How do I GET RID OF THIS AWFUL "ContinueWatching" LINE from my Ultra Home Screen??
This is driving me nuts. I didn't ask for this. All of a sudden it just appeared by itself. I'm going to get rid of Roku Channel and Roku Live TV apps and see if that makes it go away.
Roku, why have you done this to us?
If it ain't broke don't fix it!
Hi Community Users,
Thank you for posting here at the Roku Community!
May we know if you are inside the Roku channel or app or another channel or app when seeing "Continue watching"? If you are inside the Roku Channel, you can try these steps:
If you are not inside the Roku Channel, there may be a different way with different channels. Please be advised that some publishers control what constitutes content completion (for example, end credits are shown). The arrangement has been completed; the channel makes a delete request to remove the content from the Continue Watching row.
For more information on the functionality of Continue Watching, you can check it out here.
All the best,
Janadee
I am talking about the Home Screen - not the Roku Channel or an app.
The Home Screen on both of my Roku Sticks now has a large Search Box AND a Continue Watching list - and I don't want either of them. All I did was change my screensaver, and voila, two new "features" on the Home Screen that I don't have control over.
Give me the ability to "Hide" the Search Box AND the Continue Watching List and I'll be satisfied.
I hate this so much please let us disable it....
Hi Janadee,
I'm referring to the base home screen that you're taken to to select apps or channels from. It's not within any app or channel. The shows that appear in the list are based on other apps (Disney, Netflix, etc) and can't be removed via the asterisk remove function.
Simply having the option to turn this function off would be ideal. I don't need or want the function, it's just another place that I have to pay attention to in order to keep the kids from getting at more mature content that they shouldn't be.
Edit: This appears to be occurring only on my Ultra devices. I also have a Stick, but it has not shown up there yet(?).
Interesting! I have a Roku Ultra and my workplace has a Roku Stick. On my Ultra, it does not have the continue watching (although I would like it to have it), but the Stick has it. I even checked to make sure the software was updated for the Ultra.
Hi Community Users!
Thank you for your response.
The "Continue Watching" feature on the Roku home screen is part of the Roku Operating System; thus, removing it is impossible. Please be advised that some publishers control what constitutes content completion (for example, end credits are shown). Once the arrangement has been completed, the channel makes a delete request to remove the content from the Continue Watching row.
For more information on this feature's functionality, you can check it out here.
Best regards,
Janadee
I hate the continue watching on the Roku Home Screen!!! Why can't we turn it off? If we want to continue watching, we can open the app channel. If it works, quit trying to fix it!!! We don't need more on our home screens. This is total bullsh!t. I hate Roku more and more. I am going to rate Roku only 1 star everywhere I can. The Roku channel is going in the Garbage 🗑️!
Blocked. Posting 2nd time. Roku implemented this for third party apps to gather information on what is watched to bring users back to the third party app. Google "continue watching Roku developers". To get rid of it, I did the following and it worked:
1. Press * for Options on each show in continue watching and select hide or remove (don't recall word used).
2. Press * for Options on the Add Channels and Sleep Timer icons on Home Screen and remove. This removes all shortcuts on Home Screen, which Continue Watching fell under.
3. Go into Settings-Home screen and hide What to Watch, Featured Free and Shortcuts.
4. I also removed the Roku channel icon, pressed * for Options on the ad to right of Home Screen and selected hide, reset advertising identifier under Settings-Privacy-Advertising and deselected Personalized Ads and Smart TV Experience, and went to each third party app home page to login and deselect sharing of information with third parties. Not sure all of this was necessary, but Roku obligates the the third parties to obtain a user's consent to show the Continue Watching on Roku.
Janadee,
Thank you for monitoring this discussion, but I still think you're missing the point.
Based on the link you provided, the Continue Watching list is part of the What to Watch page - not the main Home Screen. (Read the first sentence. Look at the picture. You can see that it's the What to Watch page, not the main Home Screen.) I have no problem with a Continue Watching list showing up on the What to Watch page - that's exactly where it should be.
I have chosen to HIDE the What to Watch page in the left-side menu on my main Home Screen. Based on what I read from the link you gave, there shouldn't be a Continue Watching list on the Home Screen.
The same thing should apply to the Search Box. It shouldn't be on the Home Screen, it should be on the Search page - which cannot be hidden from the menu on the Home Screen.
Thank you.
Roku added the feature recently so it's definitely possible to remove it, or make it user configurable. Several other of the home screen features in the settings menu are configurable this way.
I'm sure there are parents that watch things they wouldn't want their kids to see on a home screen, as one example.
