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Zoom keyboard shortcuts to more easily accomplish common tasks and access settings on the video-conferencing platform. - Using keyboard shortcuts in Zoom helps you keep your hand off the mouse and move faster.
- Here are the most useful and productive keyboard shortcuts for Zoom whether you're using the desktop app for Windows or Mac, or an external keyboard connected to an iOS device.
As video conferencing becomes a routine alternative to face-to-face meetings, you're probably spending more and more time using apps like Zoom.
Just like any other program, Zoom has its share of keyboard shortcuts to help you work more efficiently without frequently resorting to the mouse. Here are the top keyboard shortcuts for using on Zoom on your PC, Mac, and iPhone.
How to view and edit keyboard shortcuts in the Zoom desktop app
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1. Start the Zoom app.
2. Click the "Settings" icon, which you can find under your profile picture on Zoom's home screen. Alternatively, you can click your profile picture and then click "Settings."
3. In the navigation pane on the left of the "Settings" window, click "Keyboard Shortcuts."
You can do more than just view shortcuts here; you can modify them as well. To edit a shortcut, simply click in the "Shortcut" field and type the shortcut you prefer. You can enter any shortcut using just a single key, or modify it with Alt, Ctrl, or Shift (or, on a Mac: Command, Ctrl, or Shift). You can't use the Windows key as a modifier, though.
If you make a mistake while entering a shortcut, press Esc before you click away to a different field to revert to the previous key combination. Or, click "Restore Defaults" to revert all shortcuts back to their default at any time.
Zoom keyboard shortcuts for Windows
The following shortcuts work in the Windows desktop app. For Mac and iOS shortcuts, see later in the article. Each key (separated in the list below by a dash "-") should be pressed simultaneously.
General commands
- Switch to Zoom's meeting controls: Ctrl-Alt-Shift
- Take a screenshot: Alt-Shift-T
In a meeting
- Switch to active speaker view in video meeting: Alt-F1
- Switch to gallery view in video meeting: Alt-F2
- Start or stop video: Alt-V
- Mute or unmute video: Alt-A
- Mute or unmute everyone but the host: Alt-M
- Open or close the share screen window: Alt-S
- Pause or resume share screen: Alt-T
- Start local recording: Alt-R
- Start cloud recording: Alt-C
- Pause or resume recording: Alt-P
- Switch camera: Alt-N
- View the previous or next 25 video streams in the gallery view: Page Up or Page Down
- Toggle Always show meeting controls: Alt
- Enter or exit full screen mode: Alt-F
- Show or hide chat panel: Alt-H
- Show or hide participant panel: Alt-U
- Open invite window: Alt-i
- Raise or lower hand: Alt-Y
- Start using the remote control: Alt-Shift-R
- Give up the remote control: Alt-Shift-G
In a chat
- Go to previous or next chat: Ctrl-Up or Ctrl-Down
- Close the current chat: Ctrl-W
- Switch between portrait and landscape mode: Alt-L
- Jump to chat with someone: Ctrl-T
- Search: Ctrl-F
In a phone call
- Call the selected number: Ctrl-Shift-P
- Accept a call: Ctrl-Shift-A
- Hold or unhold a call: Ctrl-Shift-H
- End a call: Ctrl-Shift-E
- Decline an incoming call: Ctrl-Shift-D
- Mute or unmute: Ctrl-Shift-M
Zoom keyboard shortcuts for MacOS
The following shortcuts work in the desktop app for Mac computers. Each key (separated in the list below by a dash "-") should be pressed simultaneously.
General commands
- Close the current window: Command-W
- Toggle between portrait and landscape views: Command-L
- Take a screenshot: Command-T
- Switch tabs: Ctrl-T
In a meeting
- Join a meeting: Command-J
- Start a meeting: Command-Ctrl-V
- Schedule a meeting: Command-J
- Share a screen: Command-Ctrl-S
- Mute or unmute audio: Command-Shift-A
- Mute everyone but the host: Command-Ctrl-M
- Unmute everyone but the host: Command-Ctrl-U
- Push to talk: Spacebar
- Start or stop video: Command-Shift-V
- Switch camera: Command-Shift-N
- Start or stop screen share: Command-Shift-S
- Pause or resume screen sharing: Command-Shift-T
- Start local recording: Command-Shift-R
- Start cloud recording: Command-Shift-C
- Pause or resume recording: Command-Shift-P
- Toggle between active speaker view and gallery view: Command-Shift-W
- View the previous or next 25 video streams in the gallery view: Ctrl-P or Ctrl-N
- Show or hide the participant panel: Command-U
- Show or hide the chat panel: Command-Shift-H
- Open the Invite window: Command-i
- Raise or lower your hand: Option-Y
- Start using the remote control: Ctrl-Shift-R
- Give up the remote control: Ctrl-Shift-G
- Enter or exit full screen: Command-Shift-F
- Switch to minimal view: Command-Shift-M
- Toggle Always show meeting controls: Ctrl-\
- End the meeting: Command-W
In a chat
- Jump to a chat with someone: Command-K
In a phone call
- Call the selected number: Ctrl-Shift-C
- Accept a call: Ctrl-Shift-A
- Hold or unhold a call: Ctrl-Shift-H
- End a call: Ctrl-Shift-E
- Decline an incoming call: Ctrl-Shift-D
- Mute or unmute: Ctrl-Shift-M
Zoom keyboard shortcuts for iOS
You can use the following shortcuts with an iPhone or iPad if you have an external keyboard connected.
- Mute or unmute audio: Command-Shift-A
- Start or stop video: Command-Shift-V
- Display or hide a chat: Command-Shift-H
- Display or hide participants: Command-U
- Minimize the meeting: Command-Shift-M
- Close the front window: Command-W
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