The Great Discarder

Automatically discards unused tabs to free up system resources

What is The Great Discarder?

The Great Discarder is a lightweight Chrome extension that suspends tabs to reduce memory usage. With compatibility with chrome tab syncing and no content scripts or persistent background scripts, it provides more memory savings compared to The Great Suspender.

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This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-08-24

By: suspensionlabs

Users: 35,894+

Rating: 4.27 (133)

Version: 0.1.2 (Last updated: 2017-06-08)

Creation date: 2017-06-08

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
storage
unlimitedStorage
contextMenus
alarms
system.memory

Size: 240.64K

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Summary

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Suspend tabs to reduce chrome memory usage. Uses chrome's native tab discarding.

Advantages over The Great Suspender:

More memory savings
Compatible with chrome tab syncing
Super lightweight extension that uses no content scripts or persistent background scripts

Disadvantages over The Great Suspender:

No visibility on which tabs have been suspended
Unable to prevent a tab from reloading when it gains focus

Please post all bug reports here: https://github.com/deanoemcke/thegreatdiscarder/issues

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Easy to use
Can watch discarded tabs in chrome://discards/
Saves memory and processing power
Useful for those who have many tabs open
Allows for tab suspension without fully closing them

Cons

Some users reported issues with tab restoration
May not work consistently in all browsers
Lacks certain features like pined tab exclusion

Most mentioned

Easy to use
Memory saving
Tab suspension
Issues with tab restoration
Not working in certain browsers
Missing features

Recent reviews

点一下 Discard other tabs 关闭了我200多个标签，Ctrl+Shift+T 无法恢复，chrome://discards/ 里也看不到可以找回的，刚刚试了几下都是这样，同一个浏览器窗口200多个标签只剩下几个，找不到恢复的地方。同一个浏览器其他窗口好像没被关闭标签。

wang he, 2023-06-12

Nice and easy to use. Discard tabs can be watch in chrome://discards/ and in task manager.

Denis Vlasov, 2023-04-17

Great. It does what it's supposed to do. A Vivaldi User.

Marian Dragan, 2023-04-07

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Safety

Risk impact

The Great Discarder may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.