# Close and Forget This Tab

> Close the current tab, and remove it from the browsing history.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/close-and-forget](https://chrome-stats.com/d/close-and-forget)

## Overview

- **ID:** `close-and-forget`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** BrowserNative
- **Category:** privacy-security,tabs
- **Daily users:** 35
- **Rating:** 3.50 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2020-05-15
- **First published:** 2020-05-15
- **Size:** 17 KB
- **Data as of:** 2022-08-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/close-and-forget/)

## Description

Close the current tab, and remove it from your browsing history. Use the toolbar button, the context menu (right click menu) option, browser's tools menu option, or the keyboard command Alt + w.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `menus`
- `history`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows retrieval of a user’s browsing history, presenting a notable privacy risk.
- This extension is not longer available in the store

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/close-and-forget)