Premiere Pro · Stop playback
Playback
Windows · Linux
KMac
KBoth systems use the same combination.
Stops playback. Held down together with the forward or backward key it becomes slow motion, which is the closest thing to scrubbing frame by frame without taking your hands off the keys.
- Group
- Playback
- Keys held
- 1
In Premiere Pro the same key does different things depending on which panel holds focus — when a shortcut seems to do nothing, focus is usually on the Program Monitor or the Project panel rather than the timeline.
Reading the key names
- Keys joined by + are pressed together: Ctrl+Shift+P means hold Ctrl and Shift, then P.
- On a Mac, Cmd is ⌘, Option is ⌥ (labelled Alt on some keyboards), Control is ⌃ and Shift is ⇧.
- Windows Ctrl usually becomes Cmd on a Mac, but not always — this reference lists both combinations separately.
- With a Korean, Japanese or Chinese input method active, shortcuts built on letter keys may not fire. Switch to Latin input and try again.
- When a combination does nothing, another program has often claimed it as a global shortcut first.
Common questions
Q. What is the shortcut for Stop playback in Premiere Pro?
Stops playback. Held down together with the forward or backward key it becomes slow motion, which is the closest thing to scrubbing frame by frame without taking your hands off the keys. It is K on Windows and K on a Mac.
Q. Is it the same on Windows and Mac?
Yes, K on both.
Q. How many keys is that?
1 pressed together. The combination sits under Playback in Premiere Pro.