History AutoDelete

Control Your History! Choose to Auto Delete Certain History and/or Auto Clean Older History
What is History AutoDelete?
History AutoDelete is a practical Chrome extension that offers you enhanced control over your browser history. It enables an automatic deletion feature for certain domains, meaning history items like Google Maps or Google Translate sessions can be cleaned up automatically. It also allows you to set time limits for data retention, deleting history that exceeds your chosen timeframe. It provides a tally of deleted items for your reference and a clear, responsive settings menu for easy setup and adjustments. History AutoDelete makes browsing clean, comfortable, and controlled.

Extension stats

By: CAD Team
Users: 7,000+
Rating: 4.24 (29)
Version: 2.0.2 (Last updated: 2017-08-16)
Creation date: 2017-08-16
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • history
  • tabs
  • storage
  • alarms
Size: 791.55K

Other platforms

History AutoDelete (v2.0.3resigned1)
4.23 (73) 2,458+
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Extension summary

Control your history! This extension will let you pick a domain to be auto deleted from history. Useful for any site that likes to spawn a bunch of history entries (ex. Google Maps or Google Translate). Also you choose how long to keep history.

Main Features

  • Set any domain's history to be auto deleted
  • Import and Export your list of domains
  • Keep history for X days (auto delete older history)
  • Counts the total number history deleted
  • Icon shows you how many times that domain's entries show up in your history
  • Clear all history for a domain on demand
  • Responsive and Sleek Settings Menu

User reviews

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Pros
  • Easy to use
  • Works great for deleting certain domains
  • Useful extension
  • Had long wished for this extension
  • Generally effective in deleting history
Cons
  • Expression matching doesn't work in Chrome
  • Hasn't been updated in years
  • Doesn't work consistently
  • Some history items are not deleted
  • Issues with syncing in Google
Most mentioned
  • Requests for updates
  • Works great for most users
  • Strange behaviors and inconsistencies reported
Recent reviews
good easy to use
by TheLekeShow, 2024-10-30

Great extension! Thanks. Is it going to be updated to Manifest V3?
by Agustin Barrientos, 2024-08-09

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Extension safety

Risk impact

History AutoDelete requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

History AutoDelete has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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