Chrome Memories: A Better Way to Browse History

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Tired of the standard Chrome history page? It’s just a long list of websites in order, right? Well, there’s a new experimental feature called “Memories” that aims to make browsing history way more user-friendly. It categorizes your browsing, suggests searches, and even uses a card-based view.

Chrome Memories is in testing and might have some bugs. So, please use it at your own risk since it could potentially cause data loss or other issues.

Let’s get started by first updating Chrome to version 92 or above.

Updating Chrome

To update Chrome, click the three dots in the top right, and go to “Settings”.

Then, on the left menu, select “About Chrome”.

Chrome should now automatically check for updates and install them. Once that’s done, hit “Relaunch” to finish the update. Remember to save everything before you restart.

Now, you’ve got the latest Chrome version and we can enable the Memories feature.

Enabling Chrome Memories

Here’s how to activate Memories:

1. Type chrome://flags/#memories into the address bar and press ENTER.
   
   
2. You’ll see the Memories flag at the top of the list. Click the dropdown next to it and choose “Enabled”.
   
   
3. Click the “Relaunch” button at the bottom to apply the change.
   
   

Memories should now be active. Let’s see how to access and use it!

Accessing and Using Chrome Memories

To access your browsing memories:

1. Type chrome://memories into the address bar, and hit ENTER.
   
   

You’ll see your browsing history organized differently. There are some suggested searches, and any saved tabs and bookmarks are displayed as tiles. Your browsing history is listed below in chronological order, using cards which makes it much easier to locate specific pages.

If you visited a website multiple times, they are grouped together under a single entry. Click the arrow next to the entry to view the individual pages.

Removing Items from Memories

To delete an item from the Memories list:

1. Click the ellipsis next to the entry you want to delete.
   
   
2. Select “Remove from history”.
   
   

That’s it! You’ve now got a much more powerful and organized way to look at your Chrome browsing history. It’s still an experimental feature, but it does look promising.