diff --git a/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po b/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po
index a559e2e..6a6da81 100644
--- a/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po
+++ b/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po
@@ -44,3 +44,11 @@ msgstr ""
 msgctxt "#32009"
 msgid "Enable Switchback context menu items?"
 msgstr ""
+
+msgctxt "#32010"
+msgid "Automatically filter watched items out of the Switchback list?"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgctxt "#32011"
+msgid "(After a switchback playback) force browse to episode in library?"
+msgstr ""
diff --git a/resources/lib/playback.py b/resources/lib/playback.py
index ac2d8bd..b295509 100644
--- a/resources/lib/playback.py
+++ b/resources/lib/playback.py
@@ -8,13 +8,12 @@
 import xbmcvfs
 
 # noinspection PyPackages
-from bossanova808.utilities import clean_art_url, send_kodi_json
+from bossanova808.utilities import clean_art_url, send_kodi_json, get_resume_point, get_playcount
 # noinspection PyPackages
 from bossanova808.logger import Logger
 # noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
 from infotagger.listitem import ListItemInfoTag
 
-
 @dataclass
 class Playback:
     """
@@ -23,8 +22,6 @@ class Playback:
     file: Optional[str] = None
     path: Optional[str] = None
     type: Optional[str] = None  # episode, movie, video (per Kodi types) - song is the other type, but Switchback supports video only
-    # Seems to be a newer version of the above, but unclear how/when to use, and what about music??
-    # mediatype: str | None = None # mediatype: string - "video", "movie", "tvshow", "season", "episode" or "musicvideo"
     source: Optional[str] = None  # kodi_library, pvr_live, pvr_recording, addon, file
     dbid: Optional[int] = None
     tvshowdbid: Optional[int] = None
@@ -345,6 +342,7 @@ class PlaybackList:
     """
     list: List[Playback]
     file: str
+    remove_watched_playbacks: bool = False
 
     def toJson(self) -> str:
         """
@@ -386,8 +384,37 @@ def load_or_init(self) -> None:
         except json.JSONDecodeError:
             Logger.error(f"JSONDecodeError - Unable to parse PlaybackList file [{self.file}] -  creating empty PlaybackList & file")
             self.init()
-        # Let unexpected exceptions propagate
-        # Logger.info("PlaybackList is:", self.list)
+
+        list_needs_save = False
+
+        # If the user wants to filter out watched items from the list
+        if self.remove_watched_playbacks:
+            paths_to_remove = []
+            for item in list(self.list):
+                if item.dbid:
+                    # Is it marked as watched in the DB?
+                    playcount = get_playcount(item.type, item.dbid)
+                    if playcount and playcount > 0:
+                        list_needs_save = True
+                        Logger.debug(f"Filtering watched playback from the list: [{item.pluginlabel}]")
+                        paths_to_remove.append(item.path)
+
+            if paths_to_remove:
+                list_needs_save = True
+                for path in paths_to_remove:
+                    self.remove_playbacks_of_path(path)
+
+        # Update resume points with current data from the Kodi library (consider e.g. shared library scenarios)
+        for item in self.list:
+            if item.dbid:
+                library_resume_point = get_resume_point(item.type, item.dbid)
+                if library_resume_point != item.resumetime:
+                    Logger.debug(f"Retrieved library resume point: {library_resume_point} != existing list resume point {item.resumetime} - updating playback list")
+                    list_needs_save = True
+                    item.resumetime = library_resume_point
+
+        if list_needs_save:
+            self.save_to_file()
 
     def save_to_file(self) -> None:
         """
diff --git a/resources/lib/player.py b/resources/lib/player.py
index 58fe1f4..a79038e 100644
--- a/resources/lib/player.py
+++ b/resources/lib/player.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def onPlaybackFinished():
 
         # If we Switchbacked to a library episode, force Kodi to browse to the Show/Season
         # (NB it is not possible to force Kodi to go to movies and focus a specific movie as far as I can determine)
-        if switchback_playback:
+        if Store.episode_force_browse and switchback_playback:
             if Store.current_playback.type == "episode" and Store.current_playback.source == "kodi_library":
                 Logger.info("Force browsing to tvshow/season of just finished playback")
                 Logger.debug(f'flatten tvshows {Store.flatten_tvshows} totalseasons {Store.current_playback.totalseasons} dbid {Store.current_playback.dbid} tvshowdbid {Store.current_playback.tvshowdbid}')
diff --git a/resources/lib/store.py b/resources/lib/store.py
index c9795c4..1402b34 100644
--- a/resources/lib/store.py
+++ b/resources/lib/store.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class Store:
     kodi_event_monitor = None
     kodi_player = None
     # Holds our playlist of things played back, in first is the latest order
-    switchback = PlaybackList([], xbmcvfs.translatePath(os.path.join(PROFILE, "switchback.json")))
+    switchback = None
     # When something is being played back, store the details
     current_playback = None
     # Playbacks are of these possible types
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ class Store:
     save_across_sessions = ADDON.getSettingBool('save_across_sessions')
     maximum_list_length = ADDON.getSettingInt('maximum_list_length')
     enable_context_menu = ADDON.getSettingBool('enable_context_menu')
+    episode_force_browse = ADDON.getSettingBool('episode_force_browse')
+    remove_watched_playbacks = ADDON.getSettingBool('remove_watched_playbacks')
+
     # GUI Settings - to work out how to force browse to a show after a switchback initiated playback
     flatten_tvshows = None
 
@@ -38,9 +41,11 @@ def __init__(self):
         """
         Store.load_config_from_settings()
         Store.load_config_from_kodi_settings()
+        Store.switchback = PlaybackList([], xbmcvfs.translatePath(os.path.join(PROFILE, "switchback.json")), Store.remove_watched_playbacks)
         Store.switchback.load_or_init()
         Store.update_switchback_context_menu()
 
+
     @staticmethod
     def load_config_from_settings():
         """
@@ -54,6 +59,10 @@ def load_config_from_settings():
         Logger.info(f"Save across sessions is: {Store.save_across_sessions}")
         Store.enable_context_menu = ADDON.getSettingBool('enable_context_menu')
         Logger.info(f"Enable context menu is: {Store.enable_context_menu}")
+        Store.remove_watched_playbacks = ADDON.getSettingBool('remove_watched_playbacks')
+        Logger.info(f"Remove watched playbacks is: {Store.remove_watched_playbacks}")
+        Store.episode_force_browse = ADDON.getSettingBool('episode_force_browse')
+        Logger.info(f"Episode force browse is: {Store.episode_force_browse}")
 
     @staticmethod
     def load_config_from_kodi_settings():
diff --git a/resources/settings.xml b/resources/settings.xml
index 1c95822..1fda760 100644
--- a/resources/settings.xml
+++ b/resources/settings.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@
                     <default>true</default>
                     <control type="toggle"/>
                 </setting>
+                <setting id="remove_watched_playbacks" type="boolean" label="32010" help="">
+                    <level>0</level>
+                    <default>true</default>
+                    <control type="toggle"/>
+                </setting>
+                <setting id="episode_force_browse" type="boolean" label="32011" help="">
+                    <level>0</level>
+                    <default>false</default>
+                    <control type="toggle"/>
+                </setting>
             </group>
         </category>
     </section>