Become A Zoom Expert With These Keyboard Shortcuts

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If you are spending a lot of time on Zoom, these keyboard shortcuts for Mac, PC, and Linux will make you look like a pro, and save you a lot of time.

With video-conferencing now a practical necessity, Zoom has quickly become a reference to attend a meeting or webinar. It even has become the number one choice for online happy hours, dance parties, and catching up with friends and family.

With up to one hour of video-conferencing for up to 100 people, the free version of Zoom seems like a no-brainer.

What if you could up your game and become a Zoom master? Below is an exhaustive list of all the keyboard shortcuts – for Mac, Windows, and Linux – that you will ever need to manage your next Zoom meeting, control your audio/video settings and simply have the most fruitful conversations on the platform.

Zoom Keyboard Shortcuts On Mac

If you’re using a Mac to run Zoom, the following keyboard shortcuts will work with desktop client versions 3.5.19877.0701 or higher. To obtain the latest version of the Zoom desktop client for your Mac, visit the Zoom website.

Getting started with your meeting:

Command + J: Join meeting
Command + Control + V: Start meeting
Command + J: Schedule meeting
Command + Control + S: Screen share via direct share
Command + W: Prompt to end or leave a meeting

Control your audio and video:

Command + Shift + A: Mute/unmute audio
Command + Control + M: Mute audio for everyone except the host
Command + Control + U: Unmute audio for everyone except host
Space: Push to talk
Command + Shift + V: Start/stop video
Command + Shift + N: Switch camera
Command + Shift + S: Start/stop screen share
Command + Shift + T: Pause or resume screen share

Recording the meeting:

Command + Shift + R: Start local recording
Command + Shift + C: Start cloud recording
Command + Shift + P: Pause or resume recording
Command + T: Screenshot

Control your view:

Command + Shift + W: Switch to active speaker view or gallery view
Control + P: View previous 25 participants in gallery view
Control + N: View next 25 participants in gallery view
Command + U: Display/hide participants panel
Command + Shift + H: Show/hide in-meeting chat panel
Command + I: Open invite window
Command + W: Close the current window
Command + L: Switch to portrait or landscape view
Ctrl + T: Switch from one tab to the next
Command + Shift + F: Enter or exit full-screen
Command + Shift + M: Switch to minimal window
Ctrl + Option + Command + H: Show/hide meeting controls

Communicate with others:

Option + Y: Raise hand/lower hand
Ctrl + Shift + R: Gain remote control
Ctrl + Shift + G: Stop remote control
Command + K: Jump to chat with someone

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Zoom Keyboard Shortcuts On PC

If you’re using a PC to run Zoom, the following keyboard shortcuts will work with desktop client versions 3.5.19869.0701 or higher. To obtain the latest version of the Zoom desktop client for your PC, visit the Zoom website.

Control your audio and video:

Alt + V: Start/Stop video
Alt + A: Mute/unmute audio
Alt + M: Mute/unmute audio for everyone except host
Alt + S: Launch share screen window and stop screen share
Alt + Shift + S: Start/stop new screen share
Alt + T: Pause or resume screen share

Recording the meeting:

Alt + R: Start/stop local recording
Alt + C: Start/stop cloud recording
Alt + P: Pause or resume recording
Alt + N: Switch camera
Alt + Shift + T: Screenshot

Control your view:

F6: Navigate among Zoom popup windows
Ctrl + Alt + Shift: Move focus to Zoom’s meeting controls
PageUp: View previous 25 video stream in gallery view
PageDown: View next 25 video stream in gallery view
Alt + F1: Switch to active speaker view in video meeting
Alt + F2: Switch to gallery video view in video meeting
Alt + F4: Close the current window
Alt + F: Enter or exit full-screen
Alt + H: Display/hide in-meeting chat panel
Alt + U: Display/hide participants panel
Alt + I: Open invite window
Alt +L: Switch to portrait/landscape view
Ctrl + F: Search
Ctrl + Tab: Move to the next tab
Ctrl + Shift + Tab: Move to the previous tab
Ctrl + Alt + Shift+H: Show/hide floating meeting controls

Communicate with others:

Alt + Y: Raise/lower hand
Alt + Shift + R: Gain remote control
Alt + Shift + G: Stop remote control
Ctrl + W: Close current chat session
Ctrl + Up: Go to previous chat
Ctrl + Down: Go to next chat
Ctrl + T: Jump to chat with someone

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Zoom Keyboard Shortcuts On Linux

If you’re using a Linux computer to run Zoom, the following keyboard shortcuts will work with desktop client versions 1.1.32904.1120 or higher. To obtain the latest version of the Zoom desktop client for your Linux computer, visit the Zoom website.

Control your audio and video: