90 days, no waiting

Read Chrome's own history file

Chrome keeps its own history database on the computer itself. It only holds about 90 days, against the years in a Google Takeout export — but there is nothing to request and nothing to wait for.

On your computer

The folder you are looking for

C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default

Open the Run dialog

Press the Windows key and R together, type %AppData% and press Enter.

The Windows Run dialog with %AppData% typed into the Open box

Go up to AppData, then into Local

Explorer usually opens in a folder called Roaming. If it does, go up one level to AppData itself, then open the Local folder.

Find Google · Chrome · User Data · Default

There are a lot of folders in Local. Scroll down to Google, then Chrome, then User Data, then Default. Scroll past the folders until you reach the files: the one you want is called History, with no file extension.

Windows Explorer showing the Chrome User Data folder, with the History file among the files below the folders

Upload it

Use the panel on this page to upload that History file. Pick your time zone first — the file records everything in UTC, and we convert it for you.

What comes back

We convert the SQLite database, with its Unix timestamps and escaped Unicode titles, into something readable — the same charts, categories and rankings as the Takeout report, and an Excel file to keep.

Then here

Upload the History file

Your time zone - the file records everything in UTC Daylight saving is applied per visit, so a file spanning several years stays correct.

The file is called History and has no file extension. There is no account to create and nothing to install.