diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/feed/FeedFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/feed/FeedFragment.kt
index 965075bf3..305802cf5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/feed/FeedFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/feed/FeedFragment.kt
@@ -126,8 +126,9 @@ class FeedFragment : BaseStateFragment<FeedState>() {
         _feedBinding = FragmentFeedBinding.bind(rootView)
         super.onViewCreated(rootView, savedInstanceState)
 
-        val factory = FeedViewModel.Factory(requireContext(), groupId, showPlayedItems)
+        val factory = FeedViewModel.Factory(requireContext(), groupId)
         viewModel = ViewModelProvider(this, factory).get(FeedViewModel::class.java)
+        showPlayedItems = viewModel.getShowPlayedItemsFromPreferences()
         viewModel.stateLiveData.observe(viewLifecycleOwner, { it?.let(::handleResult) })
 
         groupAdapter = GroupieAdapter().apply {
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ class FeedFragment : BaseStateFragment<FeedState>() {
         }
     }
 
-    fun setupListViewMode() {
+    private fun setupListViewMode() {
         // does everything needed to setup the layouts for grid or list modes
         groupAdapter.spanCount = if (shouldUseGridLayout(context)) getGridSpanCountStreams(context) else 1
         feedBinding.itemsList.layoutManager = GridLayoutManager(requireContext(), groupAdapter.spanCount).apply {
@@ -213,6 +214,7 @@ class FeedFragment : BaseStateFragment<FeedState>() {
             showPlayedItems = !item.isChecked
             updateTogglePlayedItemsButton(item)
             viewModel.togglePlayedItems(showPlayedItems)
+            viewModel.saveShowPlayedItemsToPreferences(showPlayedItems)
         }
 
         return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/feed/FeedViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/feed/FeedViewModel.kt
index 8bdf412b5..ecdcb7349 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/feed/FeedViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/local/feed/FeedViewModel.kt
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 package org.schabi.newpipe.local.feed
 
 import android.content.Context
+import androidx.core.content.edit
 import androidx.lifecycle.LiveData
 import androidx.lifecycle.MutableLiveData
 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelProvider
+import androidx.preference.PreferenceManager
 import io.reactivex.rxjava3.android.schedulers.AndroidSchedulers
 import io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Flowable
 import io.reactivex.rxjava3.functions.Function4
 import io.reactivex.rxjava3.processors.BehaviorProcessor
 import io.reactivex.rxjava3.schedulers.Schedulers
+import org.schabi.newpipe.R
 import org.schabi.newpipe.database.feed.model.FeedGroupEntity
 import org.schabi.newpipe.database.stream.StreamWithState
 import org.schabi.newpipe.local.feed.item.StreamItem
@@ -23,7 +26,7 @@ import java.time.OffsetDateTime
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 
 class FeedViewModel(
-    applicationContext: Context,
+    private val applicationContext: Context,
     groupId: Long = FeedGroupEntity.GROUP_ALL_ID,
     initialShowPlayedItems: Boolean = true
 ) : ViewModel() {
@@ -81,14 +84,32 @@ class FeedViewModel(
         toggleShowPlayedItems.onNext(showPlayedItems)
     }
 
+    fun saveShowPlayedItemsToPreferences(showPlayedItems: Boolean) =
+        PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(applicationContext).edit {
+            this.putBoolean(applicationContext.getString(R.string.feed_show_played_items_key), showPlayedItems)
+            this.apply()
+        }
+
+    fun getShowPlayedItemsFromPreferences() = getShowPlayedItemsFromPreferences(applicationContext)
+
+    companion object {
+        private fun getShowPlayedItemsFromPreferences(context: Context) =
+            PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context)
+                .getBoolean(context.getString(R.string.feed_show_played_items_key), true)
+    }
+
     class Factory(
         private val context: Context,
-        private val groupId: Long = FeedGroupEntity.GROUP_ALL_ID,
-        private val showPlayedItems: Boolean
+        private val groupId: Long = FeedGroupEntity.GROUP_ALL_ID
     ) : ViewModelProvider.Factory {
         @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
         override fun <T : ViewModel?> create(modelClass: Class<T>): T {
-            return FeedViewModel(context.applicationContext, groupId, showPlayedItems) as T
+            return FeedViewModel(
+                context.applicationContext,
+                groupId,
+                // Read initial value from preferences
+                getShowPlayedItemsFromPreferences(context.applicationContext)
+            ) as T
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml
index 1c57178b4..9db147deb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@
 
     <string name="feed_update_threshold_key" translatable="false">feed_update_threshold_key</string>
     <string name="feed_update_threshold_default_value" translatable="false">300</string>
+    <string name="feed_show_played_items_key" translatable="false">feed_show_played_items</string>
 
     <string name="show_thumbnail_key" translatable="false">show_thumbnail_key</string>