{"id":71675,"date":"2024-04-10T15:00:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T07:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=71675"},"modified":"2024-04-08T15:08:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T07:08:51","slug":"tiktok-keyboard-shortcuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/tiktok-keyboard-shortcuts\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok&#8217;s New Keyboard Shortcuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TikTok, the social media platform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/the-rise-of-tiktok\/\">gradually becoming the go-to place<\/a> over others like Facebook, Instagram, etc., is predominantly used on mobile devices. Users swipe up and down to navigate through videos, tap once to pause, and double tap to like a video.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/tiktok-keyboard-shortcuts\/hero.jpg\" alt=\"TikTok keyboard shortcuts\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\"><\/figure>\n<p>But did you know that the desktop version also supports shortcut keys?<\/p>\n<p>For those browsing TikTok on a desktop browser or their desktop app, there are keyboard shortcuts available. They are few but sufficient to navigate through TikTok without the need for a mouse.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the newly added keyboard shortcuts TikTok has introduced.<\/p>\n<h2>Keyboard Shortcuts for TikTok on Desktop<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"key\">\u2191<\/span> \u2013 Go to the previous video<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"key\">\u2193<\/span> \u2013 Go to the next video<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"key\">L:<\/span> Like a video<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"key\">M:<\/span> Mute and unmute a video<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more TikTok tips, check out these related posts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/tiktok-as-ringtones\/\">Turning TikTok videos into ringtones<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/remove-tiktok-watermark\/\">Removing a TikTok video watermark<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you\u2019re also interested in downloading Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok available only in Mainland China, check out our post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/download-chinese-douyin\/\">How to Download Douyin<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TikTok, the social media platform gradually becoming the go-to place over others like Facebook, Instagram, etc., is predominantly used on mobile devices. 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