Disable automatic tab discarding

Disable automatic tab discarding

Stops Chrome from suspending tabs, and reloading them when you switch to them.

What is Disable automatic tab discarding?
'Disable automatic tab discarding' is a Chrome extension that makes each tab you open 'non-auto discardable'. It is designed to prevent Chrome from killing more tabs than you'd want it to. This extension operates automatically and requires no configuration. It marks each opened tab as 'non-auto discardable', provided that you've installed the extension and have not disabled it. To verify its operation, go to chrome://discards to check that every row in the 'auto discardable' column is marked with a cross. Nevertheless, there might be instances where tabs still get discarded if your system is out of memory.
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Users: 100,000+
Version: 1.0.4 (Last updated: 2020-12-16)
Creation date: 2019-11-03
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
Size: 29.82K
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This extension automatically tells Chrome that every tab you open is "not auto discardable". This might help solve issues where Chrome kills more tabs than you would want to, however, this is not foolproof, and tabs might still get discarded if your system is out of memory.

No configuration needed, the extension will mark every open tab as "not auto discardable" as long as you installed the extension and haven't disabled it.

Want to make sure this extension is working? Go to chrome://discards in a new tab and see how every row has a cross in the "auto discardable" column.

👨‍💻 Open source: https://github.com/WorldLanguages/DoNotDiscard

User reviews
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Pros
  • Works as expected
  • Stops automatic tab discarding
  • Works well for most users
Cons
  • Some users report it not working at all
  • No options or settings available
Most mentioned
  • Doesn't even open up when I Click it!
  • Works as expected
  • Stopped working for some users
Recent reviews
Doesn't even open up when I Click it!
by Aidan Salvatore Aidan Salvatore, 2023-11-19

Works as expected. Although you can turn the flags off as well for discard feature. That should work too. But I would rather have the extension.
by Amay (BrajBliss) Amay (BrajBliss), 2024-02-02

Doesn't even open up when I Click it!
by AMS??? AMS???, 2023-11-19
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Safety
Risk impact

Disable automatic tab discarding is safe to use. It does not request any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

Disable automatic tab discarding has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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