Limit History Lifetime

Set a maximum limit on history entry lifetime. By Nick Semenkovich <[email protected]>

What is Limit History Lifetime?

"Limit History Lifetime" is a lightweight Chrome extension developed by Nick Semenkovich. Its purpose is to manage and limit the lifespan of history entries in Chrome. This ensures your history doesn't get too loaded with long-term entries and provides an added layer of privacy. The tool runs every two hours to remove history objects and defaults to a four-day expiry limit - though this duration is adjustable according to user preference. This extension causes minimal system load, running as a non-persistent background page. The code is open-source and contributions are welcomed.

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By: https://semenkovich.com

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Users: 569 ▼ -17

Rating: 3.50 (10)

Version: 2014.7.20 (Last updated: 2014-07-20)

Creation date: 2014-07-20

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

alarms
history

Size: 21.90K

Email: se*****@alum.mit.edu

URLs: Website

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# 36412 ▼ 721

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#6203 in Developer Tools ▼ 16 #15 in limit keyword 16 ▲ 1 #184 in history keyword 29 ▲ 8

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Summary

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Set a maximum limit on history entries. By Nick Semenkovich [email protected]

Long-lasting history items in Chrome can be annoying, especially since it's hard to clear just an older range of entries. This extension limits the maximum lifetime of history items in Chrome to protect your privacy.

This extension:

Invokes itself every two hours to remove history objects
Limits the history to a 4-day expiry (adjustable on the options page)
Takes almost zero RAM (runs as a non-persistent background page)
Is open source! (See below)

======== CODE ======== Please contribute! https://github.com/semenko/chrome-limit-history-lifetime

User reviews

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Pros

Simple, straightforward and does exactly what it describes
Code is secure, clean and free from viruses, spyware and trackers.
Adjustable settings to clear history beyond a set number of days

Cons

Automatically deletes all history older than 4 days upon installation without any warning.
Extension limits the choice for clearing history to 60 days max
Does not clear cache, site settings, cookies, serviceworkers, saved passwords, or other types of data

Most mentioned

Extension clears browser history older than set days
Deletes history without any prior warning upon installation
Does not clear other types of data

Recent reviews

Great, safe extension to keep your history under control.

Rus Schmidt, 2022-10-18

我使用这种插件的目的是为了无限延长历史记录保存时间，但只要安装上去，插件马上就会将 4 天以外的历史记录全部清空！！！！！请 Chrome 插件商城立即移除此危险插件！！！

叶文滔（滔滔清风）, 2021-04-17

*** WARNING *** Extension DEFAULTS to clearing all history older than 4 days AND THERE IS NO WAY TO CHANGE THIS VALUE BEFORE IT RUNS ITS FIRST WIPE! You CAN adjust it after the fact for future runs, but as soon as it's installed it will wipe everything but the past 4 days of history before you even have an option to adjust it. *** /WARNING *** More info... I am a developer and also reviewed the code and the code is clean and free of viruses/spyware/trackers (i.e. no Google Analytics even). Even though the extension is old, it does still work as of December 2020 in the latest Chrome. It does exactly what it says. It will delete history prior to a certain number of days. The number of days is adjustable between 0-60 (which I feel is a flaw. I would much prefer some "premade" ranges (ex. older than 1 day, 1 week, etc.). The biggest flaw is that the choices are artificially limited at 60 days, when the code works equally well if it allowed 365+ days. Also of note is this does just clean what it says, your browsing history (the actual address/name/time a site was visited), it does NOT clear your cache, site settings, cookies, serviceworkers, saved passwords, or any other types of history.