Can you see the history of videos you watched on Facebook?

As a Facebook user, there are times you come across a video, watch it, and move on. Moments later, you realize you need to refer back to the video, and you can’t find it. Have you ever experienced it? If you have, we empathize with you.

We know how frustrating not being able to find something when you need it is. We’ve all been there at some point.

Despite Facebook creating separate tabs for videos, it isn’t so easy locating recently watched videos. Facebook refreshes videos that show up on the user’s timeline now and then. That is why you most likely won’t find that video in your Facebook video log.

On Facebook, several app users have complained about this problem, both on and off the platform. Don’t worry; we are here to help ease your stress; we will educate you on how you can locate and watch recently watched videos on Facebook.

Why You Need to Find Your Recently Watched Facebook Videos

You may need to find your Facebook video history for various reasons. Some of them are:

• To get back valuable information that may have gone out of your notice the first time you watched it.
• Your desire to share the video with other users on Facebook.
• You found the video entertaining, or you got value from it the first time, and you desire to watch it again.
• You need to download the video and have it saved in your files.

Whether or not you just watched a video seconds ago doesn’t matter. Once you watch a video, it reflects on your Facebook profile in “Recently watched videos history.” How do you gain access to this? To gain access, take the following steps:

1. Log into your Facebook account.
2. Click on your profile picture to access your Facebook profile.
   
3. Click on the three dots that look like ellipses beside the “Edit progile” under your Facebook profile.
   
4. Click on the “Activity log“.
   
5. Select “Logged Actions and Other Activities” from the left sidebar to enlarge the menu.
   
6. Finally, click on “Videos you’ve watched.”
   

At the end of these steps, you will see the list of videos you recently watched. Problem solved.

How To Find Recently Watched Videos On Facebook Mobile App

If you’re using the Facebook mobile app, you can find Facebook video history and watch recently watched videos again by following the simple steps below.

1. Open the Facebook app and log in.
2. Tap on the three vertical lines at the top right corner of your menu.
   
3. Tap on “See your profile“.
   
4. Now Tap on the three dots displayed on your profile section near the “Edir profile” button.
   
5. Tap on “Activity log.”
   
6. Tap on “Logged Actions and Other Activities“.
   
7. Tap on “Videos you’ve watched.”
   

You may decide to share, save, or continue watching videos you couldn’t complete previously. In addition, you may choose to delete your video history by selecting the “delete video” option after clicking on the three dots.

How To Delete Video History on Facebook Web App

Suppose you want to delete your activities; you can do so.

1. Go to “Videos you’ve watched“.
2. Click “Clear Video Watch History“.
   
3. Confirm by clicking “Clear Video Watch History” again.
   
4. Your video watch history on Facebook is now cleared.

You can also delete watched videos one by one.

1. Click on the three dots next to the video.
   
2. Click “delete“.
   
3. The video is now removed from the list.

Summary

We know how frustratingly annoying it can be to find videos you recently watched on Facebook, especially when it only just happened a few moments ago.

Facebook understands the importance of this; hence they keep your activity log.

This article is a guide on how to watch recently watched videos on Facebook. We wrote it hoping that it would help you out of your state of helplessness.

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