HistoryBlock
Cover your tracks!
HistoryBlock: Cover Your Tracks with our Firefox Add-On
HistoryBlock is an effective Firefox add-on designed for users who value their online privacy. This powerful tool offers a feature that allows users to specify a list of hosts to be blocked. These blocked hosts will no longer appear in the user's history tab, the list of recently closed tabs, and the download manager. With HistoryBlock, users gain full control over their browsing history and download logs, thereby ensuring their privacy is more robustly protected while browsing the internet.
Add-on stats
Weekly download count: 16
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact 
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
- sessions
- tabs
- history
- storage
- contextMenus
Size: 390.90K
Email: ka*****@yahoo.com
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Add-on summary
This tool will allow the user to specify a list of hosts to be blocked from the history tab, the recently closed tabs list, and the download manager (ctrl+j).
User reviews
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Very useful for blocking unwanted history entries
- Simple to use and does what it claims
- Effective at preventing specific sites from appearing in history and search suggestions
- Unique functionality that is not widely available in other extensions
Cons
- Lacks a user-friendly interface and clear instructions for setup
- Does not work on mobile devices
- Basic UX; could benefit from improved design
- Limited customization options (e.g., no regex support), making it less flexible
Most mentioned
- Doesn't work on mobile
- Simple to use
- Lacks more advanced filtering options (like regex support)
- Issues with setup and integration into the browser interface
User reviews
Umm It's mostly a glitch with Mozilla Firefox - Trying to get many add on's / extensions to run on an interface in the browser - can be a real bastard.
There are no instructions on how to get it into the menu and or to operate it either.
Once many years and computers back, some new browser came out, and it remembered my name, my account number and the password in the URL, in it's history settings - AND ever since them I have been viciously opposed to "the LOW IQ programmers" keeping everything you do AND don't want in the browsers memory / history.
The app needs an interface that can be negaged, instead of Firefoxes idiot inteface.
by Firefox user 13842827, 2024-12-02
Doesn't work on Firefox mobile
by uurcha, 2024-10-31
Too basic and the UX is terrible. But it does what it says.
by randomfixer, 2024-09-11
Add-on safety
Risk impact
HistoryBlock requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
HistoryBlock is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.
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