diff --git a/js/historyView.js b/js/historyView.js
index 4be1b227..2b31b5e2 100644
--- a/js/historyView.js
+++ b/js/historyView.js
@@ -1521,12 +1521,9 @@ export function createWatchHistoryRenderer(config = {}) {
           );
         }
       }
-      // The History view shows the user's FULL history (all months), unlike the
-      // feed's automatic load which only decrypts recent months for speed.
       const items = await watchHistoryService.loadLatest(actorInput, {
         allowStale: !forceRefresh,
         forceRefresh,
-        recentMonthsLimit: 0,
       });
       const normalized = normalizeHistoryItems(items);
       return { items: normalized, metadata: { engine: "service-fallback" } };
diff --git a/js/nostr/watchHistory.js b/js/nostr/watchHistory.js
index 035b2760..b1680326 100644
--- a/js/nostr/watchHistory.js
+++ b/js/nostr/watchHistory.js
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ import {
 
 export { normalizePointerInput, pointerKey };
 
-// Recent monthly watch-history snapshots to decrypt on load (1 nip-07 call each).
-// Override per-call with recentMonthsLimit (0 = all, e.g. the History view).
-const RECENT_MONTHS_DECRYPT_LIMIT = 6;
-
 /**
  * Domain utilities for watch-history interactions. This module owns pointer
  * normalization/serialization, chunking, fingerprint hashing, persistence,
@@ -1993,17 +1989,6 @@ class WatchHistoryManager {
       return await loadFromStorage();
     }
 
-    // Decrypt only the most recent months by default (see constant above).
-    const recentMonthsLimit = Number.isFinite(options?.recentMonthsLimit)
-      ? Math.floor(options.recentMonthsLimit)
-      : RECENT_MONTHS_DECRYPT_LIMIT;
-    if (recentMonthsLimit > 0 && pointerEvents.length > recentMonthsLimit) {
-      pointerEvents = [...pointerEvents]
-        .sort((a, b) => (b?.created_at || 0) - (a?.created_at || 0))
-        .slice(0, recentMonthsLimit);
-      eventToProcess = pointerEvents;
-    }
-
     // Determine snapshotId from the latest event (prioritizing monthly)
     const latestEvent = selectNewestListEvent(eventToProcess);
 
@@ -2232,7 +2217,6 @@ class WatchHistoryManager {
 
     const fetchResult = await this.fetch(resolvedActor, {
       forceRefresh: options.forceRefresh || false,
-      recentMonthsLimit: options.recentMonthsLimit,
     });
     const merged = mergeWatchHistoryItemsWithFallback(
       {
diff --git a/js/watchHistoryService.js b/js/watchHistoryService.js
index acf75615..f093c24e 100644
--- a/js/watchHistoryService.js
+++ b/js/watchHistoryService.js
@@ -1015,10 +1015,7 @@ function scheduleWatchHistoryRefresh(actorKey, cacheEntry = {}, options = {}) {
     if (!permissionResult.ok) {
       throw permissionResult.error;
     }
-    return nostrClient.resolveWatchHistory(actorKey, {
-      forceRefresh: true,
-      recentMonthsLimit: options?.recentMonthsLimit,
-    });
+    return nostrClient.resolveWatchHistory(actorKey, { forceRefresh: true });
   })()
     .then((resolvedItems) => updateFingerprintCache(actorKey, resolvedItems))
     .then(() => {
diff --git a/scripts/check-file-size.mjs b/scripts/check-file-size.mjs
index 41996431..00c197d7 100644
--- a/scripts/check-file-size.mjs
+++ b/scripts/check-file-size.mjs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const GRANDFATHERED = {
   "js/subscriptions.js": 2426,
   "js/userBlocks.js": 2353,
   "js/services/nostrService.js": 2227,
-  "js/nostr/watchHistory.js": 2360,
+  "js/nostr/watchHistory.js": 2335,
   "js/nostr/nip46Client.js": 2102,
   "js/state/cache.js": 1827,
   "js/app/feedCoordinator.js": 1767,