# Link Visitor

> This add-on provides the ability to add single or multiple links to the browser history, making them appear visited, without having to actually visit them. It also allows them to be removed from the history.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/link-visitor-5](https://chrome-stats.com/d/link-visitor-5)

## Overview

- **ID:** `link-visitor-5`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** kinitawowi
- **Category:** appearance,bookmarks
- **Daily users:** 350
- **Weekly downloads:** 6
- **Rating:** 4.08 / 5 (25 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.4resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2008-06-30
- **Size:** 265 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/link-visitor-5/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/kinitawowi/linkvisitor-firefox/issues](https://github.com/kinitawowi/linkvisitor-firefox/issues)

## Description

Link Visitor is a versatile Chrome extension designed to give you control over your browser history related to links. With this tool, you can add single or multiple links to your browser's history, making them appear as visited without actually visiting them. It also allows removal of links from the history, effectively toggling the "visited" status. This is perfect for users seeking to manage how links are displayed on web pages.

The extension features context menu options for marking specific links, selected areas, or all links on a page as visited or unvisited. It includes preferences such as always marking bookmarks as visited, overriding the color of visited links, and setting delay intervals to optimize performance. Users can specify exceptions for color overrides by hostname, supporting fine-grained customization. The extension stores preferences locally or syncs across browsers if enabled. Note that for full functionality, browser privacy settings and certain configuration flags need to be enabled. This tool enhances browsing experience by managing link history visibility and styling seamlessly.

## Rankings

- #6,265 — Overall
- #209 — Bookmarks
- #57 — override
- #76 — broken links
- #96 — links

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `tabs`
- `contextMenus`
- `history`
- `bookmarks`
- `<all_urls>`
- `storage`

### 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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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/link-visitor-5)