# Auto Refresh

> Refresh any tab on a timer. No ads, no upsells, noReload any tab on a timer. Per-tab control with presets from 30 seconds to 30 minutes plus a custom box. Live toolbar badge so you always know it is running. No accounts. No upsells. No adwar account.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `auto-refresh-add-on`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Alanas
- **Category:** appearance,alerts-updates
- **Daily users:** 30
- **Weekly downloads:** 14
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-25
- **First published:** 2026-05-22
- **Size:** 34 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/auto-refresh-add-on/)
- **Website:** [https://www.extendforge.com/contact](https://www.extendforge.com/contact)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/auto-refresh-add-on/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/auto-refresh-add-on/privacy/)

## Description

Auto Refresh reloads any browser tab on a timer.

No accounts. No upsells. No adware. The two biggest auto-refresh extensions in this category have been flagged as browser hijackers by users and security tools. This one is a single source file. You can read it.

<strong>What it does:</strong>
Open the popup on the tab you want to refresh. Pick a preset (30s, 1m, 5m, 15m, 30m) or set your own seconds. Hit Start. The toolbar badge shows the interval so you always know refresh is still running.

<strong>Features:</strong>
- Per-tab timer. Each tab refreshes on its own schedule.
- Preset intervals from 30 seconds to 30 minutes, plus a custom seconds box up to 6 hours.
- Live badge shows the active interval on every refreshing tab.
- Countdown to the next reload in the popup.
- Survives tab sleep and discard. If the browser puts a tab to sleep and you come back, refresh re-arms on its own.
- Auto-cleanup. Close the tab and its alarm goes with it.

## Rankings

- #20,514 — Overall
- #25 — auto refresh
- #32 — refresh
- #123 — alarm
- #151 — minute
- #178 — badge

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `alarms`
- `storage`
- `activeTab`
- `tabs`
- `scripting`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension support email may not be valid

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