---
title: "skipToPreviousItem(for:)"
framework: avkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "avkit/avplayerviewcontrollerdelegate/skiptopreviousitem(for:)"
---

# skipToPreviousItem(for:)

Tells the delegate when the user requests skipping to the previous item in the timeline.

## Declaration

```swift
optional func skipToPreviousItem(for playerViewController: AVPlayerViewController)
```

## Parameters

- `playerViewController`: The player view controller.

## Discussion

Discussion The framework calls this method when you set the player view controller’s skipping behavior to AVPlayerViewControllerSkippingBehavior.skipItem and a user performs a backward skip gesture (by pressing the left side of the Siri Remote’s Touch surface). Implement this method to update the player view controller’s player to play the previous player item.

## See Also

### Responding to Navigation Events

- [playerViewController(_:timeToSeekAfterUserNavigatedFrom:to:)](avkit/avplayerviewcontrollerdelegate/playerviewcontroller(_:timetoseekafterusernavigatedfrom:to:).md)
- [playerViewController(_:willResumePlaybackAfterUserNavigatedFrom:to:)](avkit/avplayerviewcontrollerdelegate/playerviewcontroller(_:willresumeplaybackafterusernavigatedfrom:to:).md)
- [skipToNextItem(for:)](avkit/avplayerviewcontrollerdelegate/skiptonextitem(for:).md)