# Detach Tab: Button, Menu & Shortcut Key

> Detach the current tab, or selected tabs, with a toolbar button, from the tab menu, or via a shortcut key.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `detach-tab-button`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Dan Caprine
- **Category:** tabs
- **Daily users:** 14
- **Weekly downloads:** 3
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.10
- **Last updated:** 2021-09-22
- **First published:** 2021-07-28
- **Size:** 21 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/detach-tab-button/)

## Description

Detach Tab: Button, Menu & Shortcut Key is a Firefox add-on that adds a browser button, tab right-click menu item, and optional shortcut key for detaching tabs. You can configure each option to work on the active tab or all selected tabs. The default shortcut key is Ctrl+Shift+Space.

## Rankings

- #28,435 — Overall
- #67 — shortcut
- #72 — menu

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `tabs`
- `contextMenus`
- `storage`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low 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/detach-tab-button)