Continue Watching is a section on Netflix that displays shows and movies you’ve recently watched on the site. When your viewing is interrupted, you can use this section to quickly jump to your favorite shows from where you left off.
The downside to this section is that it will list even the shows you didn’t like. This is because the list includes every show in your viewing history and everything you’ve ever watched on the site.
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If you don’t like this section for some reason, you can remove Continue Watching from Netflix as shown below.
Remove “Continue Watching” using the Netflix Phone app
To remove Continue Watching from Netflix, you need to remove items from your Netflix browsing history. Once you do, they will no longer list these shows in the Continue Watching section until you start playing those shows again.
- Launch the Netflix app on your phone and tap on the profile you use to watch your shows.
- Click More at the bottom of the screen.
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- Select the Account option on the next screen.
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- Scroll down to the bottom and find your profile in the list. Click on your profile, find the View Activity option and click View next to it.
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- You will see your Netflix browsing history. These are the shows and movies that you have watched on this platform. To remove an item from the Continue Browsing section, click the icon next to that item in the list.
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- The application will inform you that the show you selected will be removed from your history.
- If you want to remove the entire episode from the Continue Watching section, click Hide Episode. The list will no longer display episodes from the series you selected in the “Continue Watching” line on Netflix
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- If you want to completely remove the Continue Watching section from Netflix, you will need to hide all your shows. Scroll to the bottom of the current screen and click Hide All to do this.
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- Removing items from the Continue Browsing section will take some time, but it usually takes less than 24 hours.
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Your changes will be synced across all your devices and the section is removed from your entire Netflix account.
Remove “Continue Watching” using the Netflix web version
You can also remove the Continue Watching section using Netflix for the web. This method is more ideal if you need to remove a large number of shows and movies from your browsing history.
Navigating the desktop version will greatly simplify the process.
- Open a new browser tab and go to the Netflix website. Sign in to your account if you are not already signed in.
- Click on the profile you use to view content on the site and continue.
- Click your profile icon in the upper right corner and select the Account option. The settings menu for your account will open.
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- Scroll down to find your profile, click it and select View next to View Activities. You will be taken to the Netflix history page.
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- You will see a list of shows and movies that you have watched on Netflix Click the icon next to the show you want to remove from Continue Watching and it will be removed.
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- To delete an entire episode, click the icon next to one of the episodes of that episode and select Hide Episode.
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- If you don’t want the “Continue Watching” signs to appear on the Netflix home screen at all, scroll to the bottom of your browsing history and click on the “Hide All” option. It will hide all your shows from the “Continue Watching” section.
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Since there is no show in the Continue Watching section, Netflix will delete the entire section entirely.
Use a different view to view content
One of the reasons some users choose to remove Continue Watching from Netflix is ??because they don’t want certain shows they are watching to appear on the list. If this is why you are deleting a section, you can use a different profile to achieve what you want.
Netflix keeps browsing histories of users separated by their profiles, and if you use a different profile for certain shows, those shows will not appear in the “Continue Watching” section of your main profile.
Create a new profile. On Netflix
- Go to the Netflix website and sign in to your account.
- Select your current profile from the list on the screen.
- Click your profile icon in the upper right corner and select Manage Profiles. This will allow you to view and add profiles to your account.
- Select the Add Profile option on the next screen.
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- Netflix will ask you to enter a name for your new profile. Enter a name, check the Child field if this is a child profile (if you only want content for children), and click Continue.
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- The profile will be instantly added to your account. You can select it from the list of profiles on the screen to open it.
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Remove profile from your Netflix account
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When you’re done watching a show on your secondary profile, you can delete it so that no one can access that profile and see what you’ve watched with it.
- Launch Netflix in your browser and click the pencil icon on your secondary profile picture.
- The next screen has three buttons at the bottom. Click on the one that says “Remove Profile” to remove the profile from your account.
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- Netflix will ask if you really want to delete the profile and all associated data. Click the Delete Profile button to delete the profile.
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- The profile will be removed from your account on all your devices.
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Were you able to remove Continue Watching on Netflix? Have you had problems? Let us know in the comments below.
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