Universal Suspender

New Automatically suspends unused tabs to free up system resources

What is Universal Suspender?

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.

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By: Unknown

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Users: 549 ▲ 11

Rating: 4.40 (5)

Version: 1.1.1 (Last updated: 2021-12-17)

Creation date: 2017-07-01

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
storage
history
unlimitedStorage
http://*/*
https://*/*
chrome://favicon/*
https://greatsuspender.github.io/
contextMenus

Size: 359.42K

Email: re*****@gmail.com

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 37071 ▲ 144

Other rankings

#4446 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 20 #38 in reduce keyword 8 #94 in memory keyword 21 ▲ 5

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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

When the page is reloaded, it does not return to the last place, as in other similar extensions.

Вячеслав Kanazei, 2024-02-25

Love it, but it's a rip-off of The Great Suspender. No icon appears on my bar, it's an empty space; perhaps you might want to check on that.

Yolanda Zorio, 2020-08-10

Working nicely, all needed customizations are implemented. The only bug what I see that the add-on icon does not appear on the Chrome menu. Ok, "Suspend other tabs" does not work correctly, if I have a lot of tabs open. I had to do it one by one manually.

Csaba Kertész, 2019-03-23

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Safety

Risk impact

Universal Suspender is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Universal Suspender if you trust the publisher.