Share via

Windows 10 Edge History Soft Copy for ⒈Filtering⒉ FullPathName ⒊beyond 90 days

Anonymous
2021-10-25T05:04:15+00:00

I need more than what currently is available from Windows 10 Edge:

  1. Softcopy of History to:
    1. Extract folder path when History View not showing FullFileName; otherwise, I copy, paste, then process link to construct Full Path Name.
    2. Filter out Webpages browsed for certain task; unless Collection can do this?
    3. Keep record  longer than 90 days (current max capacity of Edge)
    4. accidental clearing of history
  2. is there alternative such as Event History and/or programming ?

I am not empowerd to do above which either need Admin-Right or not working as advised:

Diagnostic Data Viewer Overview (Windows 10 and Windows 11) - Windows Privacy | Microsoft Docs

How to get Microsoft Edge back into your Windows Timeline (ctrl.blog)

Microsoft Edge History: Getting More Out Of Your Browsing History (tipsdotcom.com) – where to find file location where Microsoft Edge keeps the browsing history

Thanks Ahead!

Microsoft Edge | Favorites, history, and downloads | Windows 10

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments

Answer accepted by question author

Anonymous
2021-10-27T00:33:28+00:00

where to find file location where Microsoft Edge keeps the browsing history

History is stored in an SQLite DB called - errr - History. The history for the default profile for the current Stable version is by default in this file:

"%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\History"

URLs visited, with page titles, numbers of visits and date/time of the last visit, are recorded in the table called urls. I'm not sure how you would filter these data by 'task' unless you could use the page title as an indicator. Otherwise, making regular copies of this table - possibly exported as CSV - should enable you to fulfil all your requirements.

Was this answer helpful?

2 people found this answer helpful.
0 comments

13 additional answers

Sort by: Most helpful
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. Anonymous
    2021-10-26T20:22:31+00:00

    Hi Sunny Schindler,

    For feature requests that aren't in the current Microsoft Edge, I recommend sending feedback from Microsoft Edge to go to the developer team.

    1. Click on the three dots menu button.
    2. Go to Help and feedback.
    3. Click on Send feedback.
    4. Fill out the form.
    5. Click on Send.

    Eric

    Was this answer helpful?

    1 person found this answer helpful.
    0 comments
  2. Anonymous
    2021-10-27T08:39:10+00:00

    How to open file ?

    Windows doesn't come with a handy utility to view and edit SQLite databases, so you'll need to install one. I use the free, open-source DB Browser for SQLite, but there are several others. It's quite simple to use.

    Tip: make a copy of the database to practise on!

    Probability is low to get approval for 3rd party software esp. non-Microsoft for my environment. Can this file open by Microsoft Access ? TQ

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  3. Anonymous
    2021-10-27T08:25:42+00:00

    How to open file ?

    Windows doesn't come with a handy utility to view and edit SQLite databases, so you'll need to install one. I use the free, open-source DB Browser for SQLite, but there are several others. It's quite simple to use.

    Tip: make a copy of the database to practise on!

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  4. Anonymous
    2021-10-27T07:53:05+00:00

    where to find file location where Microsoft Edge keeps the browsing history

    History is stored in an SQLite DB called - errr - History. The history for the default profile for the current Stable version is by default in this file:

    "%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\History"

    URLs visited, with page titles, numbers of visits and date/time of the last visit, are recorded in the table called urls. I'm not sure how you would filter these data by 'task' unless you could use the page title as an indicator. Otherwise, making regular copies of this table - possibly exported as CSV - should enable you to fulfil all your requirements.

    TQ. 1 step closer.

    How to open file ? I tried

    1. Excel
    2. File renamed with sql extension (originally blank)

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments