Expire history by days

Expire history by days

Allows to expire history older than a fixed amount of days.

What is Expire history by days?
"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.
Merlin
Stats
By: Mak
Users: 1,132 ▲ 9
Version: 1.3.2resigned1 (Last updated: 2024-04-25)
Creation date: 2011-07-28
Weekly download count: 5
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • idle
  • history
  • storage
Size: 16.14K
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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
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Easy to use
  • Works as described
  • Ability to set history cleanup by days
Cons
  • Initial setup can wipe out entire history
  • Difficulties with updating and installation
  • Inability to completely disable history expiration
Most mentioned
  • Works great
  • Initial wipe of history
  • Difficulty with updating
  • Inability to completely disable history expiration
Recent reviews
More than 9 years old and still updated. Im honestly surprised more people don't need this functionality
by Draky, 2024-04-26

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by 翻墙部落, 2022-12-27
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Safety
Risk impact

Expire history by days is relatively safe to use as it 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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