Expire history by days
Allows to expire history older than a fixed amount of days.
Expire History by Days - Firefox Add-on
"Expire History by Days" is a Firefox add-on designed to automatically remove browsing history older than a specified number of days. It works by expiring the data during idle periods. Keep in mind, the first expiration step might take longer and temporarily block user interface, but subsequent iterations are faster with minimal interruptions. Although it overrides the Places expiration system, it is advised to use this add-on only if necessary as it may cause performance issues.
Add-on stats
By: Mak
Creation date: 2011-07-28
Weekly download count: 4
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: Low risk impact 
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
- idle
- history
- storage
Size: 16.14K
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Not available on Chrome
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge
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Add-on summary
Expiration happens on idle, but it's not instant. First expiration step may take some time and blocks UI during that time, next ones will be much smaller and should not create any issue.
Warning: the Places expiration system works to provide you the best performances in an automatic way. Using this add-on to override its functionality, may create unexpected performance problems and is not needed. Thus, unless you have clear reasons to need the functionality exposed by this add-on, you should not use it.
User reviews
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- More than 9 years old and still updated.
- Works great for cleaning history.
- Useful functionality for managing history.
Cons
- Wipes all history by default upon first run.
- Limited options for configuring history retention (e.g., maximum limit).
- Recent updates removed desirable features.
Most mentioned
- History is wiped out when it first runs.
- Need for better configuration options.
- Surprise at the removal of previous functionalities.
User reviews
Miserable Übersetzung. Keine ausreichende Dokumentation über das Add-on.
by Firefox user 18802703, 2025-01-27
by Vidik, 2024-12-01
More than 9 years old and still updated. Im honestly surprised more people don't need this functionality
by Draky, 2024-04-26
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Expire history by days requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Expire history by days is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.
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