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Library: Favorites, History and Offline Reading

The Library tab brings together everything you've read and saved. Switch between four sections at the top:

SectionWhat's there
ContinueArticles you're partway through.
FavoritesArticles you've saved with the heart.
HistoryArticles you've opened recently, with your reading progress.
Offline ReadingArticles saved on your device for reading offline.

Lists follow your Display Style; with A Minimal, images aren't shown.

Continue​

  • Articles you've read roughly 2%–97% of appear here. Tap one to return to it, then use the Continue Reading button at the bottom to jump back to where you stopped.
  • Only articles that are still in your reading history (the most recent 20) are listed.
  • When there's nothing in progress, you'll see Nothing in progress.
  • Home has the same Continue Reading section.

Favorites​

  • Tap the heart on an article card or in the article view to save it; tap again to remove it.
  • Go to Library > Favorites to see everything you've saved.
  • To remove an article, tap the heart on its card, or touch and hold the article > Remove from Favorites.
  • If you haven't saved anything yet, you'll see No saved articles yet.

Syncing with iCloud​

When your device is signed in to iCloud, favorites sync with your other devices on the same Apple Account. The current status is shown at the top of the list:

  • "Favorites sync with your other devices through iCloud."
  • "iCloud sync isn't available, so favorites are saved on this device only."

You can also check the status in Settings > Data > iCloud Sync: Syncing, Not signed in or This device only.

Where your favorites are stored

With iCloud sync, favorites are stored in the private database of your own iCloud account. When iCloud isn't available, they're kept on this device only.

History​

  • Shows the articles you've opened recently (up to 20), each with your reading progress (%); articles you've read to the end are marked Finished.
  • Touch and hold an article > Remove from History to delete a single entry.
  • Tap Clear History at the top right of the list to clear everything. The confirmation reads "This clears your reading history and progress. Favorites are kept."
  • Your reading history is stored only on your device.

Offline Reading​

YucDu saves each article on your device automatically when you open it. Later, when you're offline (on a plane, for example), you can still reopen articles you've read.

  • When you open an article while offline, you'll see "You’re offline. Showing previously saved content; its latest status hasn’t been confirmed."
  • Offline copies are cleared automatically after about 14 days, and iOS may also remove them when storage runs low. The next time you open the article online, it's loaded and saved again.
  • Articles confirmed as unpublished don't appear in the offline list.

Managing offline content​

There are two ways in, both showing the same screen:

  • Library > Offline Reading
  • Settings > Data > Offline Cache (the screen is titled Offline Cache)

Here you can:

  • See a summary such as Saved Offline and "N articles · cache X MB" (how many articles are saved and how much space they use).
  • Tap an article to open it.
  • Touch and hold an article > Remove Offline Cache, then confirm, to delete just that article.
  • Tap Clear All to the right of the summary, then tap Clear All again in the Clear All Offline Cache dialog to delete every offline article (this can't be undone).
note

Deleting offline copies doesn't affect your favorites or reading history.