Form History Control

Name: Form History Control
Rating: 4.3458 (107 reviews)
Author: Stephan Mahieu

Manage form history entries (search, edit, cleanup, export/import) and easy text formfiller. Auto-save text entered in any form while typing to allow fast recovery when disaster strikes.

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Form History Control is a powerful Chrome extension designed to manage your form data efficiently. It automatically saves text entries in any form as you type, enabling you to recover lost work from browser crashes, network failures, or unexpected power loss. Ideal for saving important emails, essays, or blog posts, it ensures your input is never lost unexpectedly.

Beyond auto-saving, the extension serves as an easy-to-use form filler, restoring text fields, editor fields, radio buttons, and check-boxes based on your most recent or frequently used data. It provides robust tools to view, search, edit, and clean up your saved form data. You can also export and import your form history across devices, making it easy to synchronize your data. Built with modern WebExtensions APIs, it maintains its own private form history database, ensuring privacy and control over your saved data. Note that enabling cookies is necessary for proper data storage.

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Version:

2.5.11.0 Last updated: 2025-04-24

Version code:

5936389

Creation date:

2009-05-20

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Size:

578.50KB

Email:

fo*****@yahoo.com

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Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-03

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# 961 ▲ 7

Other rankings

#93 in Web Development ▼ 1

#143 in Other extensions

#207 in Privacy & Security ▲ 1

#1 in stormx keyword 0

#2 in form keyword 22

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Form History Control (II) (v3.0.3.0)

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Developed by:

Stephan Mahieu

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/form-history-control/

Email:

fo*****@yahoo.com

Website:

https://stephanmahieu.github.io/fhc-home/

User Reviews

Form History Control is highly valued for preventing data loss on refreshes and crashes and has proven reliability over years. It also supports Android/mobile use and helps save lengthy texts. However, reviewers note a confusing UI (especially on mobile), occasional inconsistent saving/history behavior, and a non-obvious workflow that can slow or complicate use.

Pros

Prevents data loss from form inputs when a page refresh or crash occurs.
Proven long-term reliability across years and Firefox updates.
Mobile support (Android Firefox) for saving searches and long texts.
Helpful for saving long text entries such as threads or emails, preserving work across sessions.

Cons

Confusing, cluttered, and non-intuitive UI, with mobile UI particularly awkward.
Occasional inconsistent behavior in saving/showing history (delayed saves and sometimes missing history).
Saving/filling workflow is not straightforward to discover or use, requiring multiple steps and learning curve.

Recent reviews

best addon ever! Saved my a$$ dozen times when a website refreshed automatically leading to loose content of all inputs in forms or textfields. I recommend to lower the time between saves to max 30s in settings, otherwise with default options this addon might not have chances to save form data.

by Ja*****, 2026-01-04

by An*****, 2025-12-31

Absolutely indispensable, you never know when you're gonna accidentally refresh ChatGPT after typing a two miles long massage or a Youtube comment which would have been gone if not for Form History Control.

by Fo*****, 2025-10-23

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Is Form History Control Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Form History Control requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

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

Risk likelihood analysis details

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