How to See and Delete Watch History on Netflix

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February 27, 2025

Your Netflix viewing history is more than a log of what you’ve watched; it’s also the power behind your personalized recommendations. Netflix analyzes your viewing habits to suggest shows and movies you might enjoy, helping you discover new favorites. Managing your Netflix watch history is a simple way to keep your recommendations fresh and maintain privacy. Whether you want to revisit a movie or show but can’t remember its name, or if you’d like to refine your recommendations and control your viewing data, here’s how you can find and delete your Netflix watch history.

Contents

  1. How to See Watch History on Netflix
  2. How to Download Netflix Watching History
  3. How to Clear Netflix Watch History
  4. Stop Titles from Showing up in Netflix History

1. How to See Watch History on Netflix

Netflix provides “Continue Watching” and “Viewing Activity” for users to track their watch history:

  • Continue Watching: A curated row of TV shows and movies you’ve started watching but haven’t finished, making it easy to pick up where you left off.
  • Viewing Activity: A page that displays all the titles you’ve watched on your current profile.

Please note that each profile has its own separate “Continue Watching” and “Viewing Activity.” Once you’ve finished watching a video, it’ll be automatically removed from the “Continue Watching” list but remain in your “Viewing Activity.”

How to Find Continue Watching on Netflix (Desktop/Mobile)

  1. Log into your account at Netflix.com or open the Netflix app on your Android or iOS device.
  2. Scroll down until you find the “Continue Watching” row.
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How to See Viewing Activity on Desktop

  1. Go to Netflix.com and log in to your Netflix account. Click your profile picture in the top right corner and select Account.
  2. Under the Quick Links section, select Edit Settings > Viewing Activity.
  3. You’ll see a detailed list of movies and shows watched under this profile, including which episode and when. Use the “Show More” button at the bottom to view your entire history.
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How to Find Viewing Activity on Mobile

  1. Open the Netflix app on your phone or tablet and tap “My Netflix” at the bottom right.
  2. Tap your profile picture and select “Account.”
  3. Select “Privacy and data settings” and then “Viewing activity.”
  4. Now you can see a list of titles watched under the profile. Tap “Show More” to display your viewing history from earlier days.
netflix watch history mobile

2. How to Download Netflix Watching History

Netflix allows you to download a copy of your viewing history as a csv file. This can be useful for finding a show you can’t remember the title or keeping a personal record. If you want to recommend movies to a friend, you can easily share your viewing history with them. It is also a way to preserve your Netflix watch history if you delete it, cancel your subscription, or a title leaves Netflix.

Here’s how to download your Netflix viewing history on desktop browsers and mobile app.

  1. Follow the steps above to get to your “Viewing Activity” page.
  2. Scroll to the bottom of the page and tap/click “Download all.
download netflix watch history

3. How to Clear Netflix Watch History

If you’ve started a title on Netflix but don’t plan to finish it, you can remove it from your Continue Watching row. However, it will still appear in your viewing history. To completely remove a title and prevent it from influencing your recommendations, you’ll need to hide it in your viewing activity. This way, it’ll also disappear from you Continue Watching, unless you watch it again.

How to Remove a Title from Continue Watching

On Desktop

  1. Go to the Continue Watching row on the Homepage.
  2. Hover your cursor over a title and select Remove From Row.

On Mobile

  1. Open the Netflix app and find the Continue Watching row on Home.
  2. Tap the three dots under a title and select Remove From Row.

How to Hide a Title from Netflix Viewing Activity

  1. Follow the steps above to find your “Viewing Activity” on desktop browsers or mobile app.
  2. Click the Hide icon  next to an episode or movie you want to remove.
    • If you’re hiding an episode, Netflix will give you the option to hide the entire series (Hide series).
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How to Clear the Entire Viewing History on Netflix

You can also clear your entire Netflix watch history at once. This will remove all titles from your viewing history and start fresh with your recommendations.

  1. Access your “Viewing Activity” page (see previous instructions for desktop and mobile).
  2. Scroll to the bottom of the “Viewing Activity” page and select “Hide All.”
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4. Stop Titles from Showing up in Netflix History

Netflix subscribers can download titles for offline viewing, but watched downloads still appear in your viewing history. To watch Netflix content without it being recorded, you can download it as an MP4 file and view it outside the Netflix app.

Pazu Netflix Video Downloader is a desktop program that facilitates this. This tool can directly download Netflix movies and TV shows to MP4 or MKV format on Mac and Windows computers. The converted files are preserved in high quality, up to 1080p, and maintain the original subtitles and audio tracks. After downloading, you can transfer and play the downloaded files on any compatible device and app for offline enjoyment, without affecting your Netflix viewing activity.

Netflix video downloader

Download Netflix movies & TV shows to MP4 with HD quality. 

  • Download movies & TV shows from Netflix.
  • Download videos in 1080P.
  • Preserve audio tracks and subtitles.
  • Fast downloading speed.

Step 1. Launch Pazu Netflix Video Downloader

Download, install, and launch Pazu Netflix Video Downloader on your Mac or Windows. Log in to your Netflix account.

Click the key icon and enter your registration code to unlock the full version of the downloader if you have purchased a registration. If you haven’t, go ahead with the free trial version.

Netflix video downloader

Step 2. Add Netflix movies/TV shows

Search for a show or movie you want to download from Netflix.

add movies or shows

Step 3. Choose video format/quality

Click the gear icon on the top right corner to choose the video formats and settings such as video codec, audio, and subtitle languages.

video settings

Step 4. Start to Download Netflix videos

Click the Download icon on the right side of the title you want to download.

For a movie, the download starts right away. For a TV show, all episodes are added to the download list by default. Uncheck the episodes you don’t want to download if there are any.

You can also click the three lines and gear icon to choose audio/subtitle languages for each episode. Then click the Download button on the right bottom.

select episodes

After downloading, click History and find the downloaded files. You can now transfer the videos and watch them whenever you want.

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