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By default, Pocket Casts supports skipping through episodes, back 10 seconds and forward 30 seconds.

  1. Tap Profile arrows/circles/tab-profile.svg
  2. Tap Settings objects/actions/settings.svg
  3. Select General
  4. Edit the Skip forward arrows/circles/miniplayer/skipforward.svgand Skip back arrows/circles/miniplayer/skipbackward.svg options

You can skip through episodes from the following locations:

Tap the mini player to open the full screen player.


Long press on your home screen to add the widget.


Swipe down from the top of your screen to show notifications.


Press the power button on your device to display the lock screen.


Pro Tip: Long press on the skip forward button on full screen player gives you an option to mark that episode played or move to the next episode in the queue.

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