The Adobe Premiere Pro Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

Adobe Premiere Pro is one of Adobe’s best-known programs within the Creative Cloud package. It’s one of the longest running apps devoted to video-making. Premiere Pro also has the well-earned reputation of being one of the most versatile and easy-to-use visual editors currently on the market.

While Premiere Pro CC can seem daunting to anyone who hasn’t used it, the app is actually quite simple to understand.

First, we recommend learning how to cut a video into clips using Adobe Premiere. This will help you shorten your videos for social media. Next, learn how to edit videos faster in Premiere Pro.

And once you’re ready to level up, give your workflow a big boost with the Adobe Premiere Pro keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet we’ve shared below.

The cheat sheet covers various shortcuts to help you quickly navigate around the app on both Windows and macOS. It also lists shortcuts to help you select and edit onscreen content and use various native tools like the Pen tool.

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Adobe Premiere Pro Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows and macOS

The shortcuts listed are the default shortcuts forAdobe Premiere Pro CC 2020. The cheat sheet does not reflect shortcuts that have been customized by an individual user.

Shortcut	Action
WINDOWS Application Shortcuts
F1	Open Premiere Pro Help
Ctrl + Z	Undo last action
Ctrl + Shift + Z	Redo last action
V	Activate the Selection tool
Shift + A	Activate the Track Select Backward tool
A	Activate the Track Select Forward tool
B	Select the Ripple Edit tool
N	Select the Rolling Edit tool
P	Select the Pen tool
H	Select the Hand tool
Z	Select the Zoom tool
T	Select the Type tool
Ctrl + Q	Quit Premiere Pro
File Shortcuts
Ctrl + O	Open a project
Ctrl + W	Close the panel window
Ctrl + Shift + W	Close open project
Ctrl + S	Save project
Ctrl + Shift + S	Save project as
Ctrl + I	Import a file or piece of media to edit
Project Shortcuts
Ctrl + X	Cut a piece of content
Ctrl + C	Copy a piece of content
Ctrl + V	Paste a piece of content
Ctrl + Shift + /	Duplicate a piece of content
Ctrl + A	Select all content
Ctrl + Shift + A	Deselect all content
Ctrl + F	Find a file or piece of content
Program Shortcuts
Spacebar	Play
Sequence and Timeline Shortcuts
=	Zoom in on a track
-	Zoom out on a track
Ctrl + =	Increase the size of the tracks
Ctrl + -	Decrease the size of the tracks
Ctrl + L	Link content
Ctrl + G	Group content
Ctrl + Shift + G	Ungroup content
F	Match a frame
Shift + R	Reverse Match a frame
Ctrl + K	Add Edit to a frame
Ctrl + Shift + K	Add Edit to all tracks
Shift + T	Trim Edit
X	Mark Clip
/	Mark Selection
M	Add a marker
Shift + M	Go to the next marker
[	Decrease the volume of an audio track
]	Increase the volume of an audio track
Shift + E	Export a frame
Ctrl + M	Open Export dialog box in Timeline panel
Essential Graphics Shortcuts
Backspace	Clear selection
Legacy Title Panel Shortcuts
A	Arc tool
E	Ellipse tool
L	Line tool
P	Pen tool
R	Rectangle tool
O	Rotation tool
C	Vertical Type tool
Ctrl + B	Bold text
Ctrl + I	Italicize text
Ctrl + U	Underline text
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + C	Insert the copyright symbol
macOS Application Shortcuts
F1	Open Premiere Pro Help
Cmd + Z	Undo last action
Shift + Cmd + Z	Redo last action
V	Activate the Selection tool
Shift + A	Activate the Track Select Backward tool
A	Activate the Track Select Forward tool
B	Select the Ripple Edit tool
N	Select the Rolling Edit tool
P	Select the Pen tool
H	Select the Hand tool
Z	Select the Zoom tool
T	Select the Type tool
Cmd + Q	Quit Premiere Pro
File Shortcuts
Cmd + O	Open a project
Cmd + W	Close the panel window
Shift + Cmd + W	Close open project
Cmd + S	Save project
Shift + Cmd + S	Save project as
Cmd + I	Import a file or piece of media to edit
Project Shortcuts
Cmd + X	Cut a piece of content
Cmd + C	Copy a piece of content
Cmd + V	Paste a piece of content
Shift + Cmd + /	Duplicate a piece of content
Cmd + A	Select all content
Shift + Cmd + A	Deselect all content
Cmd + F	Find a file or piece of content
Program Shortcuts
Spacebar	Play
Sequence and Timeline Shortcuts
=	Zoom in on a track
-	Zoom out on a track
Cmd + =	Increase the size of the tracks
Cmd + -	Decrease the size of the tracks
Cmd + L	Link content
Cmd + G	Group content
Shift + Cmd + G	Ungroup content
F	Match a frame
Shift + R	Reverse Match a frame
Cmd + K	Add Edit to a frame
Shift + Cmd + K	Add Edit to all tracks
Shift + T	Trim Edit
X	Mark Clip
/	Mark Selection
M	Add a marker
Shift + M	Go to the next marker
[	Decrease the volume of an audio track
]	Increase the volume of an audio track
Shift + E	Export a frame
Cmd + M	Open Export dialog box in Timeline panel
Essential Graphics Shortcuts
Delete	Clear selection
Legacy Title Panel Shortcuts
A	Arc tool
E	Ellipse tool
L	Line tool
P	Pen tool
R	Rectangle tool
O	Rotation tool
C	Vertical Type tool
Cmd + B	Bold text
Cmd + l	Italicize text
Cmd + U	Underline text
Cmd + Option + Shift + C	Insert the copyright symbol

Explore More Adobe Premiere Pro Tips

Now that you have this cheat sheet, you can quickly reference it to fulfill all your video editing needs. Looking for other things you can do with the program? Learn how to record a voiceover in Adobe Premiere Pro or liven up your videos with a few Premiere Pro transitions.

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