Microsoft Edge browser launches a new feature: export browsing history to CSV files

CTOnews.com, August 10, Microsoft recently released a new feature in the Canary channel of its Edge browser that allows users to export their browsing history to CSV files. This feature is currently limited to the Canary version of the user experience and is expected to be officially launched around September 14, 2023.

Browsing history is the footprint left by users when they surf the Internet, recording the websites and pages that users have visited. Modern browsers can import browsing history and other data from other browsers, and Edge is no exception. However, previously, users could not export the browsing history to a separate file or move it to another Edge browser unless they used the synchronization feature.

Microsoft Edge seems to be the first browser to provide users with the ability to save browsing history as CSV files, a common data format that can be opened and edited with tabular software such as Excel.

To use this feature, the user needs to do the following steps:

Go to edge://settings/ help and update Microsoft Edge Canary to version 117.0.2026.0.

Press Ctrl + H or click menu > History, or type edge://history directly.

Click the three-point button on the history pop-up window and select "Export browsing data".

Select the location to save the CSV file.

Currently, Edge Canary does not have a complete interface to import history using CSV files. However, users can simply drag and drop backup files into an Edge window to import, hoping that Microsoft will add a more elegant solution to manage historical backups as soon as possible.