Desaturate Favicons
What is Desaturate Favicons?
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- favicon
Extension summary
Favicons—originally “favorites icons”—are the small icons that appear next to the page title inside a tab in Google Chrome.
Many companies choose to utilize this icon as a way to show off their logo or brand. As such, they’re often colorful and bold.
In an effort to provide a more minimalist, distraction-free, browsing experience, this extension desaturates the tab icons for all but the active tab.
In other words, all of the background tabs will appear in grayscale (“black and white”). When you switch which tab you’re viewing, the tab you were just viewing will see its icon switch to grayscale, and the new one you’re viewing will go back to full color.
The extension has no settings. There’s nothing to do. Just install it and it’ll start working right away. If you ever want the full color of icons to return, simply uninstall the extension.
User reviews
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spammy, or outdated.- Helps prevent OLED screen burn-in.
- Works on out of focus tabs as advertised.
- Useful for decluttering visual noise in tab icons.
- Many users find it works perfectly.
- The extension is appreciated for its functionality.
- Doesn't always desaturate all favicons, including popular icons like Google.
- Desaturation may not be noticeable enough for some users.
- Desaturates favicons in bookmarks, which some users do not prefer.
- Stops working for some specific types of documents or services, like Google Docs, after a while.
- Only desaturates the first favicon after installation for some users.
- Not effective for pinned tabs notifications.
- Desaturation is too subtle for some users.
- Desaturates icons in bookmarks.
- Burn-in prevention for OLED screens.
- Request for additional features like a half saturate mode.
Recent reviews
Mateusz R, 2024-04-16 
阿利, 2024-04-03 
Ryan, 2023-09-17Extension safety
Risk impact
Desaturate Favicons requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Desaturate Favicons is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.
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