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# skipToPreviousItem(for:)

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

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

## Parameters

`playerViewController`

The player view controller.

## Discussion

The framework calls this method when you set the player view controller’s skipping behavior to [`AVPlayerViewControllerSkippingBehavior.skipItem`](/documentation/AVKit/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`](/documentation/AVKit/AVPlayerViewController/player) to play the previous player item.

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