Peek History

A simple and minimal extension for quickly peeking and managing history.

As of June 2026, Peek History has 253 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 5 reviews in the Workflow & Planning category.

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5 reviews
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Version
2.0.1
Manifest V3

History

3 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

255.48237.5219.52Apr 1, 2026Jun 2, 2026
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DateUsersRatingReviewsVersion
Apr 1, 20262295.0052.0.1
May 3, 20262225.0052.0.1
Jun 2, 20262305.0052.0.1
Now2535.0052.0.1

Permissions & access

Permissions
fontSettingstabshistorystoragesessionsfavicon
Host access
None declared

Screenshots

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About

🔔 Heads Up: I worked on this project in my initial days just to learn extension development. It's time to call it a day. The functionality it offered is now a default feature in the Chrome browser, making this project obsolete. Unfortunately, I won't be making any more updates.


This extension helps you to quickly peek at history in the popup that helps you view, search, and delete your history without distracting you from your work. It also lets you restore your sessions across devices (Reopen recently closed tabs/windows or tabs/windows on other devices).

✨ Features

- Quickly Peek History in popup
- Delete specific or all history
- Reopen closed tabs (Full session)
- Restore sessions from other devices
- Fully controllable by keyboard
- Infinite scroll

⌨ Keyboard Shortcuts

- 🔵  Toggle Peek History (Open/Close extension popup) - Ctrl + Shift + H
- 🔍  Quickly Search in History - Alt + S (After opening popup)
- ⚙️  Open Extension Options/Settings - Alt + O (After opening popup)
- 📑  See Recently Closed Tabs/Other Tabs - Alt + ➡️  Right Arrow (After opening popup)
- 🔢  Open nth number of history link or the recently closed tab - Alt + (1 - 9) Number Keys 


🔒 PRIVACY NOTICE

This extension does not collect any of your personal data.

Please provide feedback if you like this extension. 
Thanks 😄

Technical

Version
2.0.1
Manifest
V3
Size
199KiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
1
Featured
Yes

Metadata

ID
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Developer ID
u4e055cf87cc351e94b87d8ebf9a93aa6
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Nov 30, 2019
Last Updated (Store)
Feb 26, 2024
Last Scraped
Jun 2, 2026
Website
Support URL
Privacy Policy

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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified Jun 2, 2026.