# History Export

> Quick and dirty history export/import

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `sky-history-export`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Skyweb
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 2,728
- **Weekly downloads:** 113
- **Rating:** 4.57 / 5 (28 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.7
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-25
- **First published:** 2023-03-24
- **Size:** 24 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/sky-history-export/)
- **Website:** [https://gitea.skyweb.nu/Skyweb/History-Export](https://gitea.skyweb.nu/Skyweb/History-Export)

## Description

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.

## Rankings

- #1,814 — Overall
- #282 — Other extensions
- #3 — export
- #4 — history
- #5 — csv export
- #10 — story

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `history`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows retrieval of a user’s browsing history, presenting a notable privacy risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

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.

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