diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 8094a90..9a3d87d 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ undefined identifiers, which is how
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-08-12: The restored navigation stack is filtered against
+  `RESTORABLE_VIEWS` on load, truncated at the first entry the popup would not
+  render so that every surviving entry keeps the Back target it had. Reopening
+  the popup can no longer put Back onto a screen whose content is never
+  re-rendered, such as `export-privkey` or `show-phrase`
+  ([#224](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/AutistMask/issues/224)).
 - 2026-08-12: The dust threshold field now explains a rejection instead of
   snapping back in silence, with the parse in a pure, unit-tested module that
   accepts plain decimal digits only — hex and exponent notation are refused
diff --git a/src/shared/state.js b/src/shared/state.js
index b7e627f..903897a 100644
--- a/src/shared/state.js
+++ b/src/shared/state.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 const { DEFAULT_RPC_URL, DEFAULT_BLOCKSCOUT_URL } = require("./constants");
 const { networkById } = require("./networks");
+// Dependency-free constant module; safe to pull into a background bundle.
+const { RESTORABLE_VIEWS } = require("../popup/restorableViews");
 
 const storageApi =
     typeof browser !== "undefined"
@@ -43,6 +45,37 @@ const state = {
     viewStack: [],
 };
 
+// Keep only the leading run of stored views the popup is willing to render.
+//
+// restoreView() refuses to reopen ONTO a non-restorable view, but the stack
+// behind it used to be restored verbatim, so Back could walk onto a screen
+// whose content is deliberately never re-rendered — and "show-phrase" has no
+// Back control to leave by. Truncating at the first such entry instead of
+// splicing it out keeps the result a prefix of the stored stack, so every
+// surviving entry's Back target is exactly the one it had; splicing would
+// silently re-point the entry above the hole at a different screen.
+//
+// Filtering happens here on load rather than in saveState(): the live
+// in-session stack is legitimate (the screen really is rendered while the
+// popup is open), and only a load-side filter also repairs the stacks
+// already in storage, including ones written before a view left the set.
+function restorableStack(stored, currentView) {
+    if (!Array.isArray(stored)) {
+        return [];
+    }
+    const cut = stored.findIndex((view) => !RESTORABLE_VIEWS.has(view));
+    const kept = cut === -1 ? stored.slice() : stored.slice(0, cut);
+    // A view restored below the root still needs somewhere for Back to go.
+    if (
+        kept.length === 0 &&
+        currentView !== "main" &&
+        RESTORABLE_VIEWS.has(currentView)
+    ) {
+        return ["main"];
+    }
+    return kept;
+}
+
 // Return the network configuration for the currently selected network.
 function currentNetwork() {
     return networkById(state.networkId);
@@ -150,7 +183,7 @@ async function loadState() {
             saved.selectedAddress !== undefined ? saved.selectedAddress : null;
         state.selectedToken = saved.selectedToken || null;
         state.viewData = saved.viewData || {};
-        state.viewStack = Array.isArray(saved.viewStack) ? saved.viewStack : [];
+        state.viewStack = restorableStack(saved.viewStack, state.currentView);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/state.test.js b/tests/state.test.js
index 70a1ef0..d29ab80 100644
--- a/tests/state.test.js
+++ b/tests/state.test.js
@@ -159,3 +159,92 @@ describe("hideSpoofedSymbols persistence", () => {
         expect(second.mod.state.hideSpoofedSymbols).toBe(true);
     });
 });
+
+// restoreView() refuses to reopen ONTO a non-restorable view, but the stack
+// behind it was restored verbatim, so Back could still walk onto a screen
+// whose content is deliberately never re-rendered — and "show-phrase" has no
+// Back control of its own to leave by. The stack is filtered on load, at the
+// first entry the popup would not render, and everything above it goes too:
+// those entries were reached THROUGH the dropped one.
+describe("restored viewStack is filtered against RESTORABLE_VIEWS", () => {
+    const NON_RESTORABLE = ["export-privkey", "show-phrase"];
+
+    function restoredStack(viewStack, currentView = "settings") {
+        return loadModuleWith({
+            wallets: oneWallet(),
+            currentView,
+            viewStack,
+        });
+    }
+
+    test("a non-restorable view at the top of the stack is dropped", async () => {
+        const { mod } = restoredStack(["main", "address", "export-privkey"]);
+        await mod.loadState();
+        expect(mod.state.viewStack).toEqual(["main", "address"]);
+    });
+
+    test("a non-restorable view in the middle truncates the stack there", async () => {
+        const { mod } = restoredStack(["main", "show-phrase", "address"]);
+        await mod.loadState();
+        expect(mod.state.viewStack).toEqual(["main"]);
+    });
+
+    // Truncating a stack rooted at a non-restorable view leaves nothing, and
+    // the restored view still needs somewhere for Back to go.
+    test("a non-restorable view at the bottom leaves main to go back to", async () => {
+        const { mod } = restoredStack(["export-privkey", "address", "receive"]);
+        await mod.loadState();
+        expect(mod.state.viewStack).toEqual(["main"]);
+    });
+
+    test("no restored stack retains a secret-bearing view", async () => {
+        for (const view of NON_RESTORABLE) {
+            const { mod } = restoredStack(["main", "address", view, "receive"]);
+            await mod.loadState();
+            expect(mod.state.viewStack).not.toContain(view);
+        }
+    });
+
+    // The rule is "views the popup will render", not a blocklist of the two
+    // secret screens: a name no longer in the set (or never a view at all)
+    // has to go the same way.
+    test("a name that is not a restorable view at all is dropped", async () => {
+        const { mod } = restoredStack(["main", "welcome", "address"]);
+        await mod.loadState();
+        expect(mod.state.viewStack).toEqual(["main"]);
+    });
+
+    test("an ordinary restorable stack is restored unchanged", async () => {
+        const stack = ["main", "address", "address-token"];
+        const { mod } = restoredStack(stack);
+        await mod.loadState();
+        expect(mod.state.viewStack).toEqual(stack);
+    });
+
+    test("restoring onto main keeps the stack empty", async () => {
+        const { mod } = restoredStack(["show-phrase"], "main");
+        await mod.loadState();
+        expect(mod.state.viewStack).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    test("a stack that is not an array still loads as empty", async () => {
+        const { mod } = restoredStack("main");
+        await mod.loadState();
+        expect(mod.state.viewStack).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    // Filtering belongs on load, not on save: the live in-session stack is
+    // legitimate — the user really is one Back away from a screen that is
+    // rendered right now — and only a load-side filter also cleans the
+    // stacks already sitting in storage.
+    test("saveState persists the live stack verbatim", async () => {
+        const { mod, set } = loadModuleWith(null);
+        mod.state.viewStack = ["main", "address", "export-privkey"];
+        await mod.saveState();
+        expect(set).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+            autistmask: expect.objectContaining({
+                viewStack: ["main", "address", "export-privkey"],
+            }),
+        });
+    });
+});