Tab Suspender

Automatically suspend, park, hibernate inactive tabs and save up to 80% of memory, reduce load on your device, battery and heat.

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Tab Suspender is a powerful Chrome extension designed to optimize your browser's performance by automatically suspending, parking, and hibernating inactive tabs. This functionality can save up to 80% of memory usage, leading to faster browsing, reduced load on your device, extended battery life, and cooler operating temperatures.

The extension intelligently detects idle or forgotten tabs and unloads them while preserving their state for quick restoration when you revisit. It offers additional features such as auto-closing unused tabs to maintain a manageable tab count, customizable suspend intervals, and the ability to whitelist websites. Tab Suspender supports hotkeys for convenient tab management and includes session preview and synchronization across browsers.

With a rich update history improving performance, bug fixes, and new capabilities like video timing save for YouTube, Tab Suspender ensures a smooth user experience. This extension is ideal for users who keep many tabs open and want to enhance Chrome's speed and efficiency effortlessly.

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By:: https://tab-suspender.com
Users:: 100,000+
Rating:: 3.82

(666) 3 new ratings
Version:: 2.0.6 (Last updated: 2025-03-31)
Creation date:: 2020-05-16
Risk:: High risk impact Very low risk likelihood
Permissions:: tabs
notifications
unlimitedStorage
contextMenus
storage
scripting
favicon
offscreen
Host permissions:: *://*/*
<all_urls>
Size:: 2.37M
Email:: se*****@gmail.com
URLs:: Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: 17 hours ago

Ranking

# 1,793 ▼ 162

Other rankings

#237 in Functionality & UI ▼ 1

#5 in browser tab keyword 54

#11 in memory keyword 14 ▲ 1

#16 in restore tabs keyword 19 ▲ 1

#16 in tab keyword 81 ▲ 2

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User reviews

Tab Suspender is a widely appreciated Chrome extension praised for efficient tab suspension, helping users manage memory and large numbers of tabs. Its simplicity and unique features make it irreplaceable for many. However, recent Chrome updates have caused compatibility issues leading to malfunction, high RAM usage, crashes, and loss of suspended tabs. Users express frustration over bugs, lack of manual control, and inability to retain settings after updates. Despite problems, it remains highly valued, with many hoping for repairs and updates to restore full functionality.

Pros

Effectively suspends tabs to save memory and resources.
Highly valued by users managing large numbers of tabs simultaneously.
Simple, powerful, and flexible with useful options for tab management.
Unique feature allowing viewing suspended tabs without reloading.
Long-term reliable extension with many loyal users.

Cons

Stopped working properly after recent Chrome updates or changes in browser compatibility.
Causes high memory usage leading to crashes or browser instability for some users.
Many bugs and malfunctioning features reported in latest versions.
No option to prevent unwanted tabs from being suspended or to control suspension manually.
Loss of access to suspended tabs after extension or Chrome updates, causing data loss and user frustration.

Recent reviews

No longer works. :( Win 7. I understand if that is too niche to solve and test for.

xSacredOne, 2025-04-23

Stop working for me. Was great when it was working..

Vito, 2025-04-23

Worked perfect, but as I am still on win7, it simply stopped working.

Alexander Shalashilin, 2025-04-19

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

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

Risk likelihood analysis details

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