Universal Tab Suspender

Suspend tabs you are not using to save memory usage and make your computer run faster. Reduce the load on your device, and battery.

Universal Suspender - Free up system resources

Universal Suspender is a lightweight Chrome extension that automatically suspends unused tabs to reduce memory footprint and improve performance. It allows tabs to be unloaded after a configurable period or manually, and whitelists certain tabs to avoid suspension. Suspended tabs are retained even after closing and reopening the browser.

Extension stats

Users: 607
Rating: 3.82
(11)
Version: 1.1.2 (Last updated: 2024-10-08)
Creation date: 2017-07-01
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • unlimitedStorage
  • tabs
  • favicon
  • scripting
  • contextMenus
  • system.memory
Host permissions:
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
Size: 1.33M

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Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

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Unload, park, suspend tabs to reduce memory footprint of chrome. Tabs can auto-suspend after a configurable period of time or be suspended manually. Tabs can be whitelisted to avoid automatic suspension. Suspended tabs are retained after closing and reopening browser, preventing many tabs from all reloading after a restart. Very simple, intuitive interface.

Universal Suspender is a lightweight chrome extension to help reduce chrome's memory footprint for users that like to have too many tabs open at the same time. This extension will automagically unload each tab while retaining its favicon and title text. A tab can be restored by clicking anywhere on the page when it is needed. This reduces the number of dom elements on the page and ensures no memory leaks or excessive javascripts are running.

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Effectively suspends tabs, including local PDF viewers
  • Customizable settings
  • Works as intended for basic suspension tasks
Cons
  • Can cause Chrome to become unresponsive or crash
  • Deletes tabs without allowing recovery
  • Issues with add-on icon not appearing in the Chrome menu
  • Incorrectly suspends or fails to manage a large number of tabs
Most mentioned
  • Unresponsive browser after using extension
  • Icon does not appear in the Chrome menu
  • Loss of open tabs after using the extension
User reviews
So good! I have try many of the tab suspender and this is the only one that sucessfully suspend the page of the local pdf viewer.
by Jie Qiao, 2024-10-24

şuana kadar kullandığım en başarılı uygulama geliştiricilere teşekkür ediyorum
by mehmet baloncu, 2024-10-11

This extension deleted almost 4000 tabs from my browsing session and I have no way of recovering them! I had just under 4000 thousand tabs open in about 50 Chrome windows. Yes, I know it's excessive, but that is why I came looking for an extension like this in the first place, as an alternative to manually loading up the chrome discards flag which takes a couple of minutes to load all my tab data. Mind you, my browser worked fine and I just wanted to suspend/unload some exchange pages as they continue to put about 15% CPU load in the background when idle/AFK (wasting power). Soon as I added this extension, my browser was unresponsive for about 30 minutes, and when it finally worked again, all my tabs were gone except for one tab from each window. This extension deleted almost 4000 tabs and I have no way of recovering them. After much tinkering, it loaded my 3900 closed tabs into a single window, but every tab I click on said something like "Can't locate file, file lost or deleted". So I guess it deleted my tabs without keeping the tab url data. My day, and possibly my week is ruined because I tried this extension. Wish I could rate it negative 5 stars instead of 1 star.
by alioop, 2024-10-09
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Universal Tab Suspender requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Universal Tab Suspender may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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