Disable automatic tab discarding

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

Disable automatic tab discarding is available to install from Chrome Web Store and for download from this page. It has 100,000+ active users The latest version is 1.0.5, and it was published 5 months ago.

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Total download count: 26 (Only count downloads from Chrome-Stats)

All available versions

You can find the current and older versions of Disable automatic tab discarding here. You can download the archived versions or inspect their source codes.

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2 versions available for download.

Install CRX file

Option 1: The easy way (for Windows users only)

  1. Download and run chrome-stats.exe file on your PC. This method will allow you to install Chrome extensions directly from chrome-stats.com in one click. You only need to do this once!
  2. Type in chrome://restart in the URL bar to restart the browser for the changes to take effect.
  3. Download and install the Disable automatic tab discarding CRX file

Option 2: Advanced method

  1. Download Disable automatic tab discarding CRX file
  2. NOTE: Sometimes the browser may block downloading / installing CRX file from outside the Chrome Web Store. If so, you may need to use option 1, or download the ZIP file instead.
  3. In the URL bar, go to chrome://extensions
  4. Enable Developer mode
  5. Drag and drop the downloaded Disable automatic tab discarding CRX file into the Extensions page
  6. When prompted, click Add extension to install Disable automatic tab discarding.

Install ZIP file

  1. Download and unpack the Disable automatic tab discarding ZIP file to a directory of your choice.
  2. In Chrome browser, go to chrome://extensions
  3. Enable Developer mode.
  4. Click on the Load Unpacked button.
  5. Select the directory of with the unpacked Disable automatic tab discarding ZIP file from step 1. Disable automatic tab discarding is now installed on your browser.

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