Tab Discard (Suspender)

Name: Tab Discard (Suspender)
Rating: 4.454545454545454 (11 reviews)
Author: chYer

Easily suspend inactive tabs and save up memory for your browser.

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Tab Discard (Suspender)

Tab Discard is a powerful Chrome extension designed to help you manage your browser tabs efficiently. With a single click on the toolbar button, you can suspend all inactive tabs or just the active tab, significantly reducing memory usage and enhancing your browsing experience.

Suspended tabs preserve their content and automatically reload when you revisit them, allowing seamless multitasking without performance lag. Ideal for users with multiple open tabs, Tab Discard frees up memory by suspending tabs you’re not actively using, ensuring your browser runs faster and smoother. Right-click the toolbar button to choose your preferred suspension option.

For bug reports and support, visit the addon's homepage.

By:: chYer
Users:: 1,000+
Rating:: 4.45
(11)
Version:: 0.1.4 (Last updated: 2024-07-15)
Creation date:: 2017-10-26
Risk:: Low risk impact Very low risk likelihood
Permissions:: storage
contextMenus
notifications
Size:: 21.95K
Email:: ch*****@yahoo.com
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: 21 hours ago

Ranking

# 24,577 ▲ 181

Other rankings

#1990 in Tools ▼ 2 #98 in memory keyword 14 ▲ 3 #222 in browser tab keyword 55 ▲ 17

Other platforms

Tab Discard (Suspender) (v0.1.1)

179 3.82

(11)

Tab Discard (Suspender) (v0.1.4)

2,433+ 4.80

(5)

User reviews

Pros

Efficient browsing experience
Works as described
Better than Tab Suspender

Cons

Lack of manual suspension options
Automatically unsuspends tabs, which can be counterproductive
Outdated across platforms
Does not match browser theme (white on dark theme issue)
Takes control of permissions and redirects to websites

Recent reviews

My company forces us to use Chrome and a recent update from them made chrome://discards/ unusable. This extension saved my life, a simple click and my computer can breathe again. 11/10

Maxence Collet, 2025-04-11

A lot better than Tab Suspender.

wa da, 2024-10-06

great! one click and it's good

Earth Spacon, 2024-08-15

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Tab Discard (Suspender) requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Medium Enables sending notifications which can be spammed but have minimal direct security impact.

Risk likelihood

Tab Discard (Suspender) has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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