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There are many keyboard shortcuts available while watching a Youtube video. Are there shortcuts to move forward and backward through a video's chapters by using a keyboard?

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    It isn't possible as of now
    – Monk
    Commented Jul 13, 2020 at 1:34

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There now are: Ctrl+→ and ← on Windows, ⌥ opt+→ and ← on Mac.

You can see a list of all shortcuts on YouTube by clicking on your user avatar in the top right corner and then selecting "Keyboard shortcuts".

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    This is the right answer: on a mac: ⌥ + ▶ (OPTION + RIGHT-ARROW) on windows: CTRL + RIGHT-ARROW
    – Ansjovis86
    Commented Sep 2, 2021 at 18:57
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    Thank you, @Ansjovis86 - I updated the answer to reflect the current state.
    – Leo Wattenberg
    Commented Sep 4, 2021 at 10:05
  • doesnt work on mac
    – SuperUberDuper
    Commented Mar 10, 2023 at 18:40
  • What a terrible shortcut choice by the Google "experts" -- they chose the default browser shortcut for Back and Forward! This is so badly designed it appears they are trolling. YouTube jumps to the next or previous chapter, then my browser jumps to the next or previous page, shutting off the video. For Vivaldi users: go to settings and type in "left" in the search, remove the Ctrl shortcut from the "Previous Page" or whatever it's called, and leave the Alt so you can still use Alt+Left to go Back. Do the same for "right", remove Ctrl, then use Alt+Right for Forward.
    – Raven
    Commented Sep 1 at 6:28
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There is a chrome extension called Tweaks for YouTube that allows this:

Image of tweaks for youTube

It binds n to next chapter and p to previous chapter

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Yes you can :) You just press:

  • on a mac: ⌥ + ▶ (OPTION + RIGHT-ARROW)
  • on windows: CTRL + RIGHT-ARROW
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  • I'm probably in a different parallel universe, because those mac keys don't work for me. They just move forward 5 seconds. Yes, the video has chapters.
    – Onnonymous
    Commented Jul 15, 2021 at 9:46
  • I get the 5 sec forward when I press RIGHT-ARROW without the option key
    – blackjacx
    Commented Jul 15, 2021 at 16:40
  • I must have somehow made it back to the normal universe, because now it works as you described! Either that, or there was a speck of dust below the option key.
    – Onnonymous
    Commented Jul 23, 2021 at 10:06
  • This should be the accepted answer!
    – Ansjovis86
    Commented Sep 2, 2021 at 18:56
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There doesn't appear to be a native keyboard shortcut for chapter navigation as of the writing of this answer. Details:

  • The Keyboard shortcuts for YouTube help center article does not list chapter navigation in the list of shortcuts
  • Hitting Shift + ? while on youtube.com brings up the list of shortcuts, and chapters are not in that list either.

screenshot captured on August 8, 2021

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  • Your screenshot shots the shortcuts: Ctrl+Left and Ctrl+Right.
    – Raven
    Commented Sep 1 at 6:31

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