Tab Discard (Suspender)

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

Tab Discard (Suspender) - Efficient Browser Memory Management Tool

Tab Discard (Suspender) is a beneficial browser extension for Chrome users. It primarily suspends inactive web tabs or the currently active tab upon demand. Suspending tabs vastly reduces your browser's memory footprint and substantially enhances your browsing experience. Reactivating a suspended tab is as simple as clicking on it, and it automatically reloads with its previous content. This extension becomes more valuable when multiple tabs are open, as it allows you to suspend all tabs with a single click, reducing the memory usage and thereby improving browser performance.
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Extension stats

By: chYer
Users: 992
Rating: 4.40
(10)
Version: 0.1.4 (Last updated: 2024-07-15)
Creation date: 2017-10-26
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • contextMenus
  • notifications
Size: 21.95K

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Tab Discard (Suspender) (v0.1.1)
3.67 (9) 189
Tab Discard (Suspender) (v0.1.4)
4.80 (5) 2,437+
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Extension summary

Tab Discard (Suspender) is an extension that lets you easily suspend either all inactive tabs or just the active tab by clicking on the toolbar button.

In principle, suspending tabs can reduce the browser memory and enhances your browsing experience. When you click on a suspended tab (make it active) it will be loaded with the previous content automatically.

This addon is useful when you have several open tabs, you can suspend them all (free up the memory) with just one click and then visit them one-by-one to unsuspend. This way, your browser will use the least amount of memory and have a better performance. Please right-click on the toolbar button and then select the desired option for suspending tabs (i.e. active or inactive tabs).

To report bugs, please visit the addon's homepage (https://mybrowseraddon.com/tab-discard.html) and fill the bug report form.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
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
Most mentioned
  • Efficiency in browsing
  • Need for better control over suspended tabs
  • Theme mismatch with dark mode
User reviews
A lot better than Tab Suspender.
by wa da, 2024-10-06

great! one click and it's good
by Earth Spacon, 2024-08-15

by tumanov, 2023-12-03
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Tab Discard (Suspender) requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

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

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