History

A shortcut to Chrome history

History Chrome Extension: Quick Access to Browsing History

'History' is a minimalist Chrome extension designed to provide a shortcut to your browsing history. Upon installation, it introduces a 'History' button in your apps tab as well as the Chrome App Launcher. To open your browser's history, simply click on the installed icon. The History extension utilizes non-persistent background page, ensuring minimal RAM usage. The extension is easy to add or remove as per your usage with a simplified convenience-focused design.
Install from Chrome Web Store

Extension stats

Users: 1,000+
Rating: 4.06
(16)
Version: 1.0.0.3 (Last updated: 2017-10-31)
Creation date: 2017-10-31
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Size: 23.58K
URLs: Website

Ranking

Other platforms

History GK (vHIS.23.1)
5.00 (4,317) 1,363,663+
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
Want to check extension ranking and stats more quickly for other Chrome extensions? Install Chrome-Stats extension to view Chrome-Stats data as you browse the Chrome Web Store.

Extension summary

This is just a shortcut to Chrome history.

When installed, it will add "History" button to your apps list (on the "New Tab" page and in the Chrome App Launcher).

Click the icon and you'll open the history page. That's all this "app" does...

** Questions & Answers **

Why adding separate app to access history when it’s accessible with two clicks from the menu? -- You don’t need to, but for some of us accessing the history page right from the apps tab / crome app launcher is convenient option. Besides, there is beautiful big icon ;-)

But chrome apps and extensions eat system memory, why wasting resources just for quick shortcut to the history? -- The history app doesn’t “eat” memory. In technical terms, it uses non-persistent background page, which means chrome doesn’t need to reserve memory for the history button (check the Chrome Task Manager if you don’t trust us -- when you click on the history icon it will start the app, open the history page and release the memory right after that)

If I install the history button, is it easy to remove the app later?

See more

User reviews

Better Historyは使いずらく曜日別になるなので一覧出来ず使いずらい。 このHistoryの方が一覧見やすく 使い易い。無かったのですがやっと探しました。 this is the best of History ever
by itô chu, 2017-02-12

Excellent app, lets you easily access your browsing history.
by Jay Cie (Bry), 2016-03-06

A nice looking button but hidden away among the web apps so it takes 2 clicks to get to it. If you have the bookmarks bar enabled it's impossible to get to this from an open web-page.
by Dave Appleyard, 2015-07-19
View all user reviews

Extension safety

Risk impact

History does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

History has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Upgrade to see risk analysis details

Promo images

History small promo image
Small promo image