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Ng Guoyou edited this page Jul 23, 2026 · 4 revisions

History

Save In History is stored locally on the current browser profile. Since Save In 4.1, completed-entry retention is configurable from 0 to 10,000; active saves stay visible until they finish, and lowering the limit asks for confirmation before older completed entries are pruned.

Recorded information

Depending on how the save started, an entry can include:

  • Initiated and saved timestamps
  • Status and browser error, including saves a routing rule excluded (Save In 4.1)
  • Final path, filename, folder, source and page URL
  • Media/download type
  • Selected menu item, index, comment, and initiation context
  • Whether routing renamed or moved the file
  • Download mechanism, such as downloads API, fetch plus downloads API, ordinary browser download, or Firefox replacement
  • Useful variables available at save time

Older entries remain readable even when they predate newer fields.

Find and inspect saves

  • Search visible history data.
  • Filter by source, status, type, and date range.
  • Click column headings to sort.
  • Choose visible columns from the Columns menu; wide layouts place this control at the right.
  • Use pagination to move through large histories.
  • Hover timestamps for relative-time context; exported timestamps use ISO-compatible values.
  • Open a completed download in its containing folder when the browser still knows the download ID.
  • Copy the requested saved path beneath the browser's Downloads folder. This is not an absolute operating-system path.
  • Copy the original source URL. Shortcut-backed saves retain the media, link, or page URL instead of exposing a temporary blob or data URL.
  • Undo a save to remove the downloaded file and mark the entry undone, or Move a completed save to a different destination. Since Save In 4.1, Move commits the updated entry before removing the original file, and an interrupted move is recovered or reported after a background restart.
  • Debug this save (Save In 4.1) loads the entry's recorded fields into the Route debugger and tests them against the rules currently in the editor.

Private activity is excluded from Save In History unless the off-by-default Remember private browsing activity option (Save In 4.1) admits it. Show in folder is best-effort because a browser may forget a completed download or the file may have moved.

Export and deletion

Export JSON for the most comprehensive machine-readable record, or CSV/TSV for spreadsheets. Exports include all available entry fields rather than only visible columns. CSV/TSV cells that begin with spreadsheet formula characters are prefixed as text so opening an export does not execute history data as a formula.

Deleting History removes Save In's local records, not the downloaded files themselves. Review exports before sharing: URLs, paths, page titles, comments, and variables may contain private information.

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