# Auto Refresh Tab

> A simple tool that automatically refreshes tabs at configurable intervals via right click menu or extension popup window.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `auto-tab-refresh`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** iissmart
- **Category:** tabs
- **Daily users:** 5
- **Version:** 1.2.7
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-21
- **First published:** 2026-03-29
- **Size:** 30 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/auto-tab-refresh/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/iissmart/firefox-auto-refresh-tab](https://github.com/iissmart/firefox-auto-refresh-tab)

## Description

Finally, a way to quickly make a tab refresh periodically using the right click menu! I couldn't find any other extensions that did this without also including a crazy number of features I didn't need. This is a simple, lean, fully open source extension that does one thing: make tabs refresh periodically via the right click menu.

## Rankings

- #45,723 — Overall
- #66 — auto refresh
- #71 — refresh

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `contextMenus`
- `storage`
- `alarms`

## 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 was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

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