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CapCut Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac

9 shortcuts · Updated August 2026

CapCut for Mac ships with a compact set of editing shortcuts that cover the cuts you make hundreds of times per project. All 9 of them are below.

Edit

ActionShortcut
CopyC
CutX
PasteV
ResetZ
SplitB
UndoZ

File

ActionShortcut
ExportE
ImportI
New ProjectN

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FAQ

How many CapCut keyboard shortcuts are there?

This guide lists 9 CapCut shortcuts as they work on macOS, read from the app itself and kept up to date by Shortcut Flow.

Does CapCut for Mac have the same shortcuts as the mobile app?

No. The mobile app is touch-first and has no keyboard shortcuts. The list on this page comes from the Mac desktop version.

What is the fastest way to learn CapCut shortcuts?

Not by reading the full list. Shortcut Flow watches which commands you actually use in CapCut and drills you on those first, one minute a day, so the shortcuts you need most stick within days.