Auto Tab Discard (suspend)

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

What is Auto Tab Discard (suspend)?

"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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By: joue.quroi

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Users: 100,000+

Rating: 4.14 (262)

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

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 2161 ▼ 17

Other rankings

#159 in Functionality & UI ▼ 1

#7 in auto keyword 83

#23 in tab keyword 86 ▲ 1

#37 in browser tab keyword 45 ▼ 1

#43 in release keyword 29 ▲ 3

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Other platforms

Auto Tab Discard (v0.6.7)

4.52 (810) 65,263+

Auto Tab Discard (suspend) (v0.6.8.2)

4.40 (40) 34,303+

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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

User reviews summary

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

Customizable
Reduces CPU and RAM usage
Helps improve browser performance

Cons

Does not work consistently for some users
May discard tabs unexpectedly or without user input
Language support may be limited

Most mentioned

Customizable
Doesn't work
CPU and RAM usage

Recent reviews

worked great for 2 years then just stopped working entirely, even after total reinstall, reinstalled browser too n cleared all data n reset etc but nothing. browser using is vivaldi. no alteration of settings fixes it either.

River Thesis, 2024-04-16

Es una de mis extensiones imprescindibles, la función de suspender automáticamente se carga la página es excelente.

Jesús Gildardo Mejía Cortés, 2022-11-01

great! the only thing i would like to have is to change Discarding options in: Discard inactive tabs after x in "seconds" instead of "minutes" because minutes is too long as a time unit and my average is 20 seconds to 40 sec to kill a tab if it is not active. And i cannot do that with the this extenstion even putting [0.33] in the minutes Text Input does not accept it as minutes format. please update it.

jadi zadi, 2024-04-10

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Safety

Risk impact

Auto Tab Discard (suspend) may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.