# Background Tab Timer

> Automatically close background tabs after a specified time.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `background-tab-timer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Dien Huy
- **Category:** other
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2024-08-21
- **First published:** 2024-08-20
- **Size:** 12 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/background-tab-timer/)

## Description

Background Tab Timer: Allows users to set a timer for tabs open in the background so that they automatically close after a certain period of time, helping to reduce unnecessary tabs.

## Rankings

- #141,740 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `background`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate 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/background-tab-timer)