History Guard

History Guard gives you full control over which websites appear in your Chrome browsing history. Add any site to your blocklist, and History Guard will automatically prevent Chrome from saving those visits — instantly and silently. WHAT'S NEW IN 2.2.0 ★ Vanish on Close — the sites you pick are erased when you close them: history (including the bare domain), cache and stored site data. Optionally cookies too, so you're signed out. ★ PIN unlocks as soon as you finish typing — no Unlock click. CORE FEATURES ★ Per-Site Blocking — Add domains like instagram.com, tiktok.com, or any site you want. History entries are deleted the instant they're recorded. ★ Vanish on Close — Pick a site, use it normally, log in if you need to. The moment you close its last tab, History Guard erases every history entry for that site — the bare domain included — along with its cache and stored site data. When you add a site it asks once whether to clear cookies too, so you can choose between staying signed in and being signed out. Nothing is wiped while another tab still has the site open. ★ Stealth Mode — One-click to block ALL browsing history, like incognito mode without opening a new window. Toggle with Ctrl+Shift+S (Cmd+Shift+S on Mac). ★ Auto-Block Categories — Pre-built groups for Social Media, Dating, Shopping, Entertainment, and Gambling. Enable an entire category with a single toggle. ★ Schedule-Based Blocking — Set active hours (e.g., 9 AM – 5 PM) and days of the week. History is only blocked during your schedule. ★ PIN Lock — Protect your settings with a PIN so no one can view or modify your blocklist. ★ Whitelist Subpages — Block instagram.com but allow instagram.com/business. Granular URL-path control. ★ Block Statistics — See how many history entries have been blocked per domain with a visual bar chart. ★ Import / Export — Back up your entire configuration as a JSON file and restore it on any device. ★ Keyboard Shortcuts — Ctrl+Shift+H to toggle the current site. Ctrl+Shift+S to toggle stealth mode. No popup needed. ★ Right-Click Context Menu — Right-click any page to instantly block that site, toggle stealth mode, or whitelist the current page path. ★ Subdomain Matching — Blocking instagram.com also blocks www.instagram.com, m.instagram.com, and any subdomain. HOW IT WORKS Chrome doesn't have a built-in "don't record history for this site" API. History Guard uses a delete-on-visit approach: when Chrome records a visit to a blocked site, the entry is immediately and silently removed. The bare domain itself is kept so it still autocompletes in the address bar — only the deeper pages you viewed are removed. When you block a site, any matching deep links already in your history are cleaned up too. Vanish on Close goes further for the sites you choose. While the tab is open the site behaves completely normally, so you can log in and use it as usual. When the last tab holding that site closes, History Guard removes every history entry for the domain — this time including the bare domain — and clears the cache and site data for exactly that site, leaving every other site alone. If you chose "Sign me out" when you added it, cookies go too. If a second tab still has the site open, nothing is touched until that one closes too. PRIVACY History Guard runs entirely on your device. No data is sent to any server. Your blocklist syncs across your Chrome browsers via Chrome's built-in sync, and nothing else leaves your machine. PERMISSIONS EXPLAINED • history — Required to delete specific URLs from your browsing history • webNavigation — Required to detect page navigations in real time • storage — Required to save your blocklist, settings, and preferences • contextMenus — Required for the right-click menu options • activeTab — Required to read the current tab's URL when you interact with the extension • browsingData (optional) — Only requested if you turn on Vanish on Close, and only used to clear cache, site data and — for sites where you chose "Sign me out" — cookies, for the sites you added to your vanish list