Form History Control

Name: Form History Control
Rating: 4.3204 (103 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.

Add-on Productivity Utilities Privacy & Security

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Version:

2.5.11.0 Last updated: 2025-04-24

Version code:

5936389

Creation date:

2009-05-20

Risk:

Permissions:

menus
activeTab
tabs
storage
alarms
clipboardWrite

Size:

592.38K

Email:

fo*****@yahoo.com

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Browser Add-ons

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 937 ▲ 3

Other rankings

#93 in Web Development ▲ 3

#156 in Other extensions ▼ 1

#202 in Privacy & Security ▼ 1

#2 in form keyword 21

#2 in stormx keyword 6

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Form History Control (II) (v3.0.3.0)

5,000 4.00

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User reviews

Form History Control is a valuable Firefox add-on praised for reliably saving form data, preventing loss of work across desktop and Android platforms. Users appreciate its support for complex forms and saving long inputs. However, the interface is often criticized as complicated and unintuitive, with challenging workflows for autofill. Some issues include limited refresh rates, incomplete support for field types beyond text, and occasional compatibility problems with Firefox ESR. Despite these drawbacks, many users find it indispensable for recovering lost data, making it a trusted tool for form management.

Pros

Effectively saves form data, preventing loss of work even in worst-case scenarios.
Compatible with Firefox on Android, allowing preservation of searches and form inputs on mobile.
Highly reliable and appreciated by users who have relied on it multiple times to recover lost data.
Supports controlled forms such as those built with React, enhancing its usability on modern web applications.
Has saved many users significant time and stress by preserving long typed texts and multi-field data entries.

Cons

User interface is complex, confusing, and not intuitive, making it difficult to fill forms easily.
The add-on does not refresh regularly, causing data to be outdated by a day in some cases.
Compatibility issues with certain versions of Firefox, such as Firefox ESR, where the add-on shows no data.
Limited support for non-text input types like number fields or select dropdowns.
Some users encounter problems with form autofill functionality requiring cumbersome multi-step procedures.

Recent reviews

by Fi*****, 2025-05-16

Thanks for keeping it updated. Would it be possible to add an option to disable the yellow background and outline when I click on a history entry? I only use this addon manually when I need it so it would be useful.

by On*****, 2025-05-14

by Go*****, 2025-03-11

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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

Risk impact analysis details

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Form History Control is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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