# Browse and search your history. Dimmy Help.

> Browse and search your history. Step-by-step help for Dimmy, the native voice dictation app for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Source: https://dimmy.app/help/history-search/

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History & Privacy

# Browse and search your history

Every transcription is saved locally and searchable with full-text. Stats show count, time saved, words dictated.

Open Settings → History. You see every transcription in reverse-chronological order with timestamp, provider used, style applied, and a preview of the text. Click any row to expand and see the full transcription.

Settings → History with the list and a row expanded

## Search

The search bar at the top is full-text. It matches across the transcription text, the style name, the language, and the provider. Press Enter to apply, Esc to clear.

## Filters

* By provider (Local, Groq, OpenAI, ...).
* By style (Correct, Summarize, ...).
* By language (12+ ISO codes).
* By date range.

## Actions on a row

* Copy: copy the transcription text to clipboard.
* Re-paste: paste it into the focused app.
* Delete: remove this single entry.
* Reapply: re-run the LLM pass with a different style.

## Stats

The Stats tab shows totals: count of transcriptions, total audio time, total words dictated, average time saved per transcription compared to typing. Numbers are calculated locally from the same SQLite database.

info

Everything in History lives in history.db (SQLite + FTS5) in Dimmy's data folder: %APPDATA%\\dimmy\\ on Windows, \~/Library/Application Support/dimmy/ on macOS. It never leaves your device.

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Last updated: 2026-05-22

On this page

1. [01 Search](#search)
2. [02 Filters](#filters)
3. [03 Actions on a row](#actions-on-a-row)
4. [04 Stats](#stats)