# Close Tab Button

> Adds close tab button to toolbar for touch-friendliness e.g. VNC

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `close-tab-button-touch`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** 0rchestrate
- **Category:** tabs
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2023-11-26
- **First published:** 2023-11-25
- **Size:** 9.09 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/close-tab-button-touch/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/WingTillDie/close-tab-firefox](https://github.com/WingTillDie/close-tab-firefox)

## Description

Makes Firefox <em>touch-friendly</em> by adding close tab button to toolbar.
 
You can do following steps to make Firefox touch-friendly:
<ol><li>Customize toolbar to move open new tab button next to URL</li><li>Use <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/692389bc9b85b889217a0148ef08fddd156c7672b101aa50ed23be9f298278b4/https%3A//github.com/WingTillDie/close-tab-firefox" rel="nofollow">Close Tab Button</a> (this add-on)</li><li>Use <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/undoclosetabbutton" rel="nofollow">Undo Close Tab</a></li></ol>
<b>Example Use Case</b> 
Using <abbr title="Virtual Network Computing">VNC</abbr> on mobile device to use desktop Firefox 

Example VNC clients on Android:
<ul><li>    <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/d2c562fe1a0bfe0a8bf3b405dd6ba405e6ca3b66ddc67754063b7e8ecb9eb535/https%3A//f-droid.org/en/packages/com.coboltforge.dontmind.multivnc/" rel="nofollow">MultiVNC</a></li><li>    <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/d65839c4c2b084067dc6875e0d57a918a800846c14f7b27610b749126b203ac0/https%3A//f-droid.org/en/packages/com.gaurav.avnc/" rel="nofollow">AVNC</a></li></ul>
Example VNC server on Windows: 
<ul><li>    <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/27aca9d01c89e2ab7872496de6548f9cfdfd992870c3844e9adf76dc0f02eae7/https%3A//tightvnc.com/" rel="nofollow">TightVNC</a></li></ul>

## Rankings

- #121,770 — Overall
- #209 — close

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`

## 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/close-tab-button-touch)