Close Tab

A stationary button that closes the current tab. Clean up tabs with less effort.

Close Tab - Simplify Your Browsing Experience

"Close Tab" is a convenient Chrome extension that provides a stationary button for quickly closing the current tab, enhancing your browsing efficiency. Ideal for touch screens, this extension eliminates the need to visually search for the active tab, offering a clean and consistent interface. It supports both dark and light themes and offers additional PC and Mac shortcut tips. Remember to pin the icon if it gets hidden. For any bugs, contact support via the options screen. Enjoy a tidier browsing experience!

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Extension stats

By: https://justinreinhart.com

Users: 2,000+

Rating: 4.54

(71)

Version: 1.4.5.4 (Last updated: 2024-12-24)

Creation date: 2014-08-07

Risk impact: Very low risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
alarms

Size: 276.48K

Email: ch*****@justinreinhart.com

URLs: Website

Ranking

# 18,550 ▲ 25

Other rankings

#4466 in Accessibility ▼ 7 #41 in close keyword 35

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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The "Close Tab" extension provides a stationary button that closes the currently selected tab. This saves time visually hunting down the active tab and provides consistency for the user. Very simple and useful on touch screens. The icon is designed to work with dark and light themes.

*Note: If this extension gets hidden by Chrome, you can get your icon back by pinning it. It happens sometimes. :)

*Tip: On PC you can also press Ctrl+W to close tabs (when keyboard input isn't being captured by a plugin). On Mac this is CMD+W.

Please note that the options screen contains recommendations from me (ads) to help you support this software.

P.S. Have you found a bug? Email address is provided in the options screen. Happy browsing.

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Simple extension that does its job well.
Helps prevent closing the wrong tab.
Can customize keyboard shortcut for easier access.
Works well on touchscreen devices.
Clean and easy to use.

Cons

Excessive nag screens (e.g., Christmas nag screen).
Does not close unselected tabs effectively.
Some users reported it not working on specific browsers (e.g., Kiwi mobile Chrome).

Most mentioned

The extension does what it says.
It is easy to use and effective.
Positive feedback about its simplicity.

User reviews

The christmas nag screen is excessive. I have to close 10 tabs of that html file every 10 minutes. Ordinarily this is my favorite extension and I load it on every PC I have.