diff --git a/public/app.js b/public/app.js
index 6ee3f14..7981c56 100644
--- a/public/app.js
+++ b/public/app.js
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ const SPLASH_MIN_MS = 1200; // minimum splash display time
 let historyDays = parseInt(localStorage.getItem('sofarr-history-days'), 10) || 7;
 let historyRefreshHandle = null;
 const HISTORY_REFRESH_MS = 5 * 60 * 1000; // auto-refresh history every 5 min
+let ignoreAvailable = localStorage.getItem('sofarr-ignore-available') === 'true';
+let lastHistoryItems = []; // raw items from last fetch, for re-filtering without a network round-trip
 
 // SSE stream state
 let sseSource = null;
@@ -869,6 +871,7 @@ function hideLoading() {
 function initHistoryControls() {
   const daysInput = document.getElementById('history-days');
   const refreshBtn = document.getElementById('history-refresh-btn');
+  const ignoreToggle = document.getElementById('ignore-available-toggle');
   if (daysInput) {
     daysInput.addEventListener('change', () => {
       const v = parseInt(daysInput.value, 10);
@@ -882,6 +885,14 @@ function initHistoryControls() {
   if (refreshBtn) {
     refreshBtn.addEventListener('click', () => loadHistory(true));
   }
+  if (ignoreToggle) {
+    ignoreToggle.checked = ignoreAvailable;
+    ignoreToggle.addEventListener('change', () => {
+      ignoreAvailable = ignoreToggle.checked;
+      localStorage.setItem('sofarr-ignore-available', ignoreAvailable);
+      renderHistory(lastHistoryItems);
+    });
+  }
 }
 
 function startHistoryRefresh() {
@@ -897,6 +908,7 @@ function stopHistoryRefresh() {
 }
 
 function clearHistory() {
+  lastHistoryItems = [];
   document.getElementById('history-list').innerHTML = '';
   document.getElementById('no-history').style.display = 'none';
   document.getElementById('history-error').style.display = 'none';
@@ -920,7 +932,8 @@ async function loadHistory(forceRefresh = false) {
     if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${res.status}`);
     const data = await res.json();
     loadingEl.style.display = 'none';
-    renderHistory(data.history || []);
+    lastHistoryItems = data.history || [];
+    renderHistory(lastHistoryItems);
   } catch (err) {
     loadingEl.style.display = 'none';
     errorEl.textContent = 'Failed to load history.';
@@ -933,12 +946,15 @@ function renderHistory(items) {
   const listEl = document.getElementById('history-list');
   const noHistoryEl = document.getElementById('no-history');
   listEl.innerHTML = '';
-  if (!items.length) {
+  const visible = ignoreAvailable
+    ? items.filter(item => !(item.outcome === 'failed' && item.availableForUpgrade))
+    : items;
+  if (!visible.length) {
     noHistoryEl.style.display = 'block';
     return;
   }
   noHistoryEl.style.display = 'none';
-  items.forEach(item => listEl.appendChild(createHistoryCard(item)));
+  visible.forEach(item => listEl.appendChild(createHistoryCard(item)));
 }
 
 function createHistoryCard(item) {
diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
index dec9207..7eeb1fb 100644
--- a/public/index.html
+++ b/public/index.html
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@
                                 <input type="number" id="history-days" class="history-days-input" value="7" min="1" max="90">
                                 <span class="history-days-label">days</span>
                                 <button id="history-refresh-btn" class="history-refresh-btn" title="Refresh history">&#8635;</button>
+                                <label class="history-toggle-label" id="ignore-available-label" title="Hide failed downloads where the item is already available on disk (i.e. a failed upgrade attempt)">
+                                    <input type="checkbox" id="ignore-available-toggle">
+                                    <span>Hide upgrade failures</span>
+                                </label>
                             </div>
                         </div>
                         <div id="history-loading" class="history-loading" style="display: none;">Loading history...</div>
diff --git a/public/style.css b/public/style.css
index 290c89b..8aeae00 100644
--- a/public/style.css
+++ b/public/style.css
@@ -714,6 +714,22 @@ body {
   color: var(--text-primary);
 }
 
+.history-toggle-label {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 5px;
+  font-size: 0.82rem;
+  color: var(--text-secondary);
+  cursor: pointer;
+  user-select: none;
+  margin-left: 4px;
+}
+
+.history-toggle-label input[type="checkbox"] {
+  cursor: pointer;
+  accent-color: var(--accent, #2980b9);
+}
+
 .history-loading,
 .history-error,
 .no-history {