Descript has keyboard shortcuts for editing, navigating, and switching tools faster. They’re listed below for both Mac and Windows, grouped by feature area.

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Access the keyboard shortcut list in Descript

To view all available shortcuts in the app:

• Press Option + / (Mac), or Ctrl + / (Windows)
• Or click the Help icon in the upper-right corner of your Descript window, then select Keyboard Shortcuts

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Screen Recorder

This section includes shortcuts for starting and stopping the Screen Recorder in the Descript desktop application. The default shortcut is Command/Ctrl + Shift + 2, but can be customized via your settings. Learn more about Descript’s Screen Recorder.

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Playback

This section includes shortcuts for controlling playback, setting markers, scrubbing through your project, and adjusting playback speed.

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Timeline

These shortcuts help you navigate and edit directly in the timeline — including tools for zooming, cutting clips, replacing content, and toggling the timeline view.

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Tools

The Tools section includes shortcuts for toggling text correction, punctuation, and capitalization, as well as searching for actions within the app.

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Selection

This section covers text- and clip-level shortcuts like ignoring, highlighting, commenting, duplicating, and quick duplication.

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Insert

Insert shortcuts help you quickly add speaker labels, markers, text, shapes, or scenes into your script or video project.

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Scene Editor

Scene Editor shortcuts are used for adjusting layers and arranging visual elements — like moving objects forward or backward, locking layers, or toggling visibility.

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View

These shortcuts control the layout of the Descript editor — including toggling panels like media library, layout picker, and project contents.

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Edit

Edit shortcuts include project-level actions like undo, redo, find and replace, and toggling Write or Correct modes.

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Share

These shortcuts help you share your project, copy the project link, or export to a Descript share page or local file.