diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/DownloadedPlayerActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/DownloadedPlayerActivity.kt
index 7a42cea93f..a086cc16ff 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/DownloadedPlayerActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/DownloadedPlayerActivity.kt
@@ -58,9 +58,23 @@ class DownloadedPlayerActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
         enableEdgeToEdgeCompat()
         setContentView(R.layout.empty_layout)
         Log.i(TAG, "onCreate")
-
         handleIntent(intent)
-        attachBackPressedCallback("DownloadedPlayerActivity") { finish() }
+
+        /**
+         * Use moveTaskToBack instead of finish() so there is always exactly one task
+         * entry in recents, always reflecting the current file.
+         *
+         * finish() destroys the Activity but may leave the task in recents. Each new file
+         * open can create a new task entry, so recents accumulates stale entries for old
+         * files. The user then taps a stale entry and gets the wrong file.
+         *
+         * moveTaskToBack keeps the Activity alive in the background. There is only ever
+         * one task entry in recents. New files opened from the file manager arrive via
+         * onNewIntent on the live instance, updating the player immediately. The single
+         * recents entry always reflects the current state, ensuring we load the
+         * correct file.
+         */
+        attachBackPressedCallback("DownloadedPlayerActivity") { moveTaskToBack(true) }
     }
 
     private fun handleIntent(intent: Intent) {
@@ -83,11 +97,11 @@ class DownloadedPlayerActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
                 url != null -> playLink(this, url)
                 data != null -> playUri(this, data)
                 extraText != null -> playLink(this, extraText)
-                else -> { finish(); return }
+                else -> finishAndRemoveTask()
             }
         } else if (data?.scheme == "content") {
             playUri(this, data)
-        } else finish()
+        } else finishAndRemoveTask()
     }
 
     override fun onResume() {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/OfflinePlaybackHelper.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/OfflinePlaybackHelper.kt
index ac25347b6b..dcf976612a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/OfflinePlaybackHelper.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/OfflinePlaybackHelper.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import android.app.Activity
 import android.content.Intent
 import android.net.Uri
 import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat.getString
+import androidx.navigation.NavOptions
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.R
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.actions.temp.CloudStreamPackage
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils.AppUtils.tryParseJson
@@ -12,6 +13,15 @@ import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils.UIHelper.navigate
 import com.lagradost.safefile.SafeFile
 
 object OfflinePlaybackHelper {
+    /**
+     * Pop any existing player off the nav back stack before pushing the new one,
+     * keeping the stack flat (at most one player at a time). This prevents an
+     * OOM when many files are opened in sequence via DownloadedPlayerActivity.
+     */
+    private val replacePlayerNavOptions = NavOptions.Builder()
+        .setPopUpTo(R.id.navigation_player, inclusive = true, saveState = false)
+        .build()
+
     fun playLink(activity: Activity, url: String) {
         activity.navigate(
             R.id.global_to_navigation_player, GeneratorPlayer.newInstance(
@@ -20,7 +30,8 @@ object OfflinePlaybackHelper {
                         BasicLink(url)
                     ), id = url.hashCode()
                 ), 0
-            )
+            ),
+            replacePlayerNavOptions
         )
     }
 
@@ -52,7 +63,8 @@ object OfflinePlaybackHelper {
                     subs,
                     if (id != -1) id else null,
                 ), 0
-            )
+            ),
+            replacePlayerNavOptions
         )
         return true
     }
@@ -76,7 +88,8 @@ object OfflinePlaybackHelper {
                         )
                     )
                 ), 0
-            )
+            ),
+            replacePlayerNavOptions
         )
     }
 }
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