Crunchyroll Auto Skip
Watch Crunchyroll with fewer clicks. This Chrome extension automatically uses available skip buttons for recaps, intros, endings/credits and next-episode previews, and closes the recommendations screen when playback ends.
It needs a suitable skip button to appear. It doesn't detect scene boundaries or jump forward when a button is missing.
Installation
Chrome Web Store
Install from the Chrome Web Store.
Manual installation
- Download and extract this repository, or clone it.
- Open
chrome://extensions.
- Enable Developer mode and click Load unpacked.
- Select the folder containing
manifest.json.
- Refresh your Crunchyroll tab.
No build step is required. After updating the files, reload the extension and refresh the player again.
Release downloads
The extension ZIP attached to each release contains only the files needed to run it: the manifest, player and popup files, icons and translations. Extract that ZIP and follow the manual installation steps above. GitHub's separate Source code downloads contain the repository, not the trimmed extension package.
Release notes include every commit since the previous published release, with full commit messages, authors and links. The same notes are available as a separate CHANGELOG.md download. The first release includes the complete repository history.
Settings
Open the extension popup to choose what you want to skip.
| Setting | Default | What it does |
|---|
| Master switch | On | Turns automatic skipping on/off and cancels pending skips when switched off. |
| Recaps | On | Uses available recap skip buttons without an added delay. |
| Intros | On | Uses intro/opening skip buttons after your chosen delay. |
| Outros | On | Uses ending/credits skip buttons after your chosen delay. |
| Previews | On | Uses available preview skip buttons without an added delay. |
| End screen | On | Closes the recommendations screen shown when playback ends. |
| Skip delay | 3 seconds | Choose 0–10 seconds for intros and endings only. |
| Disable-skip shortcut | D | Temporarily keeps the currently detected segment type. |
| Popup language | Browser language, or English | Choose English, German, Spanish, French or Portuguese (Brazil). |
Language, delay and shortcut settings are under Advanced. Preferences are saved using Chrome's extension storage and can sync when browser sync is enabled. Player settings changes normally apply to open tabs without refreshing them.
Want to watch an intro or ending?
Press D, or your chosen single-character key, while its skip button is showing and before the extension clicks it. This cancels a pending skip and keeps the currently detected segment type. Skipping normally resumes after the eligible controls disappear or a different segment type appears.
The shortcut is not a global pause. If skipping is immediate, it may happen before you have time to press the key. The player frame needs keyboard focus. Ctrl, Alt and Meta combinations are ignored; uppercase letters work too.
What to expect
- Skipping depends on the episode, available skip buttons and Crunchyroll's player. It isn't guaranteed for every episode or player layout.
- The extension looks for both a segment label and a skip action, rather than treating every mention of an intro or preview as a skip button.
- It handles supported embedded Crunchyroll players as well as controls on watch pages. Changes to the site can still affect compatibility.
- Turning automatic skipping off cancels the pending countdown. Changing a skip setting restarts any pending countdown with the current settings.
- When the player reports that a skip is still in progress, the extension waits before clicking another skip button, including an ending followed immediately by a preview.
- After an ending is skipped, the extension resumes playback if the player stays paused, so the next episode can start.
- The end screen is closed with its own close button as soon as it appears, without a delay. This works regardless of the site language.
- Zero seconds means no added delay, and the popup preserves that value. Shortcut instructions reflect your chosen key.
- The shortcut doesn't act while automatic skipping is off or no eligible control is present, and it ignores typing in editable fields.
Permissions and privacy
The extension uses storage to save preferences and access to Crunchyroll pages to find and click controls. Current source contains no analytics or extension-operated backend. Chrome may sync preferences through its own service. Diagnostic console messages can include page paths, button text and changed settings.
Support
Found a problem or have a suggestion? Open an issue. For skipping problems, include the affected segment, your extension version and settings, and the skip button's wording. Do not include passwords or other private account information.
This is an independent extension and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Crunchyroll.
Store listing copy
Draft Chrome Web Store descriptions for all five supported languages are linked from docs/CHROME_WEB_STORE.md.
License
See LICENSE.
