---
title: skipToPreviousItem()
framework: mediaplayer
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: mediaplayer/mpmusicplayercontroller/skiptopreviousitem()
---

# skipToPreviousItem()

Starts playback of the previous media item in the playback queue, or if the music player isn’t playing, designates the previous media item as the next to play.

## Declaration

```swift
func skipToPreviousItem()
```

## Discussion

Discussion Calling this method when already at the first item in the playback queue ends playback.

## See Also

### Related Documentation

- [nowPlayingItem](mediaplayer/mpmusicplayercontroller/nowplayingitem.md)

### Controlling playback

- [skipToNextItem()](mediaplayer/mpmusicplayercontroller/skiptonextitem().md)
- [skipToBeginning()](mediaplayer/mpmusicplayercontroller/skiptobeginning().md)
- [append(_:)](mediaplayer/mpmusicplayercontroller/append(_:).md)
- [prepend(_:)](mediaplayer/mpmusicplayercontroller/prepend(_:).md)