A bigger problem for me concerns the timestamps provided not including a seconds field. One minor annoyance is a clunky GUI when manipulating column positions. History of downloaded files can be especially useful in an investigation. You can see now that even more information is provided by this tool.

Quick analysis shows the f_ files are the webpage objects while the data_ and index files contain metadata apparently for the f_ files. Looking at the objects in this directory with a forensic tool will allow you to see the file signatures and contents. This directory should contain several files named data_0, data_1, and so on many files named f_000001, f_000002, and so on and a file named index. The Chrome cache can be found in the following location inside the Chrome folder: NirSoft's other Chrome specific tool is able to parse Chrome's cache of webpage objects saved from the user's browsing activity. This tool is capable of grabbing history from FireFox, Chrome, IE, and more all at once from a running system, just a user on the running system, or an evidence folder containing the evidence files. NirSoft also offers a tool called Browser History View that can be downloaded from. NirSoft Chrome History View can be downloaded from for free.

You can then Ctrl + C or right click to copy and paste the data right into Excel for powerful manipulation. From this view, the data is easily selected with your favorite selection techniques including Ctrl + A, Shift + Click, and Ctrl + Click.

Chrome browsing history by date