Limit Google Chrome history storage with an extension

Despite being a very sleek, modern browser, Google Chrome is still missing a few simple features that most other browsers have had for eons: the ability to resume downloads, setting an image as wallpaper... and to specify how long you want pages to remain in your browsing history.

Google's recently-released Chrome Toolbox extension takes care of the wallpaper niggle, and a new extension takes care of the history bit. It's called History Limiter, and it does exactly what it says and nothing else. Install History Limiter, open chrome:extensions, and click its options link. Specify the number of days you want to keep, and History Limiter will automatically empty anything older from your Chrome cache.

Install History Limiter for Google Chrome