# Form History Control

> 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.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/form-history-control](https://chrome-stats.com/d/form-history-control)

## Overview

- **ID:** `form-history-control`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Stephan Mahieu
- **Category:** web-development,privacy-security,other
- **Daily users:** 6,956
- **Weekly downloads:** 52
- **Rating:** 4.35 / 5 (108 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.5.11.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-04-24
- **First published:** 2009-05-20
- **Size:** 579 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/form-history-control/)
- **Website:** [https://stephanmahieu.github.io/fhc-home/](https://stephanmahieu.github.io/fhc-home/)

## Description

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.

## Rankings

- #964 — Overall
- #93 — Web Development
- #135 — Other extensions
- #207 — Privacy & Security
- #1 — stormx
- #2 — form

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `menus`
- `activeTab`
- `tabs`
- `storage`
- `alarms`
- `clipboardWrite`

### Content script matches

- `*`
- ``

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low 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.

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## Review summary

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.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/form-history-control)