# Auto Minimize

> Set a limit for how many unminimized windows are allowed and minimize the rest

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/auto-minimize](https://chrome-stats.com/d/auto-minimize)

## Overview

- **ID:** `auto-minimize`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Lionel Wong
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2023-05-01
- **First published:** 2023-04-17
- **Size:** 17 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/auto-minimize/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/l10nelw/auto-minimize/issues](https://github.com/l10nelw/auto-minimize/issues)

## Description

Auto Minimize is a Firefox add-on that allows users to set a limit for unminimized windows. It prioritizes minimizing the least-recently-focused windows and remembers focus-change times across sessions.

## Rankings

- #122,702 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `sessions`
- `storage`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/auto-minimize)