How to remove ‘Continue Watching’ titles on Netflix
Netflix is built in with some handy features that are designed to cater to your viewing habits. One of these is the ‘Continue Watching’ section that automatically saves where you’re up to in a series and/or movie, so you can pick up from where you left off straight from your Netflix homepage.
However, if you’re on a joint account and don’t want spoilers – or just want to start something from the beginning – then this feature may be a bit of an annoyance. Fortunately, there is a way remove shows and films in this section both on the app and on your desktop. Keep on reading to find out how.
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Clear your Netflix watch history
The easiest way to get shows off your watch screen is to clear your Netflix watch history. Note that you can only do this on your phone or on the desktop website – you can’t directly do this on your smart TV or streaming device. The process does differ ever so slightly depending on the device you have.
How to clear your Netflix watch history on desktop
Head to the Netflix website on your PC and undertake the following steps:
How to clear your Netflix watch history on Android
On Android, you can actually remove shows from directly within the app. Here’s how:
How to clear your Netflix watch history on iOS
If you’re doing this on iOS (or another system besides Android) then you’ll have to go into your account on your mobile browser – but you can do this directly from the app. Here’s how:
Clear ‘Continue Watching’ list by changing profiles
If you’re on a joint account and haven’t done so yet, you may want to consider adding your own individual profile to your Netflix account so your ‘Continue Watching’ list is curated just for you.
You can get up to five different profiles on one Netflix account. If you want to create a new one, here’s the basic steps you need to know:
If you have a profile you need to delete to make room, hover over the existing profile avatars in the ‘Manage Profiles’ section and click on the edit button. From there, you’ll be able to delete a profile.
Author: Hannah Cowton-Barnes, Entertainment Editor, Tech Advisor
As Tech Advisor’s Entertainment Editor, Hannah is the resident expert in all things streaming, film and TV. Before joining Tech Advisor in 2019, she studied Theatre and Performance at the University of Leeds and created a website dedicated to geek culture and lifestyle. She’s also reviewed a whole range of gadgets including flagship smartphones, wearables and styling tools. Outside of Foundry, she’s written freelance pieces for Polygon, Metro and Den of Geek, and is proud to be a Women Techmakers Ambassador for Google.
