WatchHistory for YouTube™ by GurgyWurgy

🕒 Never Lose Your Place Again
Precision Auto-Resume: Automatically saves your timestamp as you watch. When you return, the extension jumps you back to the exact second you left off.

NEW: Continue Watching Shelf: A dedicated section on your Subscriptions page that surfaces your recent progress, letting you resume instantly without searching.

Visual Progress Badges: See "Resume" or "Watched" tags directly on YouTube thumbnails across your Home feed, Subscriptions, and Search results.

Smart Completion Tracking: Once a video passes your custom watch percentage (e.g., 90%), it is automatically marked as "Watched."

🔒 Privacy First, Always
Ghost Mode (Incognito): Need to watch off the record? Toggle Ghost Mode to instantly pause all history and progress tracking for your current session.

100% Local-First Architecture: Your data never leaves your device. We use native, high-performance IndexedDB to store your history securely on your machine. There is no cloud syncing, no tracking, and no external servers—just your data, exactly where you left it

No Analytics: We don’t track what you watch. Your history is stored safely and privately within your browser.

Complete Control: Export your history to JSON for backup or clear your entire database with one click.

🛠️ Powerful Local Features
Expanded Rolling Archive: Keep a searchable list of your most recent 50 to 5,000 videos. The oldest entries are cleared automatically to keep your browser fast.

Instant Search & Sort: Find any video in your history by title. Sort by newest, oldest, or alphabetical to manage your archive your way.

Clean Feed (Optional): Hide Shorts or already Watched videos from your feeds to keep your YouTube experience focused and fresh.

Smart Redirects: Optionally redirect the official YouTube "History" or "Home" links to your new, private local dashboard.

✨ Seamless Integration
Automatic Setup: New user? We’ll guide you through a quick configuration process so you can start tracking in seconds.

Dark & Light Mode: Automatically adapts to your system theme for a native look and feel.

Dashboard & Popup: See your most recent videos in a quick-access popup, or dive into your full history in a beautiful, dedicated grid view.

🛡️ We have nothing to hide. This extension is fully open-source. You can inspect the code, verify our privacy claims, and see exactly how we handle your data on our https://github.com/GeorgeElliott/yt-watch-history/.