Retrace History by stationaryaction
Trace any page back to where your browsing trail started, across tabs.
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Ever land on a page and wonder: how did I get here?
Retrace History answers that in one click. It shows the full chain of pages that led to your current tab: Every step backward to the very first page, even across tabs. Opened this tab from a link three tabs ago? The trail follows.
Note: Firefox doesn't let extensions observe its own internal pages (like Settings or the Add-ons Manager), so those won't appear in trails.
Retrace History answers that in one click. It shows the full chain of pages that led to your current tab: Every step backward to the very first page, even across tabs. Opened this tab from a link three tabs ago? The trail follows.
- One-click trail: click the toolbar button to see your path, newest to oldest, ending at "Start".
- Cross-tab trails: the trail continues into the tab you opened the current one from.
- Jump back: click any entry to reopen it in your current tab.
- Clean trails: back/forward moves along the trail instead of duplicating it, and reloads don't add entries.
- Private by design: private windows are never recorded, and everything is stored locally on your device: no accounts, no servers, nothing leaves your computer.
Note: Firefox doesn't let extensions observe its own internal pages (like Settings or the Add-ons Manager), so those won't appear in trails.
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Permissions and data
Required permissions:
- Access browser tabs
- Access browser activity during navigation
Required data collection, according to the developer:
- Browsing activity
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- Version
- 0.7
- Size
- 29.4 KB
- Last updated
- 5 days ago (Sep 25, 2026)
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- MIT License
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