Streaming is a curious beast. One minute you may be having fun with the ’80s vibe of Stranger Things and the following you may be struggling to select one thing from that overwhelming catalog. Sometimes, although, you may detect one thing that you simply’d usually by no means select — a Netflix suggestion from a pal or a latest addition that had escaped your look as you navigated Amazon Prime Video’s curated menus.

However, as soon as you’ve got watched that film or TV present and moved on, it might drop again into relative obscurity, lowering your possibilities of remembering and paying that suggestion ahead many months later. You can also have watched one thing, hated it and need to be certain it does not impression future suggestions. Luckily, many streaming companies hold a operating checklist of the belongings you’ve watched (in the event that they have not been faraway from the catalog as a consequence of licensing agreements). Here’s learn how to discover them.

Netflix

Finding your viewing historical past on Netflix is a straightforward affair. Visit Netflix.com, make sure you’re logged in after which hover over your profile identify. Select Your Account from the menu. Now, scroll right down to the underside and choose Viewing Activity. You ought to now be introduced with an inventory of all the pieces you’ve got streamed in your account.

Alternatively, you may click here.

While you are there, you may determine how your historical past impacts Netflix suggestions. Clicking the X subsequent to a title will guarantee it is deleted out of your Recently Watched or Continue Watching row, however it would additionally be certain that Netflix does not use a second of streaming weak point towards you. Once it has been eliminated, it will not seem in your checklist till you watch it once more.

Apple TV+

Apple’s catalog of streaming originals won’t be as broad as, say, Netflix or Disney+, however the iPhone-maker has a really complete film and TV retailer that may assist fill the gaps. 

If you are seeking to see what you’ve got lately watched on both Apple TV+ or inside Apple’s TV app usually, the corporate does present a method to see your viewing historical past, however it’s hidden away proper on the backside of the TV app itself.

Simply open the TV app on a Mac or iOS gadget and hold scrolling to the very backside of the Watch Now tab. There, you may see a small collection of your most lately considered content material. Select the ‘See All’ hyperlink to view all the pieces you’ve got ever watched on Apple TV (this will likely additionally embody motion pictures and TV reveals from third-party apps you have got put in in your Apple TV streamer.)

Unfortunately, Apple does not provide a devoted ‘Recently Watched’ part within the TV+ internet UI, opting as a substitute for an ‘Up Next’ part. You can, nonetheless, clear what you have got watched by heading to Settings and deciding on Clear Play History. Alternatively, click here.

You also can take away particular person motion pictures and TV episodes out of your Recently Watched checklist by long-pressing on the thumbnail of the content material you want to take away and deciding on ‘Remove from Recently Watched.’ Perfect, when you’ve considered one thing you advised your important different you’d anticipate them to observe collectively.

Disney+

Disney+ could now be over two years outdated, however it’s not fairly but caught up with the likes of Netflix and Amazon with regards to options. Sadly, which means you may’t presently see your viewing historical past on Disney+.

Like a lot of its rivals, Disney does provide a Continue Watching part, which can assist floor motion pictures or TV reveals that you could have stopped viewing simply because the credit started to roll. 

If it is one thing you are feeling very strongly about, you may head to the Disney+ website and hit the Give Feedback button on the backside to, very politely, request that they add the characteristic.

Hulu

If you are a Disney+ subscriber within the US, there’s an opportunity that you could have signed up for the Disney Bundle to get subscriptions to Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu for a reduced value. Unlike Disney+, nonetheless, Hulu does mean you can correctly keep your watch historical past each inside its apps and on the net. 

It will not be instantly apparent, however Hulu retains your viewing historical past contained in the Keep Watching part, from which you’ll browse the films and TV reveals you’ve got already streamed. To make issues complicated, you can not see the person episodes of a present you’ve got already watched within the Keep Watching part, so you may want to pick the Details web page of a selected collection and add it to My Stuff. This can even allow you to see what number of unwatched episodes you’ve got bought left to stream.

To take away content material, navigate to the Keep Watching web page and click on on the X to purge it out of your watch historical past. On cell, faucet the three dots on the thumbnail of the chosen present or film and hit Remove from Watch History.

HBO Max

As it stands, HBO Max does not provide a method to see all the pieces you’ve got watched. It does, nonetheless, routinely add motion pictures and TV collection that you have not completed watching to its Continue Watching row on the house display screen of the service. 

To take away a film or present out of your Continue Watching itemizing in your app or on the net, faucet in your profile icon, then Continue Watching, after which Edit. Then, merely faucet the X subsequent to a person merchandise or Clear All to take away all the pieces. When you are completed, hit Done.

Amazon Prime Video

Unlike Netflix, Amazon does not make it straightforward to see what you’ve got beforehand watched. In truth, it buries its itemizing inside numerous hyperlinks that you simply would not in any other case examine.

If you need to go the handbook route, make sure you’re logged in on the Amazon web site and click on the Your Account hyperlink on the highest bar. On the ensuing web page, scroll right down to Personalization and click on Improve Your Recommendations. Now, on the left menu, click on Videos You’ve Watched.

The faster methodology is to click here if you live in the US or here if you live in the UK.

Here, you may price a TV present or film in order that Amazon can higher perceive your likes and dislikes or exclude that itemizing solely. If you’ve got discovered that each Netflix and Amazon have achieved a poor job of matching content material to your pursuits, this can be a great way to supply it with extra perception.

Peacock

Peacock does not presently present a method to see all the pieces you’ve got streamed on its service. It does, nonetheless, provide a Continue Watching part that may checklist all the motion pictures and TV reveals that you’ve began however could not have utterly completed. 

Paramount+

Paramount+ additionally does not presently present a method to see all the pieces you’ve got watched. There is a Keep Watching part, although, that lists all the motion pictures and TV reveals that you’ve began however could not have utterly completed.