Auto Tab Discard (suspend)

Increase browser speed and reduce memory load when you have numerous open tabs.

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Speed Up Chrome with Auto Tab Discard Extension

"Auto Tab Discard (suspend)" is a Chrome extension designed to enhance browser performance by automatically suspending inactive tabs. This helps free up memory and processing power, potentially prolonging battery life on mobile devices. The extension offers a suite of features such as configurable auto-discard options, manual tab discard release, preservation of tab state upon browser restart, and a customizable exclusion list for certain websites or patterns. It empowers users to manage resource consumption and maintain browser responsiveness, even with numerous tabs open.

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Extension stats

By: joue.quroi

Users: 100,000+

Rating: 4.19

(292)

1 new ratings

Version: 0.6.8.2 (Last updated: 2024-02-17)

Creation date: 2020-06-24

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

idle
storage
contextMenus
notifications
alarms
scripting

Host permissions:

*://*/*

Size: 171.01K

Email: jo*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 1,915 ▼ 6

Other rankings

#235 in Functionality & UI ▼ 3

#4 in auto keyword 81

#25 in tab keyword 42 ▼ 7

#43 in browser tab keyword 79 ▲ 5

#58 in release keyword 13 ▼ 1

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Other platforms

Not available on Android

Auto Tab Discard (v0.6.7)

4.52

(883) 63,735+

Auto Tab Discard (suspend) (v0.6.8.2)

4.40

(38) 28,247+

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Extension summary

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"Auto Tab Discard" is a lightweight browser extension that automatically reduces the amount of memory used by open but inactive tabs, helping to conserve battery life on portable devices by disabling JavaScript code and DOM events on discarded tabs.

Preview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ityhxUPp3y8

Instruction:

There are two options on the extension's interface to either discard tabs or release discarding (the "x" buttons)

The features of "Auto Tab Discard" are:

Improves browser performance and reduces memory usage by automatically or manually discarding inactive, idle, or forgotten tabs.
Includes a list of hostnames or regular expressions that can be excluded from auto-discarding.

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

Great for low RAM devices
Helps manage memory efficiently
User-friendly settings for auto-suspending tabs

Cons

Stopped working or has poor performance recently
Automatic discarding can be inconvenient (reloads tabs automatically)
Only works inconsistently across different profiles

Most mentioned

Performance has declined recently
Manual discard works, but auto discard fails
Desire for more options/settings for disabling/reloading

User reviews

Doesn't discard OneTab.

BravGo, 2024-12-31

Why is this extension got suspend? It was working so good.

Nguyễn Quang Minh, 2024-12-16

i'm not sure if there has been a change in the extension or in chrome or both, but the performance of this extension has been pretty poor lately and does not seem to free up any memory. there seems to be a persistent memory leak. if you run discard other tabs it brings all windows on to the same desktop which is awful and then the discarding loop seems to stall if you have a lot of tabs so you are never sure if it is still discarding or has stalled/stopped permanently. running it again seems to refresh a bunch of windows and then stuck in the same state with no release of memory. not sure if it is working properly in the background or not, just seems to not work anymore.