Hide Tabs

Name: Hide Tabs
Rating: 3.7941 (34 reviews)
Author: Afnan Khan

Hide and unhide tabs. To use this extension you need to set extensions.webextensions.tabhide.enabled to true in about:config page.

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Features & Capabilities

Hide Tabs is a simple yet powerful Chrome extension that allows you to hide and unhide your browser tabs effortlessly. To activate its functionality, you must first enable the hidden configuration by setting extensions.webextensions.tabhide.enabled to true in the about:config page.

Once enabled, Hide Tabs helps you manage your browsing workspace by concealing tabs you wish to keep out of sight, enhancing your focus and privacy. It's an ideal tool for users who juggle multiple tabs and want a quick way to temporarily remove clutter without closing tabs permanently.

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Version:

2018.1.22resigned1 Last updated: 2024-04-25

Version code:

5730083

Creation date:

2018-01-19

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Permissions:

menus
tabs
tabHide
storage

Size:

53.09KB

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-18

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Ranking

# 2,722 ▲ 2

Other rankings

#254 in Tabs #29 in new tabs keyword 40 #128 in settings keyword 37 #131 in new tab keyword 49 ▼ 1

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Developed by:

Afnan Khan

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hide-tab/

User Reviews

Users appreciate that Hide Tabs effectively hides individual tabs and works well with dark themes and Tree Style Tab. It helps manage browser tabs especially for videos or space saving. However, many want global hiding of the entire tab bar or window, which is not supported. There are also issues with hiding the last or pinned tabs, interface clunkiness, and missing features like hotkeys and better tooltips. Overall, it performs its core function well but has room for usability and feature improvements.

Pros

Simple and effective at hiding individual tabs as intended.
Works well with dark themes, enhancing user experience.
Helps manage tab space especially when using pop-out video windows or to avoid accidental closure of important tabs.
Integrates or attempts to integrate with Tree Style Tab with some success noted.
Allows hiding and unhiding of specific tabs, providing good control over tab visibility.

Cons

Does not allow hiding of the entire tab bar or entire window, which some users expect or desire.
Sometimes the last tab cannot be hidden, limiting functionality.
Occasional issues hiding selected or pinned tabs, especially when 'Suspend tabs when hiding' is enabled.
Interface is unintuitive for some users; requires improvement.
Lacks features like customizable tooltips and hotkeys for quicker hiding/unhiding, making user interaction less efficient.

Recent reviews

It would help that the eye button can be used to hide a page.

by Ma*****, 2025-07-30

by 远离*****, 2025-04-08

by 远离*****, 2025-02-11

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Is Hide Tabs Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Hide Tabs requires a few sensitive permissions. 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.

Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

Hide Tabs has earned a fairly good reputation and likely 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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