Some podcasts have a fixed-length intro and/or outro that is repeated in each episode. They are all amazing, of course, but sometimes you just don’t want to hear the jingle for the seven millionth time.
With Auto Skipping you can configure Pocket Casts to automatically skip the beginning and/or end of each episode of a given podcast. Auto Skipping is available for all Pocket Casts users, including those with a free account.
- Navigate to the Podcasts tab
- Tap/click on the podcast you’d like to enable Auto Skipping for
- Tap or click on Settings (If you’re using the web / desktop player, Settings is accessible after clicking on the three dot menu
at the top of the episode list).
- Set Skip First to your preferred amount of time that you’d like to skip at the beginning of each episode for this podcast
- Set Skip Last to the amount of time you’d like to skip at the end of each episode for this podcast
To see how much time Auto Skipping has saved you, open 
Profile > Stats.
Note: These settings are specific to each podcast and will sync across all devices under the same sync account.
If every episode of a podcast stops before the end (for example, the last few minutes or the last ten minutes are always cut off, playback ends while the hosts are still talking, or the episode plays to the end in another podcast app but not in Pocket Casts, even after re-downloading), check that podcast’s Skip Last setting. When Skip Last is set, Pocket Casts stops playing each episode of that podcast that much time before the end and marks the episode as played. Because the setting syncs, it applies on every device signed in to your account, even if you set it a long time ago or on another device.
In the same way, if every episode of a podcast seems to start a few seconds or minutes in, check its Skip First setting.
- Navigate to the Podcasts tab and tap/click on the affected podcast
- Tap or click on Settings
- Check Skip First and Skip Last. If either is set to more than 0, set it back to 0 and play the episode again
If both are set to 0 and episodes still end early, please contact our support team from Profile > Help & Feedback > Contact Support in the app, and include the name of an affected episode.
