Simple Tab Suspender

Manually suspend any active tabs to save memory and processor resources.

Simple Tab Suspender is available to install from Chrome Web Store and for download from this page. It has 22 active users The latest version is 1.1, and it was published 3 years ago.

Install from Chrome Web Store
View source code
Total download count: 6 (Only count downloads from Chrome-Stats)

All available versions

You can find the current and older versions of Simple Tab Suspender here. You can download the archived versions or inspect their source codes.

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2 versions available for download.

Install CRX file

Option 1: The easy way (for Windows users only)

  1. Download and run chrome-stats.exe file on your PC. This method will allow you to install Chrome extensions directly from chrome-stats.com in one click. You only need to do this once!
  2. Type in chrome://restart in the URL bar to restart the browser for the changes to take effect.
  3. Download and install the Simple Tab Suspender CRX file

Option 2: Advanced method

  1. Download Simple Tab Suspender CRX file
  2. NOTE: Sometimes the browser may block downloading / installing CRX file from outside the Chrome Web Store. If so, you may need to use option 1, or download the ZIP file instead.
  3. In the URL bar, go to chrome://extensions
  4. Enable Developer mode
  5. Drag and drop the downloaded Simple Tab Suspender CRX file into the Extensions page
  6. When prompted, click Add extension to install Simple Tab Suspender.

Install ZIP file

  1. Download and unpack the Simple Tab Suspender ZIP file to a directory of your choice.
  2. In Chrome browser, go to chrome://extensions
  3. Enable Developer mode.
  4. Click on the Load Unpacked button.
  5. Select the directory of with the unpacked Simple Tab Suspender ZIP file from step 1. Simple Tab Suspender is now installed on your browser.

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