History Export

Name: History Export
Rating: 4.5385 (26 reviews)
Author: Skyweb

By: Skyweb

Quick and dirty history export/import

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Features & Capabilities

The History Export Chrome extension provides a straightforward solution to back up and restore your browsing history. By accessing the options via the extensions menu, users can export their entire browsing history into a convenient data.json file. This file can then be imported on another Chrome instance, allowing for seamless history migration or recovery. The extension simplifies the management of browsing data, making it easy to safeguard your history or transfer it between devices.

Ideal for users who want a quick and efficient way to handle their browsing history, History Export eliminates the need for complex tools or procedures. Whether you want to back up your history before a browser reset or transfer your history to a new device, this extension ensures data portability and peace of mind.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on Privacy & Security

By:

Skyweb

Daily users:

2,579 25

Rating:

4.54

(26)

Version:

0.6 Last updated: 2023-12-23

Version code:

5668651

Creation date:

2023-03-24

Risk:

Permissions:

history

Size:

21.69KB

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-05

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Ranking

# 1,837 ▲ 28

Other rankings

#296 in Other extensions ▲ 7

#3 in export keyword 22

#4 in history keyword 28

#5 in csv export keyword 17

#11 in story keyword 21 ▼ 2

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Developed by:

Skyweb

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/sky-history-export/

Website:

https://gitea.skyweb.nu/Skyweb/History-Export

Permission Change History

2023-06-12: Version 0.1 → 0.2

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User Reviews

Users praise History Export for reliably exporting history to data.json and enabling restoration or migration across profiles, even with very large histories. However, they repeatedly report unreliable imports, data fidelity gaps (older data and dates), limited export formats, and usability issues. A recurring desire is a clear merge option to safely combine histories without overwriting existing data.

Pros

Exports Firefox history to a JSON file (data.json) for easy backup and transfer.
Importing a data.json can restore history into a Firefox profile, useful after corruption or across devices.
Supports large histories, handling hundreds of thousands of records without obvious failure.
Considered one of the few history-merging tools that still works well for migrating history.
Keeps processing local on your machine, with no data sent externally (privacy)

Cons

Import is frequently unreliable or non-responsive—sometimes nothing happens after selecting a file.
Data fidelity can be incomplete: missing older data, missing items beyond 6 months, and dates may not be preserved or are loaded in reverse order.
Only JSON export format is available (no alternative formats for easy viewing/editing in other apps).
Usability issues: unclear how to start/use the extension and what to do after export/import; insufficient on-page guidance.
Unclear/absent merge behavior: importing may overwrite current history or lack a built-in merge option; users worry about losing existing history.

Recent reviews

by Fi*****, 2026-06-22

I used it to export my history and make stats. It was very convenient.

by Fa*****, 2026-06-17

by Po*****, 2026-06-04

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Is History Export Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

History Export requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Allows retrieval of a user’s browsing history, presenting a notable privacy risk.

Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

History Export has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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