How to Clear Watch History on Discovery Plus

This article explains how to clear your watch history on Discovery Plus. The information applies to the Discovery Plus web player, the Discovery Plus mobile app, and the Discovery Plus apps for smart TVs and streaming devices.

How to Clear Discovery Plus Watch History

Unfortunately, there's no way to clear your Continue Watching list on Discovery Plus. There are a couple of workarounds to remove titles from your watch history, but they each come with a catch.

For example, movies are removed once you finish them, so you can scroll to the end and just let the video finish playing. However, Discovery Plus will automatically play a related video as soon as it ends. If you don't act fast to cancel autoplay, the new video will show up in your Continue Watching list. You have about 20 seconds at the end of the video to cancel the autoplay.

This trick only works for movies or documentaries with one episode. Once you finish an episode of a series, the next unwatched episode will appear in your Continue Watching list.

Another workaround is to delete your profile and create a new one to start off with an empty Continue Watching list. The catch is that you can't delete the primary profile (the first profile you set up when creating your Discovery Plus account).

How to Create and Delete a Discovery Plus Profile

Anyone who has access to your account can see your profile, so if you don't want anyone else to know what you're watching, create a “burner” profile that you can delete when you're done.

1. On the Discovery Plus website, select your Profile icon > Manage Profiles. In the mobile app, tap Account > Manage Profiles. In the Discovery Plus app for smart TVs, scroll to the left and select your Profile icon.

   

2. Select Add Profile.
   

   

3. Enter a name and select Save.
   

   

   When setting up a profile for a child, select Family Profile to restrict adult content.

4. To delete the profile, go back to the Manage Profiles screen. Select the profile, then select Delete Profile. In the smart TV app, highlight the profile and select the Pencil icon under it, then select Delete Profile.

   

   Remember, the first profile you set up cannot be deleted.

How Do I Remove Videos From My List?

Go to your list and select a show or movie, then select the checkmark next to Watch Now to remove it. In a web browser, you can hover your mouse over a show or movie and select Remove.