Kill The Clones
This extension compares opened browser tabs and highlight duplicates. Optionally it can close all duplicates tabs.
What is Kill The Clones?
Kill The Clones is a Chrome extension designed for efficient tab management. It provides a user-friendly solution to duplicate tabs by identifying them, highlighting the duplicates, and optionally closing them, leaving just one tab open. Further enhancements include features to pin/unpin all tabs and mute/unmute all, with tooltips added for ease of use and optimal functionality for pinned tabs.
Extension stats
Rating: 4.36
(14)
Creation date: 2018-04-01
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
- tabs
- chrome://favicon/
Size: 18.34K
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Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary
This extension compares opened browser tabs and highlight duplicates. Optionally it can close all duplicates tabs except the first open tab for all duplicate.
Version 1.1 new: Pin / Unpin All Tabs Mute / Unmute All Tabs
Version 1.2 new: Added tooltips Solved problem with pinned tabs
Version 1.3 new: Added duplicate tabs tracking functionality(change color of extension icon).
User reviews
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Users love the functionality of the extension and believe it meets their needs.
- The extension is appreciated for improving tab management.
Cons
- It has bugs that prevent it from closing multiple duplicates automatically.
- It sometimes produces false duplicates and misses real ones.
- It does not allow users to keep duplicated blank tabs, which some find useful.
Most mentioned
- The extension needs to fix the bug related to closing multiple duplicates.
- Users suggest adding a counter for duplicate tabs.
- Displaying URLs of duplicates or showing them in a separate window is desired.
Recent reviews
Some problems. Getting false dupes (same domain, different page), and missing real dupes.
by 
John Weiss, 2022-10-16
John Weiss, 2022-10-16would be cool to not close duplicated new blank tabs - i used it as a divider to separate between group of tabs
by 
Mark lll, 2022-05-27
Mark lll, 2022-05-27Maybe could be nice if the equal urls were listed, shown in other window or collapsed/fixed in a group.
by 
Leonardo Manzon Contiero, 2021-01-25
Leonardo Manzon Contiero, 2021-01-25Extension safety
Risk impact
Kill The Clones requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Kill The Clones has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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