Reading on a Kindle device is a convenience par excellence, especially when you consider how easy it is to switch between devices and sync to the furthest-read page to continue reading from there. However, if you want to reread a book, your furthest-read page becomes the end of the book. And it doesn’t help to know that there’s no setting on the Kindle device or Kindle app to reset this.
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Likewise, if you simply go back or forward to check something on another device, that will also sync and you’ll be asked if you want to go back to the “most recently read page” when you return to the first device. Depending on how often you go back and forth, the constant pop-ups can get annoying.
Fortunately, there are ways to clear the last page read and prevent Kindle from updating the most recently read page on another device.
Users often use the “Farthest Page Read” setting when they turn on their Kindle and want to quickly jump to the furthest page read in the book.