diff --git a/helix-term/src/commands.rs b/helix-term/src/commands.rs
index fb0940fd9..8a0313efe 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/commands.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/commands.rs
@@ -2489,8 +2489,8 @@ fn goto_last_line(cx: &mut Context) {
 }
 
 fn goto_last_accessed_file(cx: &mut Context) {
-    let alternate_file = view!(cx.editor).last_accessed_doc;
-    if let Some(alt) = alternate_file {
+    let view = view_mut!(cx.editor);
+    if let Some(alt) = view.docs_access_history.pop() {
         cx.editor.switch(alt, Action::Replace);
     } else {
         cx.editor.set_error("no last accessed buffer")
@@ -3796,10 +3796,6 @@ fn jump_backward(cx: &mut Context) {
     let (view, doc) = current!(cx.editor);
 
     if let Some((id, selection)) = view.jumps.backward(view.id, doc, count) {
-        // manually set the alternate_file as we cannot use the Editor::switch function here.
-        if view.doc != *id {
-            view.last_accessed_doc = Some(view.doc)
-        }
         view.doc = *id;
         let selection = selection.clone();
         let (view, doc) = current!(cx.editor); // refetch doc
diff --git a/helix-view/src/editor.rs b/helix-view/src/editor.rs
index 79775c897..38826f4bf 100644
--- a/helix-view/src/editor.rs
+++ b/helix-view/src/editor.rs
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ impl Editor {
                     view.jumps.push(jump);
                     // Set last accessed doc if it is a different document
                     if doc.id != id {
-                        view.last_accessed_doc = Some(view.doc);
+                        view.add_to_history(view.doc);
                         // Set last modified doc if modified and last modified doc is different
                         if std::mem::take(&mut doc.modified_since_accessed)
                             && view.last_modified_docs[0] != Some(view.doc)
@@ -785,20 +785,41 @@ impl Editor {
             tokio::spawn(language_server.text_document_did_close(doc.identifier()));
         }
 
-        let views_to_close = self
+        enum Action {
+            Close(ViewId),
+            ReplaceDoc(ViewId, DocumentId),
+        }
+
+        let actions: Vec<Action> = self
             .tree
-            .views()
+            .views_mut()
             .filter_map(|(view, _focus)| {
+                // remove the document from jump list of all views
+                view.jumps.remove(&doc_id);
+
                 if view.doc == doc_id {
-                    Some(view.id)
+                    // something was previously open in the view, switch to previous doc
+                    if let Some(prev_doc) = view.docs_access_history.pop() {
+                        Some(Action::ReplaceDoc(view.id, prev_doc))
+                    } else {
+                        // only the document that is being closed was in the view, close it
+                        Some(Action::Close(view.id))
+                    }
                 } else {
                     None
                 }
             })
-            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+            .collect();
 
-        for view_id in views_to_close {
-            self.close(view_id);
+        for action in actions {
+            match action {
+                Action::Close(view_id) => {
+                    self.close(view_id);
+                }
+                Action::ReplaceDoc(view_id, doc_id) => {
+                    self.replace_document_in_view(view_id, doc_id);
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         self.documents.remove(&doc_id);
diff --git a/helix-view/src/view.rs b/helix-view/src/view.rs
index 7cf88c2e1..3450da9b3 100644
--- a/helix-view/src/view.rs
+++ b/helix-view/src/view.rs
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ pub struct View {
     pub area: Rect,
     pub doc: DocumentId,
     pub jumps: JumpList,
-    /// the last accessed file before the current one
-    pub last_accessed_doc: Option<DocumentId>,
+    // documents accessed from this view from the oldest one to last viewed one
+    pub docs_access_history: Vec<DocumentId>,
     /// the last modified files before the current one
     /// ordered from most frequent to least frequent
     // uses two docs because we want to be able to swap between the
@@ -110,13 +110,20 @@ impl View {
             offset: Position::new(0, 0),
             area: Rect::default(), // will get calculated upon inserting into tree
             jumps: JumpList::new((doc, Selection::point(0))), // TODO: use actual sel
-            last_accessed_doc: None,
+            docs_access_history: Vec::new(),
             last_modified_docs: [None, None],
             object_selections: Vec::new(),
             gutters,
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn add_to_history(&mut self, id: DocumentId) {
+        if let Some(pos) = self.docs_access_history.iter().position(|&doc| doc == id) {
+            self.docs_access_history.remove(pos);
+        }
+        self.docs_access_history.push(id);
+    }
+
     pub fn inner_area(&self) -> Rect {
         // TODO: cache this
         let offset = self