History
History lists the pages you opened in this profile, with the newest at the top. You can search it, open a page again and delete one visit, a whole day or a whole range. Private windows never write to it.
Open History
- Press Ctrl+H on Windows or Cmd+Y on a Mac.
- Open the Acira menu and choose History.
- Choose History in the sidebar.
- Add the History button to the toolbar. See Toolbar and menu.
- Choose All history on the new tab page, when recent pages are on.
- Type History in Command search (Ctrl+Shift+K).
History opens in its own tab. The page you were on stays as it was. Going back from History returns to that tab.
Use the page
The page title is History. It lists everything you opened in this profile, with the newest at the top. Visits are grouped by day, using your local time.
| To do this | Do this |
|---|---|
| Find a page | Type in Search history. If nothing matches it says No matching pages. |
| Open a page | Click the row. Open in new tab opens it beside your current tab. |
| Delete one visit | Choose Remove on the row, or focus the row and press Delete. The message says Removed {title} from history and offers to put it back. That visit goes. The same page on other days stays. |
| Delete a whole day | Choose Delete day at the top of the day, then confirm with Delete {count} visits?. A message says how many visits were deleted from that day. |
The address field also shows history in its suggestions. Press Shift+Delete on a suggestion to remove it from history. Turn that off with Local address suggestions. See Search engines.
What is recorded
- Pages you open in a regular window, in the profile you were using. Each profile has its own history. See Profiles.
- Acira keeps up to 5,000 visits. When the list is full, the oldest are dropped.
- Private windows and private tabs write nothing. The page says so when it is empty: Private windows never write to it. See Private tabs and windows.
- Tor tabs keep no history either. See Tor tabs and windows.
- History you imported from another browser is included. See Bring your data.
Clear history in bulk
| Where | What it clears |
|---|---|
| Settings › Privacy › Clear browsing data | Choose Browsing history (on by default there) and a Time range: Last hour, Last 24 hours, Last 7 days, Last 4 weeks or All time (the default). Choose Clear data…, then Clear data to confirm. |
| Settings › Privacy › Clear browsing data on exit | Turn on Clear selected data on exit, then choose Browsing history and any of Cookies and sign-ins, Site storage and cached files and Site permissions. Off by default. |
| Forget this site in the Page information panel | Removes one site's history, saved closed-tab entries, website data and permissions from this profile. |
Bookmarks and downloaded files are never removed by these. See Privacy settings and Site permissions and data.
History, Rewind and closed tabs
History lists pages. To bring back a tab or a whole window you closed, use Rewind and closed tabs (Ctrl+Shift+H) or Ctrl+Shift+T.
Limits
- History is not synced. It exists on this computer, in this profile.
- An empty profile says No history yet. If a search matches nothing it says Nothing in your history matches your words.
- Deleting history does not delete bookmarks, downloads or sign-ins.
Last updated October 31, 2026