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Tom’s Guide
Tom’s Guide
Technology
Kaycee Hill

Netflix hopes you won't notice missing features, but this Tom's Guide reader found a hidden backdoor

A TV with the Netflix logo sits behind a hand holding a remote.

When Netflix removed its A–Z sorting and release-year filters, subscribers were left frustrated by an increasingly restricted interface. As my colleague Rory Melon noted when covering the sudden removal, viewers suddenly had fewer tools for finding what to watch next and were forced to rely on nebulous algorithms.

But you don't have to settle for a cluttered home screen. After reading about the issue, astute Tom's Guide reader Joey Robert Parks reached out with a clever workaround that completely bypasses the platform’s worst UI update.

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