# Alt-Left Closes Empty Tab

> Closes the tab if there is no previous page when using Alt+Left.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/back-arrow-close-tab](https://chrome-stats.com/d/back-arrow-close-tab)

## Overview

- **ID:** `back-arrow-close-tab`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** dblanchard
- **Category:** tabs
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-05-24
- **First published:** 2025-05-21
- **Size:** 8.68 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/back-arrow-close-tab/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/dblanchard](https://github.com/dblanchard)

## Description

To test this, open a new tab, browse to any site, then use Alt+Left to go back to your default page and once more to see the tab close.

## Rankings

- #145,996 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `activeTab`
- `webNavigation`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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 has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/back-arrow-close-tab)