Quick summary
You can turn off YouTube subtitles instantly by pressing the C key on your keyboard while a video is playing. This keyboard shortcut toggles captions on and off without clicking any player controls.
Steps
- Open any YouTube video that has captions or subtitles enabled — you'll see the CC icon highlighted in the player controls.
- Press C on your keyboard to toggle captions off immediately.
- Press C again to turn captions back on.
- Alternatively, click the CC button in the video player controls to turn captions off.
