# Set seek length in client **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [October 4, 2013, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/set-seek-length-in-client/43974 "2013-10-04T12:27:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kjenney69](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/kjenney69/32/5155_2.png) [@kjenney69](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kjenney69)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/set-seek-length-in-client/43974/1 "2013-10-04T12:27:11Z")
On my iPad I noticed that the seek length is set to 7 seconds. On my Android phone it’s 30 seconds forward, 15 back. It would be great to have a setting to set this length. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/set-seek-length-in-client/43974/2 "2021-04-02T11:39:08Z")
Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate > [@Please give Plex Apps the ability to customize the skip-back duration length (mod: +skip-forward)](https://forums.plex.tv/t/please-give-plex-apps-the-ability-to-customize-the-skip-back-duration-length/117240): > > Hi there, This post started out in [Plex For Android](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/183273/please-consider-making-the-skip-back-duration-customizable-by-the-user-per-device "Plex For Android"), then I put it in [Plex Ninjas](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/1026651 "Plex Ninjas"), and then it was suggested I post here as an idea for any/all apps. Basically, I’m getting a little disappointed with Plex’s changes to the skipback duration in the Android app - it was recent shortened from 15 seconds down to 10 seconds, which is shorter than I’d like. I’d like to have the option in settings, to change the rewind button to a duration I choose, in seconds. Android is my primary platform, but of co… ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/set-seek-length-in-client/43974/3 "2021-06-10T00:21:31Z")