Lazy Tabs

Discard all inactive tabs (except pinned) at startup or by clicking an icon

What is Lazy Tabs?

"Lazy Tabs" is a proficient Chrome extension that primarily functions to automatically discard all inactive and unpinned tabs at startup or upon demand. Its key function is to aid in reducing unnecessary memory consumption and bandwidth usage. This extension operates without tracking or demanding any permissions. The source code is openly available for visibility and transparency.

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By: Jman

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Users: 6,000+

Rating: 3.65 (138)

Version: 1.0.1 (Last updated: 2024-04-02)

Creation date: 2020-07-02

Risk impact: Very low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Size: 11.18K

Email: jm*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 12972 ▼ 20

Other rankings

#1108 in Accessibility ▲ 1 #131 in restore tabs keyword 16 ▲

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Extension summary

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Automatically discards all tabs at startup or on demand (on icon click) for reducing memory consumption and unnecessary bandwidth usage.

Without tracking and any permissions. Source code: https://github.com/jman/lazy_tab

User reviews

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Pros

Helps manage memory usage effectively by discarding inactive tabs.
Improves Chrome's responsiveness, especially on lower-end devices.
Simple to use with keyboard shortcuts.
Open source.
Instantly unloads tabs and keeps background tabs from loading at startup.

Cons

Doesn't work with tab groups.
Icon is not visible on dark themes.
Doesn't allow whitelisting specific sites.
Doesn't function in incognito mode.
No way to selectively discard specific tabs.

Most mentioned

Works effectively to reduce memory consumption.
Users have experienced improved performance.
Suggestions for more customization options.
Requests for features like whitelist and incognito mode.

Recent reviews

Doesn't work for tab groups. Not tested with other types of startups.

Andrey Kubantsev, 2024-04-01

It seems it does not work anymore after the last chrome update.

Uffa Chebarba (Evolution Inside), 2023-11-06

хорошее дополнение... но на темной теме совершенно его не видно и это очень неудобно... хотело бы вариант хотя бы сегорого цвета или в идеале чтобы можно было выбирать в настройках! Спасибо... пока что 4 звезды из-за того что значка совершенно невидно во мнногих случаях. good addition... But on the dark theme it is not visible at all and it's very inconvenient... would like an option of at least a gray color or ideally to be able to choose in the settings! Thanks... so far 4 stars because the icon is completely invisible in many cases.