YouTube Fast Forward & Rewind by Laskco

Fast Forward and Rewind YouTube videos by a customizable amount of seconds!

5 (17 reviews)

325 Users

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About this extension

Enhance your YouTube playback with YouTube Fast Forward & Rewind. This add-on lets you add custom skip buttons and configure keyboard shortcuts for precise seeking control.

Key Features

Custom Skip Buttons: Add fast-forward and rewind buttons directly to the player controls with your preferred skip times.
Custom Keyboard Seeking: Set custom skip durations for the left and right arrow keys, overriding YouTube's default.
On-Screen Skip Indicator: When you use your keyboard's arrow keys (← / →) to skip, a sleek new indicator now appears on the video. It shows you exactly how many seconds you're skipping and has smooth animations to give you clear feedback.
Usage Statistics: Curious about how much time you've saved? A new "Statistics" panel in the Advanced Settings tracks your total skips. This data is 100% private, stored only on your computer, and is never collected or viewed by me. You can reset your stats at any time.
Action Delay Control: Fine-tune player responsiveness with an experimental setting to add a small delay (in ms) after a skip command. This is perfect for preventing buffering on some systems.
Integrated Controls: The buttons are designed to fit seamlessly into the YouTube player's native interface.
Auto-Save: All your custom settings are saved automatically.

Control your YouTube navigation exactly the way you want.

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Rated 5 by 17 reviewers

Release notes for 4.2.6

Version [4.2.6] – [August 12th, 2025]

This update delivers major behind-the-scenes improvements to make the extension more stable, reliable, and ready for future YouTube changes.

Key Improvements

Complete Backend Refactor:
The entire codebase has been rewritten for greater stability, efficiency, and reliability. This new foundation makes the extension far less likely to break when YouTube updates its site.
Smarter Error Handling:
Enhanced error detection and recovery now allow the extension to handle unexpected issues more gracefully without crashing.

Bug Fixes

Continuous Seek Fix:
Resolved an issue where holding a hotkey and switching tabs could cause seeking to continue indefinitely.

YouTube Fast Forward & Rewind by Laskco

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