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Created May 9, 2016 14:10
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Get your Chrome history as a CSV file
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get_history.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Locate the history file in your profile, and copy it to the same folder as this script.
# On Mac: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/Default/History
# On Windows: C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\History
sqlite3 History <<!
.headers on
.mode csv
.output out.csv
select datetime(last_visit_time/1000000-11644473600,'unixepoch') as 'date',url from urls order by last_visit_time desc;
!
@jelabarre59
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Everybody says to run "sqlite" or "sqlite3", but I don't think it's installed by default as part of GChrome. I did find it in the Gimp and Inkscape directories, will have to see if those work here.

@kostask
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kostask commented Sep 10, 2019

Great! Still works in 2019 ;-) (On MacOS 10.14.6 - Google Chrome Version 76.0.3809.132)

@phanirithvij
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If anyone is using Brave browser on windows %LocalAppData%\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Default is the path.

@WWWaheb
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WWWaheb commented Feb 11, 2022

Still works in 2022!

@FrancescoRosi
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Still works in 2023, even on Brave!

@janez33
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janez33 commented May 25, 2025

Still works in 2025 (for Chrome history from 2016)

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