SkipZSGuides

General Guide

Learn the settings and controls used across SkipZS including themes shortcuts pop up behavior and local statistics.

Open the Full Settings

Some SkipZS settings are available when the extension is opened from a YouTube page.

  1. Open YouTube.
  2. Select the SkipZS extension icon in the top right corner of Chrome.
  3. Open Settings in the SkipZS pop up.

Theme

SkipZS supports Light Dark and System themes.

  1. Open SkipZS from a YouTube page.
  2. Open Settings and find Theme.
  3. Choose Light for a light interface Dark for a dark interface or System to follow your device theme.

The interface updates according to your selection.

Keyboard Shortcuts

SkipZS allows you to view and customize supported keyboard shortcuts.

Open Shortcut Settings

  1. Open SkipZS from YouTube and go to Settings.
  2. Find Keyboard Shortcuts.
  3. Select Configure Custom Shortcut.

The window shows each available shortcut. It displays the default shortcut until you save a custom one.

Configure a Custom Shortcut

  1. Open Configure Custom Shortcut and select Configure Shortcut.
  2. Turn on Enable Custom Shortcuts.
  3. Find an action and select Edit.
  4. Choose Press Hold Double Press or another available action type.
  5. Enter the key combination and select Save Shortcut.

When custom shortcuts are enabled your custom choices work while default shortcuts may remain available for other actions. When disabled SkipZS uses the default shortcuts.

Open Features and Settings Shortcut

Chrome manages the shortcut that opens the standalone Features interface.

Alt+NThe default shortcut for opening the Features interface.

Change the shortcut

  1. Open Configure Custom Shortcut in SkipZS.
  2. Find the option for opening Features and select Manage in Chrome.
  3. Find SkipZS in the Chrome extension shortcut settings.
  4. Enter your preferred key combination.

Remember Pop Up Position

This setting controls where the SkipZS pop up opens after you move it.

Position memory enabled

On
  • Move the pop up to a new location and close it.
  • The next time it opens SkipZS uses the saved position.

Position memory disabled

Off
  • The pop up opens in its default position.

Always Show Close Button

This setting controls how the SkipZS pop up closes.

Close button enabled

On
  • An X close button stays visible in the top right corner.
  • Selecting outside the pop up does not close it. Use the X button instead.

Close button disabled

Off
  • The pop up can close when you select outside the extension interface.

Time Saved

Time Saved appears in Home and estimates the time saved by skipping eligible advertisements based on their applicable duration.

  • Today
  • This Week
  • This Month
  • All Time

Select a period to view its time saved information.

Skip Summary

Skip Summary shows the number of advertisements SkipZS has skipped during the selected tracking period.

  • Today
  • All Time

Your Statistics Stay Local

SkipZS stores Time Saved and Skip Summary information in Chrome local storage on your device. It is not sent to the SkipZS backend for storage.

Statistics remain with the current extension installation.

Removing the extension removes its locally stored statistics.

Reinstalling SkipZS does not restore previous local statistics.