How do you navigate back to posts you viewed earlier but didn't save or upvote?

Returning to a Reddit post you viewed but did not save, upvote, or comment on is one of the more frustrating experiences the platform offers, because Reddit does not prominently expose a browsing history to casual users. However, several mechanisms can help you recover viewed content. On the desktop website, Reddit displays a "Recently Viewed" panel in the right-hand sidebar of your home feed and community pages. This list shows the titles of posts you have recently clicked through, and it persists for a short time — typically within a browsing session or a few days. You can scroll through this panel to find and click back to posts you opened earlier. This feature is tied to your browser session and local cookies rather than your account, so it is not synced across devices. On the mobile app, the History feature (accessible by tapping your avatar and selecting "History") provides a more organized view of posts you have recently viewed, with somewhat longer retention. According to r/help discussions, the mobile app's History section is the most reliable place to find recently viewed posts on that device, while the desktop browser equivalent is the right-sidebar list. However, as confirmed in other r/help threads, Reddit does not sync history between mobile and desktop — each platform maintains a separate local record. If you viewed a post on mobile but are now on desktop, the post will not appear in the desktop's recently viewed list. Your browser's own history is the most reliable backup. If you use the web version of Reddit, any page you clicked through is recorded in the browser's history and is searchable using Ctrl+H (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+Y (Mac). Typing a keyword from the post title into your browser's history search often recovers the URL within seconds.