diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 7db3439597f..c12c4d0268e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,24 @@
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.LEANBACK_LAUNCHER" />
             </intent-filter>
+
+            <meta-data
+                android:name="android.app.shortcuts"
+                android:resource="@xml/shortcuts" />
+        </activity>
+
+        <activity
+            android:name=".ClearCacheActivity"
+            android:excludeFromRecents="true"
+            android:exported="true"
+            android:label="@string/clear_cache_shortcut_label"
+            android:noHistory="true"
+            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoDisplay">
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="org.schabi.newpipe.action.CLEAR_CACHE" />
+
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
+            </intent-filter>
         </activity>
 
         <receiver
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/ClearCacheActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/ClearCacheActivity.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0e94347c805
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/ClearCacheActivity.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 NewPipe e.V. <https://newpipe-ev.de>
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+package org.schabi.newpipe
+
+import android.os.Bundle
+import android.widget.Toast
+import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
+import coil3.imageLoader
+import org.schabi.newpipe.util.InfoCache
+
+/**
+ * Invisible activity that clears NewPipe's caches (metadata + image caches) and
+ * immediately returns to the previous screen. It is used as the target of the
+ * "Clear cache" long-press shortcut on the app icon, so that users can wipe the
+ * caches without having to open the app and dig through the settings.
+ *
+ * See https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/issues/8981
+ */
+class ClearCacheActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
+
+    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
+        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
+
+        // Metadata cache (video info, streams metadata, ...)
+        InfoCache.getInstance().clearCache()
+
+        // Image caches (memory + disk) used for all the images loaded by Coil
+        imageLoader.memoryCache?.clear()
+        imageLoader.diskCache?.clear()
+
+        Toast.makeText(applicationContext, R.string.clear_cache_complete_notice, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
+            .show()
+
+        // Do not open the app: the user just asked for the cache to be cleared from
+        // the home screen, so go straight back to whatever was shown before us.
+        finish()
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/ui/VideoPlayerUi.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/ui/VideoPlayerUi.java
index 563927e19f4..3243058e27d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/ui/VideoPlayerUi.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/ui/VideoPlayerUi.java
@@ -1553,6 +1553,26 @@ public boolean onKeyDown(final int keyCode) {
                     return true;
                 }
 
+                // On non-TV devices with a hardware keyboard, arrow keys should seek
+                // instead of jumping between UI elements or focusing player controls.
+                // TV devices keep their D-pad navigation behavior.
+                // See https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/issues/10448
+                if (!DeviceUtils.isTv(context)) {
+                    switch (keyCode) {
+                        case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_LEFT:
+                            player.fastRewind();
+                            return true;
+                        case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_RIGHT:
+                            player.fastForward();
+                            return true;
+                        case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DPAD_CENTER:
+                            player.playPause();
+                            return true;
+                        default:
+                            break; // UP/DDOWN keep falling through to the UI logic below
+                    }
+                }
+
                 if (isControlsVisible()) {
                     hideControls(DEFAULT_CONTROLS_DURATION, DPAD_CONTROLS_HIDE_TIME);
                 } else {
@@ -1562,6 +1582,28 @@ public boolean onKeyDown(final int keyCode) {
                     return true;
                 }
                 break;
+            case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_SPACE:
+            case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE:
+                player.playPause();
+                return true;
+            case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_PLAY:
+                player.play();
+                return true;
+            case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_PAUSE:
+                player.pause();
+                return true;
+            case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_J:
+            case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_FAST_REWIND:
+                player.fastRewind();
+                return true;
+            case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_L:
+            case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MEDIA_FAST_FORWARD:
+                player.fastForward();
+                return true;
+            case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_M:
+            case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_VOLUME_MUTE:
+                player.toggleMute();
+                return true;
             default:
                 break; // ignore other keys
         }
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index d8d1fadee25..4018b643455 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@
     <string name="metadata_cache_wipe_title">Wipe cached metadata</string>
     <string name="metadata_cache_wipe_summary">Remove all cached webpage data</string>
     <string name="metadata_cache_wipe_complete_notice">Metadata cache wiped</string>
+    <string name="clear_cache_shortcut_label">Clear cache</string>
+    <string name="clear_cache_shortcut_long_label">Clear NewPipe cache</string>
+    <string name="clear_cache_complete_notice">Cache cleared</string>
     <string name="auto_queue_title">Auto-enqueue next stream</string>
     <string name="auto_queue_summary">Continue ending (non-repeating) playback queue by appending a related stream</string>
     <string name="auto_queue_toggle">Auto-enqueuing</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/shortcuts.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/shortcuts.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0c88d68a1bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/shortcuts.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<shortcuts xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
+
+    <!--
+        Long-press "Clear cache" action on the app icon.
+        See https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/issues/8981
+    -->
+    <shortcut
+        android:shortcutId="clear_cache"
+        android:enabled="true"
+        android:icon="@drawable/ic_delete"
+        android:shortcutShortLabel="@string/clear_cache_shortcut_label"
+        android:shortcutLongLabel="@string/clear_cache_shortcut_long_label">
+        <intent android:action="org.schabi.newpipe.action.CLEAR_CACHE" />
+
+        <!--
+            The intent is resolved within this app via ClearCacheActivity's
+            intent-filter, so no targetPackage is needed (the debug build's
+            applicationIdSuffix must not be hardcoded here).
+        -->
+    </shortcut>
+
+</shortcuts>
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