History Shortcut - Fast History Button

About

History Shortcut adds a one-click toolbar button that instantly opens your browsing history. No keyboard shortcuts to memorize, no menus to navigate -- just click the History Shortcut icon and your history page opens immediately.

🔍 Why History Shortcut?

Accessing your browsing history usually requires navigating through menus or remembering keyboard combinations. History Shortcut eliminates that friction entirely. One click on the History Shortcut button in your toolbar and you are on the history page, ready to find what you need.

⚡ How History Shortcut works:

✅ Click the History Shortcut toolbar button to open your browser history page
✅ If a history tab is already open, History Shortcut brings it to the front instead of opening a duplicate
✅ History Shortcut works across multiple windows -- it finds your existing history tab no matter which window it is in
✅ Lightweight and fast -- History Shortcut uses minimal resources and requires no special permissions beyond tab access

📋 What you can do with History Shortcut:

✅ Quickly find a website you visited earlier today, yesterday, or weeks ago
✅ Re-open a tab you accidentally closed
✅ Review your browsing history to find that article, video, or page you forgot to bookmark
✅ Monitor your browsing activity and internet usage over time
✅ Search through your full browsing history from the history page

History Shortcut is designed for users who frequently access their browsing history and want the fastest possible way to get there. Whether you are a researcher, student, professional, or casual browser, History Shortcut saves you time every single day.

📊 Analytics and data transparency:

History Shortcut collects anonymous usage data to improve the extension. Here is exactly what happens behind the scenes:

✅ Analytics -- History Shortcut sends anonymous usage events (such as install, update, and button clicks) to Google Analytics to understand how the extension is used. No browsing history, page content, or personal information is included in these events.
✅ ID generation -- History Shortcut generates random identifiers (UUIDs) to distinguish between installations. These IDs are not linked to your name, email, or Google account.
✅ Device counting -- History Shortcut counts how many devices you have the extension installed on by syncing anonymous device identifiers across your browser profile. This helps understand multi-device usage patterns.
✅ Heartbeat signals -- On each browser startup, History Shortcut sends a lightweight signal to a first-party server (browser-works.com) to track active installation counts and extension version distribution.
✅ Extension recommendations -- History Shortcut periodically checks the same first-party server for recommended extensions from the same developer. No browsing data is sent in this check.
✅ Error reporting -- History Shortcut automatically reports uncaught JavaScript errors (error type and message only, no personal data) to Google Analytics to help identify and fix bugs quickly.

All collected data is anonymous and aggregated. No personally identifiable information, browsing history, or website content is ever collected or shared. Full details in our privacy policy at browser-works.com/privacypolicy.

🛡️ History Shortcut is:

✔️ Free and open source
✔️ Works on Chrome and Microsoft Edge
✔️ Lightweight -- minimal resource usage with Manifest V3 service worker
✔️ Privacy-first -- all analytics are anonymous with no personal data collection
✔️ Transparent -- every data point collected is documented above

Install History Shortcut now and access your browsing history with a single click.