diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index 306aab0..ea37c48 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import Header from "./components/Header";
 import NavSidebar from "./components/NavSidebar";
 import Sidebar from "./components/Sidebar";
 import Feed from "./components/Feed";
-import Channels, { type ChannelStatusFilter } from "./components/Channels";
+import Channels, { type ChannelStatusFilter, type ChannelsView } from "./components/Channels";
 import Playlists from "./components/Playlists";
 import Stats from "./components/Stats";
 import Scheduler from "./components/Scheduler";
@@ -136,11 +136,24 @@ export default function App() {
   const [aboutOpen, setAboutOpen] = useState(false);
   const [notesOpen, setNotesOpen] = useState(false);
   const [notesHighlight, setNotesHighlight] = useState<string | undefined>(undefined);
+  // The Channel manager's active tab (subscriptions vs playlist discovery). Lifted here and
+  // persisted so navigation intents that target the subscriptions table — the header's
+  // "without full history" link, focus-channel — can force it back to "subscribed" instead
+  // of dumping the user on whatever tab they last left open.
+  const CHANNELS_VIEW_KEY = "siftlode.channelsView";
+  const [channelsView, setChannelsViewState] = useState<ChannelsView>(() =>
+    localStorage.getItem(CHANNELS_VIEW_KEY) === "discovery" ? "discovery" : "subscribed"
+  );
+  const setChannelsView = (v: ChannelsView) => {
+    setChannelsViewState(v);
+    localStorage.setItem(CHANNELS_VIEW_KEY, v);
+  };
   // "Focus this channel in the manager": jump to the Channels page and seed its name filter
   // so the channel is isolated. Cleared when leaving the page so it doesn't re-apply later.
   const [focusChannelName, setFocusChannelName] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const focusChannel = (name: string) => {
     setFocusChannelName(name);
+    setChannelsView("subscribed"); // the name filter applies to the subscriptions table
     setPage("channels");
   };
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -409,6 +422,7 @@ export default function App() {
           page={page}
           onGoToFullHistory={() => {
             setChannelFilter("needs_full");
+            setChannelsView("subscribed"); // the status filter applies to the subscriptions tab
             setPage("channels");
           }}
         />
@@ -433,6 +447,8 @@ export default function App() {
               onFocusChannel={focusChannel}
               statusFilter={channelFilter}
               setStatusFilter={setChannelFilter}
+              view={channelsView}
+              setView={setChannelsView}
               onOpenWizard={() => setWizardOpen(true)}
               onViewChannel={(id, name) => {
                 setFilters({ ...filters, channelId: id, channelName: name, show: "all" });
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Channels.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Channels.tsx
index fc1c817..daf1caa 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Channels.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Channels.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import ChannelDiscovery from "./ChannelDiscovery";
 import TagManager from "./TagManager";
 import { useConfirm } from "./ConfirmProvider";
 
-type ChannelsView = "subscribed" | "discovery";
+export type ChannelsView = "subscribed" | "discovery";
 
 export type ChannelStatusFilter = "all" | "needs_full" | "fully_synced" | "hidden";
 
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ export default function Channels({
   focusChannelName,
   statusFilter,
   setStatusFilter,
+  view,
+  setView,
   onOpenWizard,
 }: {
   canWrite: boolean;
@@ -60,23 +62,16 @@ export default function Channels({
   focusChannelName: string | null;
   statusFilter: ChannelStatusFilter;
   setStatusFilter: (f: ChannelStatusFilter) => void;
+  // The active tab lives in App so navigation intents that target the subscriptions table
+  // (the header's "without full history" link, focus-channel) can force it back here.
+  view: ChannelsView;
+  setView: (v: ChannelsView) => void;
   onOpenWizard: () => void;
 }) {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const qc = useQueryClient();
   const confirm = useConfirm();
 
-  // Which tab is showing: the user's subscriptions, or channels discovered from their
-  // playlists. Persisted so a reload keeps the active tab (see other siftlode.* keys).
-  const [view, setView] = useState<ChannelsView>(() =>
-    localStorage.getItem("siftlode.channelsView") === "discovery"
-      ? "discovery"
-      : "subscribed"
-  );
-  useEffect(() => {
-    localStorage.setItem("siftlode.channelsView", view);
-  }, [view]);
-
   // A YouTube-gated action (sync, backfill, unsubscribe) that 403s means the user hasn't
   // granted the needed scope — surface that with a "Connect" action instead of a vague fail.
   const notifyActionError = (err: unknown, fallbackKey: string) => {