Stop Chrome from recording your browsing history.
This extension stops Chrome from recording your browsing history in 'standard' mode. You no longer need to be incognito.
This is a feature in Firefox that many people feel is missing in Chrome. Google will no doubt add this functionality at some stage. Until they do, you can use the No History extension!
One good feature is the ability to 'toggle' the extension on and off.
It's very simple and only took me a couple of hours to put together at a friends request.
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For those saying this extension isn't working watch this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bfeyE4ZseU and then file a bug telling me how it's working differently for you. I can't fix any bug I can't replicate.
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June 2013
I totally forgot about this extension until Google emailed me saying I need to update the manifest. It's amazing that people are actually using it - you're awesome!!
This really was an extension I made in literally an hour the week before Christmas a few years ago. I'll read through your reviews and try and implement the white/black list you've asked for shortly.
Thanks again!
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Change log:
Version 1.0.2
- Updated manifest to Version 2.
Version 1.0.1
- Fixed state reset bug.
Latest reviews
- (2023-01-21) Jimmyv buck: So it seems to remove like 80% of history but the rest seems to get through so it's not very useful
- (2022-12-30) N: Solved my issue where I cannot remove search suggestions based on recent browser history. I was going insane for an hour trying to turn that off, it seems google have broken or intentionally broken that option
- (2022-09-14) Misha Lobanov: Нужно сделать возможность исключения для нужных сайтов. Спасибо.
- (2022-09-05) Jennifer Gray: On websites/webapps that use a certain front-end framework (like Google Calendar and Home Assistant), closing dialog boxes can cause the extension to also trigger a browser "back" action, resulting in not only the dialog box closing (as intended), but also going back an additional state/page in the webapp. I thought this was a chrome issue for a very long time and only recently discovered it's because of this addon.
- (2022-08-12) Lucas Huang: I've been using this extension for a while now and it does a pretty good job at automatically removing my browsing history. However, every once in a while a history entry manages to slip through and not get removed, but still, great extension. This extension does have a bug with some Google services like Google Forms and Google Calendar, causing them to refresh or go back, but it works perfectly with most websites.
- (2022-07-24) Gusrud: 검색 기록도 내 마음대로 못 끄는 xx같은 브라우저ㅠㅠ
- (2022-07-15) David Stein: This is a pretty simple extension that does what it claims to do. However, I encountered a peculiar issue: when I visit Google Calendar and create / edit / delete an event, Chrome pops up a dialog reading: "Leave site?" - this *only* occurs when running the No History extension, and stopped happening when I disabled or removed No History. I had to unload the extension and switch to an alternative extension that doesn't cause this behavior.
- (2021-10-16) gkugh gkugh: used to work, now it doesnt.
- (2021-05-03) Samuel Hong: I actually like this extension but there are two bugs in two different chrome web apps that drop this down to 2 stars. First is Google Meet. 1. Go to https://meet.google.com/ 2. Click 'New Meeting' -> 'Start an Instant Meeting' 3. Click to Settings 4. Exit Settings This exits the Meeting. Second is Google Tasks. 1. Go to https://tasks.google.com/embed/?origin=https://calendar.google.com&fullWidth=1 (opens Google Tasks as a standalone website) 2. Switch tasks lists twice This exits Google Tasks. I don't know why this extension is doing this, but it's hitting the 'back' button on the browser. Turning this extension on and off enables/disables the bugs I mentioned above.
- (2021-03-18) Tomas Paredes Martinez: doesnt work
- (2020-12-08) 10110 oof: doesnt work, still records all history. im just gonna have to switch to firefox because my history will always be kept.
- (2020-11-30) Сергей Горбачев: все отлично работает
- (2020-10-22) Forrest: Some websites do not work properly with this extension. Needs a white list.
- (2020-10-01) Eddie Zhuang: in google calendar and google meet, randomly makes you go back to a previous page
- (2020-10-01) Hai fashions: WORK THAKS MR
- (2020-09-27) رائع جدا نرجو في المستقبل تطويره
- (2020-08-17) 치킨너겟: 이 프로그램을 키면 구글 캘린더 사용시 구글 초기 화면으로 이동되는 버그가 발생합니다. 아직 별다른 조치는 없네요...
- (2020-07-23) DY Cho: it's a function google should have afforded
- (2020-03-15) Ano Nymous: BUG caused by this extension: If you are in any website, and then go to news.google.com, if you try the search box on the top and then exit it it goes back to the previous page!
- (2019-12-19) 혁윤: 왜 작동이 안되죠?
- (2019-09-05) Rah: You are a genius
- (2019-02-19) Jupiter 0000: HISTORIA JEST ZAPISYWANA TAK JAK BYŁA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- (2019-01-16) zteam team: really good all you have to do is settings > advanced sync and switch off history
- (2019-01-14) Александр Стариков: не работает(
- (2019-01-08) Cliff Reeves: Broke Google Calendar.
- (2018-12-29) Alex Marchand: Does not work, period.
- (2018-12-22) Gabriel Zanetti: I've been using it for years. I can't really complain. However, recently, I discovered that I can't create Google Calendar events when this plugin is enabled >.<
- (2018-12-17) Sakaka: رائع جداً
- (2018-10-04) It works, but only if you sign out and stop syncing
- (2018-09-11) Bright Days Ahead: bogus!!
- (2018-08-29) Stephen Diamond: This does not appear to work anymore for stopping chrome from storing history
- (2018-08-04) Doesn't work :(
- (2018-07-15) Rui: Awesome App!
- (2018-06-17) T T: Does not work at all!
- (2018-02-09) Яна Титкина - Помощь новичку в МЛМ бизнесе: не работает!
- (2017-12-08) Graschi: Funktioniert leider garnicht, habe keine Ahnung was das Plugin macht, den Verlauf deaktivieren jedenfalls nicht. Schade vollkommen nutzlos das tool.
- (2017-10-19) Opal: Didnt work whatsoever.
- (2017-10-18) Mathew Reed: This so needs to be updated.
- (2017-10-17) tre-x: Theres a better extension out there though! https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/no-history-reloaded/lcappamhcmooalplfanmehlcbddjchnn
- (2017-10-09) Xeni Boy: perfect app works like a charm thnx Devs...
- (2017-10-08) obada Alhaji: اضافة رائعة شكرا للقائمين على هذه الاضافة
- (2017-09-10) Dennis Bray: I have done everything and redid everything suggested and it still does not work. Even the clear browsing tab on the no history icon still nothing
- (2017-07-23) Mark Stanton: sorry it works some times and then it doesn't you have to uninstall and reinstall it after google updates it's web browser
- (2017-05-20) Thomas Bim: Спасибо,всё работает. Thanks,it works. :)
- (2017-02-27) Brian Collins: this app does nothing. you still have to manually delete history. It is unfair that everything is recorded these days. Maybe best to just not even have the internet.