# Forgetful > Keep chosen sites and tabs out of your browsing history — automatically, without opening a private window. Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/forgetful](https://chrome-stats.com/d/forgetful) ## Overview - **ID:** `forgetful` - **Platform:** Firefox - **Type:** Firefox add-on - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** Dreker - **Category:** privacy-security - **Daily users:** 4 - **Weekly downloads:** 3 - **Version:** 1.0.7 - **Last updated:** 2026-07-12 - **First published:** 2026-07-03 - **Size:** 104 KB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-08 - **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/forgetful/) - **Website:** [https://github.com/Antxj/forgetful/issues](https://github.com/Antxj/forgetful/issues) ## Description Forgetful removes chosen pages from your browsing history as you browse — no private window needed. HOW IT WORKS Open the popup and mark the current site: every visit to it — including www. and any subdomain — is deleted from history automatically, from now on. Or mark the tab: everything you open in it stays out of history until the tab is closed. You can also match pages by title, with plain-text or regular-expression patterns. FEATURES • Per-site rules — add a site once and it never appears in your history again (subdomains included) • Per-tab mode — one click keeps a whole browsing session off the record • Title patterns — match pages by title (plain text or regex) • History cleanup tool — search existing history by URL, title and date range, then delete matches in bulk • Firefox Sync — rules and settings follow your Firefox account across devices and reinstalls, with room for thousands of sites • Status badge — a green check on the toolbar icon means the current page is being kept out of history • Import/export — full backup as JSON, or just the site list as plain text (one domain per line) • Dark mode PRIVATE BY DESIGN Forgetful collects no data and makes no network requests. Everything stays on your device or in your own Firefox account. OPEN SOURCE MIT licensed. Source code, issues and feature requests: https://github.com/Antxj/forgetful Based on NoHistory by QuanMCPC, used under the MIT License. ## Rankings - #49,752 — Overall - #15 — forget ## Permissions and access ### Permissions - `activeTab` - `tabs` - `history` - `storage` - `unlimitedStorage` ## Safety - **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact - **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood ### Analysis details - Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern. - This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe. > Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing). ## Similar extensions and apps - [ForgetMe](https://chrome-stats.com/d/forget-me) — 11 users - [ClearTrace Browser - Automatic History Cleaner](https://chrome-stats.com/d/cleartrace-history-cleaner) — 6 users - [Browsing Cleaner](https://chrome-stats.com/d/browsing-cleaner) — 1 users - [Forget Me Not - Forget cookies & other data](https://chrome-stats.com/d/forget_me_not) — 8,543 users, 4.32 / 5 - [History Filter](https://chrome-stats.com/d/firefox-history-filter) — 1 users - [Forget Tab](https://chrome-stats.com/d/forget-tab) — 72 users, 2.69 / 5 - [tabkeeper](https://chrome-stats.com/d/tabkeeper) — 3 users - [TabLogger](https://chrome-stats.com/d/tablogger) — 1 users - [Moris Clear Session](https://chrome-stats.com/d/cache-und-history-l%C3%B6schen) — 3 users, 5.00 / 5 - [Extended History](https://chrome-stats.com/d/extended-history) — 97 users, 5.00 / 5 - [History Cleaner for Firefox](https://chrome-stats.com/d/historycleanerforfirefox) — 12 users - [Preserve Tab History](https://chrome-stats.com/d/preserve-tab-history) — 2 users, 4.00 / 5 --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/forgetful)