YouTube Music Hotkeys

Name: YouTube Music Hotkeys
Rating: 4.92 (24 reviews)
Author: lidel

Use keyboard shortcuts to control YouTube Music

As of June 2026, YouTube Music Hotkeys has 2,000 users and a 4.92/5 rating from 24 reviews in the Workflow & Planning category.

lidel Workflow & Planning

Chrome Web Store ↗.crx

Users0%

2.0K

2,000

Rating+0.2%

4.92

24 reviews

Reviews+9.1%

Version

3.0.0

Manifest V3

History

1 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 19, 2026.

View as table

Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 19, 2026	2.0K	4.91	22	3.0.0
Now	2.0K	4.92	24	3.0.0

Permissions & access

Permissions: contextMenustabsscripting
Host access: https://music.youtube.com/*

Screenshots

About

This browser extension lets you control background playback of YouTube Music (previously known as Google Music)  without switching tabs. That is all.

Features:

    browser action button 
    left click toggles playback, context click displays more options
    open and pin YouTube Music if it is not open yet
    toggle playback: Ctrl+Shift+8
    previous song: Ctrl+Shift+9
    next song: Ctrl+Shift+0
    autoplay when &autoplay=true is found in URL

One can customize default shortcuts via chrome://extensions/configure