# Historia

> Control your Browsing History for Privacy and Performance

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/historia](https://chrome-stats.com/d/historia)

## Overview

- **ID:** `historia`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** erosman
- **Category:** privacy-security,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 555
- **Weekly downloads:** 4
- **Rating:** 4.75 / 5 (24 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.4
- **Last updated:** 2020-12-13
- **First published:** 2017-08-01
- **Size:** 77 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/historia/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/erosman/support](https://github.com/erosman/support)

## Description

Historia is a small multi-process Firefox add-on that enables you to control your browsing history by filtering and deleting private or unwanted history items. It also allows you to clear host history and cookies, resulting in better privacy and improved browser performance.

## Rankings

- #4,685 — Overall
- #45 — store
- #57 — performance
- #59 — history
- #76 — story
- #160 — stop

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `downloads`
- `history`
- `idle`
- `notifications`
- `storage`
- `cookies`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Historia cleans Firefox history by auto-deleting entries based on age, keywords, or domain, and by removing cruft like redirects. Users praise its set-and-forget cleanup and reliable desktop performance, with a clear desire for cross-platform support (Chrome/Android). Some note potential slowdowns or inconsistency when purging very large histories, but core functionality remains the main strength.

### Pros

- Auto-deletes history by age, keywords, or domain (configurable cleanup).
- Effectively removes cruft from history, such as garbage URLs and redirects.
- Set-and-forget automation for history maintenance.
- Works well on desktop; generally reliable.
- Keeps useful history while purging the rest for a cleaner, more manageable history.

### Cons

- Cross-platform availability is limited: Chrome export and Android port are not available currently (requests from users).

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