both the Windows as well as the macOS users. macOS has a few more shortcuts under its sleeve if we compare it with the Windows OS. The commands are pretty much similar except for where Windows OS uses Control key macOS utilizes the Cmd or Command key.
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List of Spotify Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows and Mac
I have listed up the keyboard shortcuts in a tabular format. It will be easy for all the windows and macOS users to find out and use the commands on the Spotify desktop app.
| Spotify Function | Windows Shortcuts | macOS Shortcuts |
| Volume Up | Ctrl + Up Arrow Key | Command + Up Arrow Key |
| Volume Down | Ctrl + Down Arrow Key | Command + Down Arrow Key |
| Show Help | Press F1 | Command+ Shift+ ? |
| Maximum Volume | Ctrl +Shift + Up Arrow Key | Command +Shift + Up Arrow Key |
| Mute | Ctrl +Shift + Down Arrow Key | Command +Shift + Down Arrow Key |
| Next track | Ctrl + Right | Command + Right |
| Previous track | Ctrl + Left | Command + Left |
| Shuffle | Ctrl + S | Command + S |
| Close Window | –NA– | Command + W |
| Minimize Window | –NA– | Command + M |
| Restore Window | –NA– | Command + Alt + 1 |
| Logout Active User | Ctrl +Shift + W | Command +Shift + W |
| Quit | Alt + F4 | Command + Q |
| Hide Window | –NA– | Command + H |
| Hide Other Application’s Window | –NA– | Command + Alt + H |
| Play Selected Row | Enter | Enter |
| Preferences | Ctrl + P | Command + , |
| Create A New Playlist | Ctrl + N | Command + N |
| Cut | Ctrl + X | Command + X |
| Copy | Ctrl + C | Command + C |
| Paste | Ctrl + V | Ctrl + V |
| Delete | Del | Del or Backspace |
| Select All | Ctrl + A | Command + A |
| Play | Space | Space |
| Pause | Space | Space |
| Repeat | Ctrl + R | Command + R |
| Filter (Songs and Playlists) | Ctrl + F | Command + F |
| Highlight Search Field | Ctrl + L | Command + L |
| Go Back | Alt + Left | Command+Alt+Left |
| Go Forward | Alt + Right | Command+Alt+Right |
So, that’s it. These are all the Spotify keyboard shortcuts you must use on your Windows computer or Mac to easily execute any function. Now, your Spotify experience will be more fun, simplistic, and faster. I hope that this guide was useful to you.
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