Enhanced History Viewer

To activate the extension after installing, please close any existing History tabs or restart Chrome. Then, simply press Ctrl+H (or Cmd+Y on Mac) to use the new viewer. Enhanced History Viewer is a feature-rich, privacy-respecting extension that replaces Chrome's default history page (chrome://history/) with an intuitive and modern interface. It is fully open-source and local-first. Nothing changes about how you access your history — press Ctrl+H (Cmd+Y on Mac) or type chrome://history/ like you normally would. The extension loads automatically and displays the improved interface. Core Features: Full URL Display: See complete URL addresses instead of truncated domain names. Multi-Selection & Bulk Actions: Select multiple history items at once and delete them in parallel with a single click — failures are reported honestly and kept selected for retry. Tabs from Other Devices: Browse and open tabs currently active on your synced phones, tablets, and computers, organized into collapsible device groups with last-active times, an "Open all" menu, and live search. This Device Only: A single toggle filters your history down to just what was visited on this machine. Smart Device Indicators: Synced history items display a subtle device icon so you can see where they came from. Live Updates: The list stays current as you browse — new visits appear and deletions from anywhere are reflected immediately. Fast, Filtered Search: As-you-type search across your full history, with results grouped by day and repeat searches served instantly from cache. Aesthetic UI: Responsive layout that matches native Chrome styling, with full support for Light and Dark modes. Quick Item Actions: Use any item's menu to quickly copy the link, search for more pages from that site, or remove it. Performance: Rebuilt renderer: opening and scrolling even very long histories matches or beats the previous version. Parallel device-status lookups make filtered views render several times faster, and repeat searches are served from cache. Lazy-loaded favicons and batched rendering keep scrolling smooth on long histories. Privacy-First: Zero external requests — nothing leaves your browser, ever. Favicons resolve locally through Chrome's own API. No data collection, no trackers, no analytics. The code is fully open-source and available on GitHub.