Purge Old History

Name: Purge Old History
Rating: 2 (1 reviews)
Author: DmitriK

Removes history entries older than a specified age.

"Purge Old History" is a Firefox add-on that removes URLs from history that are older than a certain age. It uses the WebExtensions history API and scans the history every 30 minutes.

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By: DmitriK

Daily users: 3

Rating: 2.00

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Version: 1.0.3resigned1 (Last updated: 2024-04-25)

Version code: 5726840

Creation date: 2016-06-13

Firefox on Android: No

Risk:

Permissions:

alarms
history
storage

Size: 10.49K

Full description: See detailed description

Source: Firefox Browser Add-ons

Updated: 12 hours ago

Ranking

# 45,566 ▲ 264

User reviews

I'm running Nightly Fx50 x64. Set max history age to 14 and still have entries from 2 months ago. Perhaps I need to do something else?

by streetwolf, 2016-06-13

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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Purge Old History requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Allows retrieval of a user’s browsing history, presenting a notable privacy risk.
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Risk likelihood

Purge Old History is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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