# Auto-skip intro

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/auto-skip-intro/629042>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [August 31, 2020, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/auto-skip-intro/629042 "2020-08-31T07:29:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![krugster](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/krugster/32/90414_2.png) [@krugster](https://forums.plex.tv/u/krugster)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/auto-skip-intro/629042/1 "2020-08-31T07:29:32Z")

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The new skip-intro feature is awesome!

Taking it to the next level: can you add an auto-skip option? I could see it being most useful if it were per-show or per-season. Maybe an option through the clients to select an “always skip this season” checkbox when choosing to skip for the first time.

Or another way would be to have a 5s countdown that automatically skipped the intro if not cancelled.

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/auto-skip-intro/629042/2 "2020-08-31T10:11:19Z")

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A request for the same feature exists already, and it has more votes.

> [@Option for semi-persistent automatic skip intro](https://forums.plex.tv/t/option-for-semi-persistent-automatic-skip-intro/598246/1):
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> When a user repeatedly skips intros in a single auto-play session in the same season/series, Skip Intro should become automatic for the remainder of the session. Once auto-skip is activated, the “skip intro” button changes to a “watch intro” button for the remainder of the session, allowing the user to intuitively disable auto-skip for that session. Add an option like “Number of consecutive skipped intros when binging before intros skip automatically”, default to 2. If 0, all intros skip automa…

Therefore this one is closed, to prevent spreading the votes across several threads, even though they vote for the same (or at least very similar thing).

Votes are given back to the users who voted on this request. Please think of re-voting in the other thread if you still want it.

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/auto-skip-intro/629042/3 "2020-08-31T13:52:44Z")

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