Kill The Clones

This extension compares opened browser tabs and highlight duplicates. Optionally it can close all duplicates tabs.

Kill The Clones: The Browser Tabs Management Chrome Extension

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.

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Extension stats

Users: 555

-12

Rating: 4.36

(14)

Version: 1.3 (Last updated: 2018-04-01)

Creation date: 2018-04-01

Permissions:

tabs
chrome://favicon/

Size: 18.34K

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 38,977 ▼ 398

Other rankings

#25009 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 745

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

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Pros

Effective at identifying and closing duplicate tabs.
User-friendly interface.
Helpful in organizing tabs.

Cons

Not closing multiple duplicates automatically anymore.
False positives for duplicates (same domain, different pages).
Suggestions for additional features not yet implemented.

Most mentioned

Bug related to not closing multiple duplicates automatically.
Desire for a duplicate count displayed in the extension icon.
Interest in displaying the URLs of duplicates.

User reviews

Some problems. Getting false dupes (same domain, different page), and missing real dupes.

John Weiss, 2022-10-16

would be cool to not close duplicated new blank tabs - i used it as a divider to separate between group of tabs

Mark lll, 2022-05-27

Maybe could be nice if the equal urls were listed, shown in other window or collapsed/fixed in a group.

Leonardo Manzon Contiero, 2021-01-25

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Kill The Clones requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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