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Browser extension by A2Z Tools
History Recall
Find the page you remember but can't find again.
Search your browsing history by words, site, date and time, see a timeline, and find the pages you used around the same time.
- Coming soon to the stores
- Free
- No account needed
- Version 1.0.0
Chrome Web StoreComing soon for Chrome
Microsoft Edge Add-onsComing soon for Edge
Firefox Add-onsComing soon for Firefox
We are preparing the store listings. The buttons switch on as soon as each store approves the extension; there are no unofficial downloads.
Screenshots
What History Recall does
You read it last week, on some site, in the evening - but the browser's history search only matches exact words in titles. History Recall lets you describe what you remember: words, the site, the day, even the time of day.
A day-by-day timeline groups your browsing into sessions, a calendar shows when you were busy, and "around this time" reveals the other pages you had open when you found something - often the fastest way back to the page you actually want.
Everything runs on your device against the history your browser already keeps. There is no account and no network access. If you want, you can switch on searching inside page text; it is off by default and stays on your computer.
Key features
- Search history by words, site, date range and time of day - in plain language: "invoice site:amazon.in last month evening"
- Exact phrases, excluded sites, before:/after:/on: dates, today, yesterday, last week, past N days
- Timeline of any day, grouped into browsing sessions
- "Around this time": the pages you had open within 30 minutes of a result
- Calendar with a heat map of how much you browsed each day
- Sites you keep coming back to across different days
- Quick search from the toolbar popup (Alt+Shift+Y)
- Optional, off-by-default page-text search for pages you visit after turning it on
- No uploads, no account, no network requests
Keyboard shortcuts
- Search your history Alt Shift Y
Shortcuts can be changed in your browser's extension shortcut settings.
Privacy
History Recall searches the browser's own history on your device. It never uploads, syncs or analyses your history. Optional page-text search is off by default and stores text only in this browser.
What it can access
Browser history metadata (titles, addresses, visit times) when you use the extension. Only if you turn on page-text search: the visible text of pages you visit afterwards, excluding pages with a password field, excluded sites and private windows.
Where data is stored
Settings in storage.local. Optional page text in IndexedDB inside the extension (up to 20,000 characters per page, 5,000 pages, 30 days by default).
Network requests
None. History Recall makes no network requests.
How long it is kept
History itself is managed by your browser. Saved page text is deleted after the retention period you choose, when you purge it, when you turn the feature off (you are asked), or when you uninstall.
No account, no analytics, no advertising, no selling or sharing of data, and no remotely hosted code.
Permissions and why they are needed
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History
Reads your browser history (page titles, addresses and visit times) when you search, open the timeline or calendar. It never changes or deletes history.
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Storage
Saves your settings in this browser profile.
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Alarms
Runs a daily clean-up that deletes saved page text older than your retention period (only relevant if page-text search is on).
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Scripting Only if you turn it on
Optional, asked only if you turn on page-text search: registers the small script that reads the text of pages you open so it can be searched later.
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Access to websites Only if you turn it on
Optional, asked only if you turn on page-text search: lets that script read the visible text of the pages you visit. Off by default; turning the feature off removes this access.
Browser compatibility
| Browser | Minimum version | Store |
|---|---|---|
| Google Chrome |
120 | Coming soon |
| Microsoft Edge |
120 | Coming soon |
| Mozilla Firefox |
140.0 | Coming soon |
Good to know
- Results come from your browser's history, so pages visited in private windows, deleted history or history older than the browser keeps (about 90 days in Chrome and Edge) cannot be found.
- Time-of-day search uses each page's most recent visit; the timeline and "around this time" use every individual visit.
- The calendar counts pages by their most recent visit.
- Page-text search only covers pages visited after you turn it on, and not pages that block extensions (browser and store pages).
Frequently asked questions
Does History Recall upload my browsing history?
No. It makes no network requests at all. It reads the history your browser already stores, only when you search.
How is it different from the browser's history page?
You can combine words with a site, a date range and a time of day, view a timeline grouped into sessions, see what you had open around the same time, and browse a calendar.
Can it search the text inside pages?
Only if you turn on page-text search. It is off by default, needs your permission, skips sign-in pages and excluded sites, and keeps the text on your device for 30 days by default.
Why can't it find a page from months ago?
Browsers delete old history automatically (Chrome and Edge keep about 90 days). History Recall can only search what the browser still has.
Changelog
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Version 1.0.0
- Initial release: natural-language history search, day timeline with sessions, around-this-time, calendar, repeated sites, optional page-text search
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Questions, bugs or ideas for History Recall? Contact the A2Z Tools team.