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title: Displaying Shoppers' Recent History
description: Most shoppers use the web to browse and comparison shop, looking at many products and thinking about what they want.
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# Displaying Shoppers' Recent History
Most shoppers use the web to browse and comparison shop, looking at many products and thinking about what they want. The problem is, they are also easily distracted by the next shiny new toy that comes along, and they may forget the first few wonderful products they looked at. This is where displaying My Recent History for your shoppers comes in handy.
**My Recent History is an** **optional feature that shows what items a shopper recently browsed at the bottom of each product page.** This helps them keep track of things they looked at and prompts them to go back and buy them.
Customers can always opt to turn this feature off, or delete products from their list.
**Enabling My Recent History**
To start using this feature on your storefront:
1. Log in to your **Admin Area** and go to **Inventory** \> **Products** \> **Settings** \> **All Products Settings**
2. Select the **Display Product History** **check box**
3. Click **Save**
As with most storefront elements, the **look of this feature can be edited while in admin mode** by **hovering over the element** and clicking **Edit.**
**Displaying Images in My Recent History**
A picture's worth a thousand sales. That's why it's a good idea to **Enable Recent History Images**, which d**isplays small images of the last 4 products visited**. Here's how:
1. Go to **Settings** \> **Config Variables** and click **Search**
2. In the **Name** **field**, enter **"image"** and click **Search** at the bottom of the page
3. Select the **Enable Recent History Images** **check box**
4. Click **Save**
**Summary**
My Recent History allows shoppers to keep a running list of items they've looked at on your store and compare them side by side. It can be just the tool they need to keep your products top of mind and inspire them to purchase.
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