# Change your recording hotkey

Source: https://help.contextli.com/articles/change-your-recording-hotkey

Open **Settings > General**, click the shortcut shown next to **Keyboard Shortcut**, then press the new key combination. Press Escape to cancel without changing it.

## Change the main hotkey

1. Open Contextli and click **Settings** at the bottom of the sidebar.
2. Stay on the **General** tab and find the **Recording** section.
3. Click the button next to **Keyboard Shortcut**. It changes to **Press keys...**
4. Press the combination you want. It saves right away.

![Settings, General tab: recording mode, keyboard shortcut, microphone and transcription language](https://cdn.kamaan.io/kamaan/sites/6ae9f572170cd8d9857a277c/images/contextli-settings-general-recording.webp)

Toggle and Hold to Record share this one hotkey, so changing it changes both.

## What keys you can use

- **Toggle Recording**: use a modifier (Ctrl, Alt or Option, Shift, Cmd) plus a letter, number or Space, for example Ctrl+Shift+D.
- **Hold to Record**: any key or combination works, including a single key like Right Option.
- On Windows, **Ctrl + Win** works well in Hold mode because it never fires while you copy or paste.

Pick a combination that no other app uses. If another app or the system already owns it, Contextli cannot register it and shows a **Hotkey Registration Warning**.

## Defaults

| | Mac | Windows | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recording hotkey (Toggle and Hold) | Option+Space | Ctrl+Space | Ctrl+Space |

Switching between Toggle and Hold to Record keeps your current hotkey.

## Hotkeys for contexts

Each context can have its own global hotkey. Go to **Contexts**, edit the context and set **Global hotkey**, or click **Add hotkey** on its card. If the keys are taken, you will see: This hotkey is already used by "name". See [Create a custom context](/articles/create-a-custom-context).

## Related articles

- [Choose Toggle or Hold to record](/articles/toggle-vs-hold-to-record)
- [Default keyboard shortcuts on Mac, Windows and Linux](/articles/default-keyboard-shortcuts)
- [The hotkey does nothing when I press it](/articles/hotkey-does-nothing)