Let's say you've browsed somewhere you shouldn't have, or at a time when it was inappropriate. And maybe you've even forgotten to turn on the private browsing mode. Tsk tsk tsk! But the deed is done; now what?
If you just go ahead and hit Ctrl+Shift+Del in Firefox, you will be able to delete all traces of your browsing from the past several hours, from today, or even the entire history. But that's not very subtle, is it? Anyone auditing your browser history might notice a large, gaping hole in the records and start wondering.
What if you could delete only those traces you didn't want seen, leaving the rest undisturbed? That would be far more difficult to track down. But going over your entire browsing history and hunting those errant URLs one by one is tedious, not to mention error prone.
History Deleter is a Firefox add-on aimed at automating this entire process. It utilizes a complex rule-based system that allows you to delete URLs (or page titles) containing certain keywords, which have been visited more than once or browsed a certain number of days ago. You can also have it automatically run upon exiting Firefox, or when the history exceeds a certain number of entries.
Clearly, this has uses other than hiding illicit browsing; Firefox's extensive history is used by the Awesome Bar to yield useful browsing suggestions, but the browser can easily become slow when burdened with too many entries. History Deleter can help you make Firefox a bit leaner, while still enjoying the Awesome Bar and other history-related features.
Filed under: Productivity, Browsers
History Deleter for Firefox lets you selectively purge browsing history originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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