# Discard Active Tab Toolbar Button

> Discard the active tab in one click

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `discard-active-tab-button`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** haseebs
- **Category:** tabs
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 2022.2.21.1
- **Last updated:** 2022-02-21
- **First published:** 2021-10-26
- **Size:** 12 KB
- **Data as of:** 2023-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/discard-active-tab-button/)

## Description

Discard Active Tab Toolbar Button is a Firefox extension that provides a convenient toolbar button to quickly discard the active tab, allowing for improved browsing performance and memory usage. Although it technically changes the active tab to a different one before discarding, it effectively achieves the desired outcome of freeing up system resources. Get it now for a seamless tab management experience!

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- This extension is not longer available in the store

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/discard-active-tab-button)