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History often refers to the list of webpages viewed in a browser or commands used in a particular program. History is often used for undo/redo or back/forward functionality in programs of all kinds.

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Force Chrome to keep history longer than 10 weeks

I am looking for a way to have Chrome keep my history for longer than 10 weeks. The main functionality I am looking for is the ability to see hyperlinks displayed in purple for websites that I've ...
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Chrome history not properly synchronized

I've had to switch a lot between different computer recently and realized that Google Chrome's history synchronization feature doesn't work properly for me. What I've tested so far: I had the ...
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How do I clear the cache / history in Windows 7?

In Windows XP there was an option off the task bar properties to clear all recently accessed webpages, recent file lists, ie. cache, temp files and so on; is there an equivalent for Windows 7?
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How to make a new tab in Chrome inherit history

Is there an extension for Chrome that makes it so when you open a new tab the new tab retains the browsing history from the original tab so you can press back and go back onto the page from the ...
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How can I search and sort history in IE, or really any browser

I find this so frustrating. I read many technical articles in a day, none really that significant. Then a day or two later I realize something in that article is now relevant. I use the search ...
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How does Google Chrome know my Firefox history if I never imported it?

I have Firefox and Google Chrome installed in the same machine (Linux). It happens when I type something in Chrome Omnibox it suggests pages I have already visited in Firefox. I have never connected ...
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Hide history suggestions in Google Chrome temporarily

I had this awkward scenario that while on a screen share session, Google Chrome brought up a lot of suggestions from my history in the search bar when I typed in the address bar which I wasn't very ...
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linux remembers passwords of deleted accounts

When an account is deleted the line in /etc/security/opasswd for that account is not deleted. Intermittently, we are unable to re-create that account with error "password has been used". Why is the ...
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Git - rebasing a file into past history of that file

Lets us say I have a file filename in a git repository in subirectory dir1 with a history something like this: v7 --- v8 --- v9 --- v10 The file is part of a larger repository with various ...
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Bash history limited to 1000 even with HISTSIZE=9999999

On my old notebook (Debian sid) I had this in my ~/.bashrc and it used to work (e.g. history was more or less unlimited and it was being saved on each command): export PROMPT_COMMAND='printf "\...
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Can I stop a website from deleting back-button history?

Westlaw.com times me out returns me to the sign-in page after 20 or 30 minutes. On most websites, I would just sign back in and hit the back button to return to where I was when I timed out, but ...
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Chrome doesn't autocomplete URL to sites in history

A month ago I was looking at this site: . I remember I was looking for one husqarna product. Now when I type husq in the URL, it doesn't autocomplete anything and just tries to search it. Is there a ...
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Why are previous entries removed from my history if I visit them again later on?

I've noticed with Google Chrome history that if I click on a link to a site I'd previously visited from the history or if I input the same URL in my address bar and go to it, it bumps the entry to the ...
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Why does setting CYGWIN=winsymlinks:nativestrict break zsh's (oh-my-zsh) history?

I have this in my .zshrc CYGWIN=winsymlinks:nativestrict When I source .zshrc or start the terminal. I get this error: zsh: locking failed for /home/r892107/.zsh_history: no such file or directory: ...
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View Windows 8 File History deltas

Summary: the regular Windows File History viewer shows the user what files will be restored at a given date. Instead, I would like to see what's changed between any 2 restore dates. Preferably ...
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Remove Internet Explorer Address Bar URL History from Run dialogue?

How do I prevent Internet Explorer's address bar's URL history from showing up in the Run dialogue? No tweak seems to prevent this. I'm running Windows 8.
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Windows 7 Recent Places behaviour

Apparently it only lists the folders or places when you open a file or perform an action inside it. If you visit a folder and move back or close the explorer without opening any file inside it, it ...
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Firefox history is only going back a month?

My firefox history is only showing just over a months worth of history. I actually have history before that because if I type into the address bar it will bring up things I have searched for months ...
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How to increase retention of download history in Firefox?

Whenever I want to find a file that I remember downloading in Firefox download history, I fail unless it was very recent. It seems to remember about 30 items or so. I don't think this history takes ...
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Tab history in Google Chrome is limited to only 6 items

When I reopen the last session in Goole Chrome and long press the back button on each tab, I can see only 6 items in the drop-down list. I remember the times when it had more than 30 items. How can I ...
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How do I get rid of chrome autofill suggestions so they don’t appear?

When I clear history, I have the option to clear: browsing history download history cookies and other site data cached images and files passwords and other sign-in data autofill form data site ...
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Where does Notepad++ store the clipboard history items?

In Notepad++ for a windows machine, at what file path does the clipboard history get saved? I would like to be able to save all clipboard history items in a separate txt file without using any plugins....
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How do I clear recent emoji input history on Windows 10 emoji panel?

WinKey+. provides an emoji panel, but it shows recent emojis; How do I clear recent emojis?
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how to see history of a normal user from root

If I am logged in as root, how will I be able to see history of other users. I tried using su -c but it's blank for history command for example if I run the following command from root root@server:#...
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Bash history being deleted between seasons no matter what

I have read several posts already and changed the .bashrc file a few times too. Nothing works, and I cannot find the root of the problem. Originally I wanted to check my history of commands even if I ...
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How to get a history of Google verification codes

Yesterday I got Google verification code -- the problem is I didn't take any action that would require this. So I would like to check the history of verification codes -- see what what reason they ...
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My history in Google Chrome only goes back about 3 weeks. I need to go back further. How?

My History in Google Chrome now only goes back about 18 days and I need to go back further. How do I do this?
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Selectively deleting a site from history fully on Opera/Chrome?

When I attempt to selectively delete a site from the Opera site history, although it disappears from the history list it still appears with the suggestions feature in the address bar (obtained from ...
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tmux shows weirdly encoded history on OSX

If I do the "history" command in tmux, I get a really weird result. Anyone got a hint on what to do to get normal output? The output looks like this: 477 ◆┬▒⎺▒└☃◆ 478 c▒├ ◆┬▒⎺▒└☃◆ 479 ec▒⎺...
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Clear Firefox history on exit except open pages

I would like to clear the entire Firefox history on exit, except for currently open windows, tab groups, tabs, pages so that they can be opened the next time Firefox starts, by the click of a single ...
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Firefox v15.0 about:newtab inaccessible via the back button

As of this morning I upgraded my Firefox to version 15.0. Or well, it did it for me. That's when my issue began. I've configured Firefox so that when I open up a new tab via Ctrl-T that it loads the ...
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Find all Skype conversations in containing a username and a given text?

I cannot find Skype conversation history search feature via Skype itself. This is inconvinient for me when I since I often chat with one customer in serval groups and cannot remember important ...
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Firefox URL Suggestion filtering

As the web browsing addict that I am I visit quite a few different websites during a day. This leaves my Firefox history filled with websites and their associated pages. Example of history: ...
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Firefox doesn't always start up and "forgets" history

I have a few issues with Firefox. Most of the time when I start Firefox, it doesn't do anything, the process does not show up either. Only when I open it for a second or third time, it actually opens....
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How can I track time on a website from multiple IPs

I was wondering if there is a way to track time on a certain web site from my local computers / devices here. I wanna track from iPods, iPhones, laptops, desktops, etc to lets say facebook.com or ...
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Tabs Outliner - restore information from backup files

I have been using Chrome extension Tabs Outliner for a few years without any problems but recently it has failed to load. When I try and open TO it just stays loading. Chrome tells me "page ...
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Chrome offers "Typed history" from another browser in address bar

Google Chrome shows "Typed History" in its address bar as if it was written in Chrome itself, however, the information is stolen from another browser (Vivaldi). Example: I write "hello ...
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in bash moved backwards to some previous line, how to get hist line number?

When I have bash history like 101 eoho 1 102 echo 2 103 echo 3 then history 1 shows 103 echo 3 Now with hitting twice the up-arrow, I have after the prompt the comnand line echo 1 without the ...
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How to increase Alt + Left (go to previous page in Chrome browsing history) from the upper limit of 50?

In Chrome, you can go to a previous page in your browsing history using Alt+Left. It seems that the upper limit on the number of pages Chrome remembers is 50. (Windows 11, desktop PC) I would need to ...
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How do I delete these types of recent searches in Google Chrome?

I really tried googling things such as "how to delete recent searches on google chrome" but I can't find any results. I have a very low vocabulary. So how do I delete these? Here is a ...
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Make Chrome suggest ALL history results and NO web suggestions in omnibox

For various reasons, I like to completely disable omnibox suggestions from the web. However, I would like to get ALL matching results from my own browser history as suggestions (a behaviour that was ...
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How can I make the VLC History log store more than the last ten?

By default VLC player only shows the last ten videos under "Media > Open Recent Media" But what if I'd like to be able to see what I've selected (and choose one of them) from as far back ...
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Is there a way to save and restore web browser tabs INCLUDING THEIR HISTORY (and other possible tab data) to a text file?

Upgrading from Linux Mint 18 came with loosing all my navigator tabs. Luckily I had a backup of my old distribution. However, I'm now stuck with it and more and more things stop working. I know there ...
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Why does `history -s` wipe my command history?

I am working on a project where the STG and LIVE environments have multiple instances, including a central 'gfs' server where you can do database admin You access all of the instances via a 'bastion' ...
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How to prevent manual deletion of individual items from Chrome Browsing History?

I am monitoring my ward's usage of Internet on my device. I would like it to be all transparent that is saved in history and such that it can't be deleted by my ward. Avoiding access entirely to the ...
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Does WMP store the files or its history in a hidden location?

Does WMP have a hidden storage for recently/history file that I can access? I'm asking because my mother and I watched footage from a SD Card on WMP of someone stealing from our home and damaging some ...
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Powershell persistent history in the ISE

(EDIT 2: now including the output of Get-Module) In a Powershell prompt I have persistent history across sessions (see this related question). But when I launch the Powershell ISE, I do not have ...
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How to disable history in Chrome?

I've googled this and read other similar questions, all sources say that it's needed to disable Web & App activity in google account settings. I did it, but when i visit any page after this and ...
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Does Firefox sync browsing history?

In the preferences in Firefox there is an option to sync the browsing history (and bookmarks, addons, prefs and so on) but how does it work? I have three devices that are setup to sync and bookmarks ...
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How do I send my command history to two different history files?

Is there any way to have my commands sent to a secondary history file besides the default history location? I know that setting HISTFILE will send my commands to a custom locations, but I still want ...
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