# Reopen products you're still considering

- slug: recent
- locale: en-US
- localeResolved: en-US
- canonical: https://www.merchandaise.com/en-us/recent

Return to the branded products, apparel, gifts, and promotional merchandise you viewed on this device. Compare options, open similar items, and continue sourcing faster.

## Recent products overview
This route helps shoppers reopen device-local recent product history for custom merchandise, compare related options, and continue sourcing branded apparel, gifts, and promotional products.

## Route states
- Recent-history state: shows recently viewed products with reopen, remove, and similar-items actions.
- Empty state: explains how recent history works and links to high-intent product collections.
- Refresh-warning state: explains when the latest product details could not be loaded and offers a retry action.

## Primary actions
- Open a recently viewed product detail page.
- Open a related-products or similar-items destination.
- Remove a single item from recent history.
- Clear all recent history stored on this device.
- Browse curated product collections when no recent items exist.

## Privacy and storage
Recent history on this route is stored only in the current browser on the current device. Clearing history here or clearing browser storage removes the saved list.

## Recent-history FAQs
- **Where are recently viewed products stored?:** Recently viewed products are stored locally in this browser on this device. They are not saved as a shared or public list.
- **Why are some products missing from this page?:** Products can disappear if local browser storage was cleared, if you removed them from recent history, or if the latest product details could not be loaded.
- **Can I open similar products from this page?:** Yes. Use the similar-items action on each recent product card to discover related options and continue comparing products faster.