Wayback Machine Wayback Machine

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Version: 3.2
Last Update: 2022-12-22

Overview

Wayback Machine is a Chrome extension developed by Internet Archive. According to the data from Chrome web store, current version of Wayback Machine is 3.2, updated on 2022-12-22.
200,000+ users have installed this extension. 236 users have rated this extension with an average rating of .

The Official Wayback Machine Extension - by the Internet Archive.

Welcome to the Official Internet Archive Wayback Machine Browser Extension! Go back in time to see how a website has changed through the history of the Web. Save websites, view missing 404 Not Found pages, or read archived books & papers.

Most features will work without requiring an account including Save Page Now.

Some features must be enabled from Settings. Turn on Private Mode to prevent automatic sending of data and to protect your privacy while browsing.

Features

• Save Page Now - Instantly save the page you are currently viewing in the Wayback Machine. Turn on Auto Save Page in settings to save pages that have not previously been saved, or Auto Save Bookmarks to save when bookmarking a page. Works while logged out, or log in for additional options.

• Oldest, Newest & Overview - View the first version of a page or the most recently saved in the Wayback Machine. Or view a calendar overview of all archived pages. Can also use by right-clicking over a page or link.

• Wayback Machine Count - Display a count of snapshots of the current page stored in the Wayback Machine over the toolbar icon, and the date of last save in the popup.

• 404 Not Found - When an error occurs, automatically check if an archived copy is available. Checks against 4xx & 5xx HTTP error codes.

• Contextual Notices - Check for contextual information from fact checking organizations and origin websites.

• Relevant Resources - View research papers and books while visiting Wikipedia, archived digitized books while visiting Amazon Books, and recommended TV News Clips while visiting news websites.

• URLs & Collections - Show a list of URLs captured under the current website, and what collections they are saved under.

• Site Map & Word Cloud - Present a sunburst diagram for the domain you are currently viewing, or create a Word Cloud from the link's anchor text of the page you are on.

• Annotations - Provide a list of annotations for the current web page and domain, provided by Hypothes.is.

• My Web Archive - Save URLs to your public archive page on the Internet Archive.

• Tweets & Share Links - Search Twitter for information regarding your current page, or share archived links on social media.

For support, please email [email protected]

Rating

236 ratings

Total Installs

200,000+

Information

Last Update

2022-12-22

Current Version

3.2

Size

1.29MiB

Author

Internet Archive

Website

None

Category

Search Tools

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avatar Fcjghjgmkj Hyjmyhkj
2022-04-28

The extension does not work. 28 April 2022, Chrome.

avatar Brian Tuju
2022-04-10

It is really good and has useful features

avatar Mixen R.
2022-04-08

Used to do what it says but now that you're required to sign in to save a webpage. I have a login error using my previously created account. Even signing into my archive.org account on the webpage doesn't change the status. I can't save anything now because of this.
I am not sure why an account is now required to use all functionalities, if it's required I would like to be able to actually sign in.

avatar Ian Valee
2022-03-24

It's great to be able to help archiving without really paying attention to it and also having use out of it if a website is down!

avatar Theuslesseagle 534
2022-03-22

Works very well. I especially like the feature that shows you how many times a page has been saved, it helps when exploring old (or very new!) sites to find what I should archive.