Being a social media manager, we often find ourselves on multiple platforms completing the same tasks throughout the day.
Whether it be retweeting, liking, commenting, or posting a status.
We do these tasks often enough so why not aspire to do them as quickly and efficiently as possible? Let’s be honest, “Ctrl + C” and “Ctrl + V” has saved everyone hours of labor over the years! A good keyboard shortcut will ingrain itself into your memory and have you completing more tasks throughout the day.
To help save your precious time we have compiled a list of 40 useful PC keyboard social media shortcuts for social media pros.
We have broken this post down into shortcuts for Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.
Twitter:
n – New Tweet
l – like
r – reply
t – Retweet
m – Direct message
b – block user
u – Mute user
o – Expand Photo
/ – Search
. – Load new Tweets
Space – Page down
Ctrl + Enter – Send Tweet
g + h – Home
g + o – Moments
g + n – Notifications
g + r – Mentions
g + p – Profile
g + l – Likes
g + I – Lists
g + m – Messages
g + s – Settings
g + u – Go to user
Facebook:
j, k – Scroll up and down between News Feed stories
p – Post a new status
l – Like or unlike the selected story
c – Comment on the selected story
s – Share the selected story
o – Open attachment of the selected story
enter – See more of the selected story
Alt + 4 – Inbox
Alt + 6 – Settings
Alt + m – New Message
YouTube:
j – Rewind 10 seconds
l – Fast forward 10 seconds
m – Mute sound
k – Play/pause
f – Toggle full screen
c – Captions (if supported)
Arrow left key – Move backward 5 secs
Arrow right key – Move forward 5 secs
To help you out in the future be sure to screenshot the graphic below with our most important keyboard shortcuts.
