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How to instantly view the browser history in any browser

Posted on November 18, 2022

All major web browsers maintain a list of the web pages you have visited in the past. This list is called the “Browser History”.

There are a number of reasons why you might want to view your browser history (or someone else’s), so knowing how to do it is sure to come in handy at some time in the future.

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Q&A: Is there any way to ‘unclear’ browser history?

Posted on July 13, 2022

Question from Carol:  Rick, I’m really in a bind and I’m hoping you can help me.

My son was messing around in the settings in Firefox and he deleted my browser history, including the cookies that kept me logged into my most important accounts.

As you can probably guess, now I can’t log in to my bank account or pretty much anything else because I’ve forgotten the passwords.

Do you know if there’s a way to “unclear” the browser history in Firefox?

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How to quickly find a recently visited web page

Posted on March 2, 2022

Have you ever tried to find a web page you had visited in the recent past but you couldn’t remember the title of the page or even the name of the website it was on?

I often find myself needing to revisit pages I’ve visited, and I’ve discovered a handy little trick that usually helps me find them in just a few seconds: Searching the browser history!

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Make your Chrome browser history easier to read and understand with ‘Better History’

Posted on October 26, 2017

Important update: The browser extension mentioned in this post has been removed from the Chrome web store. It apparently morphed into malware so Google banned it. I have removed the links to it from the original post.


Have you ever tried to find a web page you’ve visited in the past by scanning your browser history? If so, you probably found the experience both difficult and frustrating.

Most browsers display your history items in a boring, confusing list that’s hard to read and even harder to understand, but a fantastic Chrome extension called Better History makes finding the URL you’re looking for a breeze!

Chrome already does a much better job at displaying your browser’s history items than most other browsers, but the Better History extension takes that already enhanced usability to an entirely different level.  [Read more…]




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