Reclaim Your Privacy

Track your YouTube history locally. Resume videos where you left off—with complete privacy and no cloud sync.

Works even when signed out or with YouTube watch history disabled.

WatchHistory for YouTube — track videos locally, resume where you left off

Powerful Features

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Unlimited History

Automatically save your entire watch history locally with high-performance IndexedDB storage. No arbitrary limits.

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Auto-Resume

Pick up exactly where you left off. Every video is tracked to the second, resuming automatically on your next visit.

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Smart Badges

"Resume" and "Watched" tags appear directly on YouTube thumbnails. Easily toggleable in settings.

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Hide Shorts

Clean up your YouTube experience by removing Shorts from home, subscriptions, and search feeds.

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Advanced Search

Find videos instantly by title or channel. Toggle "hide watched" to focus on what you haven't seen yet.

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Smart Tracking

Videos are automatically tagged as "watched" when you reach 95% progress. No manual marking required.

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Ghost Mode

Pause all tracking for the current session with a single click. Perfect for private browsing moments.

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Import/Export

Back up and restore your watch history as JSON. Keep your data safe and portable.

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System Theming

All dashboards automatically adapt to your system's light or dark mode preference.

🔒 Your Data. Your Device. Always.

WatchHistory uses native browser storage technologies to ensure maximum privacy and performance. No cloud sync. No tracking. No external servers.

IndexedDB

Video history archive with high-speed search performance and unlimited storage capacity.

chrome.storage

User settings managed locally for fast, optimized access during page loads.

No Analytics

We don't track your usage, analyze your data, or use tracking pixels. Ever.

Open Source

Fully auditable code on GitHub. See exactly what we do with your data.

See It In Action

Video search and finder interface

Advanced search & filters

Resume badge on YouTube thumbnails

Resume badges on thumbnails

Watched and resume tags on video grid

Watched & resume tags in-feed

Right-click context menu on a video

Quick-action context menu

Extension options and settings page

Fully configurable settings

Get in Touch

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