How to view web history on Chrome in Windows 10 Timeline

Timeline feature on Windows 10 helps users to review all files, previously opened content according to each specific time frame on the computer. Currently this Timeline feature only applies to Microsoft Edge browser. If you want to bring Timeline to other browsers, you can install the Windows Timeline Support utility and Web Activities that will be introduced in this article.

The Web Activities utility will save web pages open in Chrome to Timeline, syncing with devices or applications that support Timeline if you log in to a Microsoft account like the Microsoft Launcher application on Android. So you don't need to open the browsing history on Chrome, just open the Timeline.

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Instructions for using Timeline for Chrome

Step 1:

Users install the Web Activities utility for Chrome browser following the link below. Note that the utility only works on Chrome browser in normal browsing mode.

1. Download the Chrome Web Activities utility

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Step 2:

After installation is complete, click on the utility icon in the browser access bar and click Sign in to log in to your Microsoft account.

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We log in to a personal Microsoft account .

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Next, you need to grant permission for Web Activities to access your Microsoft account , click Yes.

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Step 3:

So after completing the installation steps for the Web Activities utility, sites opened in Chrome will be saved to the Timeline on the computer. Click the Task View icon to open the Timeline on Windows 10 to check, or open on other applications.

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If we do not see the web history, you may not be logged in or use 2 different Microsoft accounts, so it is not synchronized. As a result you will see webpages opened in Chrome in Timeline.

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Step 4:

Web Activities by default opens the website according to the default browser set on the computer, or we can switch to Microsoft Edge browser.

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If you want to change the default browser on your computer, refer to the article 3 how to change the default browser in Windows 10.

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The Timline feature on Windows 10 is very useful and now you can use it for Chrome to review the web pages that have been opened from time to time, besides looking at the browser's built-in history feature. Especially, this utility can synchronize history via Microsoft account so it is convenient for you to view anywhere.

I wish you all success!