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: 597
-35
Rating: 4.36
(14)
Version: 1.3 (Last updated: 2018-04-01)
Creation date: 2018-04-01
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • chrome://favicon/
Size: 18.34K

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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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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.
by 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
by 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.
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Extension 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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