Premiere Pro · Enable or disable clip
Editing
Windows · Linux
Shift+EMac
Shift+EBoth systems use the same combination.
Switches the selected clip off without removing it — it stays in place but stops playing and stops rendering, showing black or silence. A clip left disabled looks exactly like a fault when you come back to the project a week later.
- Group
- Editing
- Keys held
- 2
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 Enable or disable clip in Premiere Pro?
Switches the selected clip off without removing it — it stays in place but stops playing and stops rendering, showing black or silence. A clip left disabled looks exactly like a fault when you come back to the project a week later. It is Shift+E on Windows and Shift+E on a Mac.
Q. Is it the same on Windows and Mac?
Yes, Shift+E on both.
Q. How many keys is that?
2 pressed together. The combination sits under Editing in Premiere Pro.