The Great Suspender

Make your computer run smoothly by suspending the tabs you aren't using

The Great Suspender - Chrome Extension

The Great Suspender is a lightweight Chrome extension that automatically suspends unused tabs to reduce memory usage and improve performance. Whitelist specific URLs, prevent suspending tabs with user input or playing audio, and customize behavior when browsing offline or on battery power.

Extension stats

Users: 2,132,103+
Rating: 4.30
(4,747)
Version: 7.1.9 (Last updated: 2020-11-25)
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • storage
  • history
  • unlimitedStorage
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
  • file://*/*
  • chrome://favicon/*
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Size: 276.48K
Price: Free

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Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

A lightweight extension to reduce chrome's memory footprint. Perfect if you have a lot of tabs open at the same time. Tabs that have not been viewed after a configurable length of time will be automagically suspended in the background, freeing up the memory and CPU being consumed by that tab.

➤ Whitelist specific urls or domains that you do not want to suspend ➤ Optionally show screen capture of tab before it was suspended ➤ Vastly improves performance when restarting chrome with a large number of open tabs ➤ Detects tabs playing audio and can prevent them from suspending ➤ Detects tabs that contain forms with user input and can prevent them from suspending ➤ Configurable behaviour when browsing offline or on battery power ➤ Built from open source code for full transparency


2018-08-22: New version 7 released. Please report any issues here: https://github.com/deanoemcke/thegreatsuspender/issues

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User reviews

Good project, distrust in its future
by Viktor LOOSZ, 2021-02-03

So goooood
by Jaloliddin Ravshanov, 2021-02-02

Suspicious activity from their side. https://www.ghacks.net/2021/01/09/we-no-longer-recommend-the-chrome-extension-the-great-suspender-here-is-why/
by Jason Premchand, 2021-02-02
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Extension safety

Risk impact

The Great Suspender requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

The Great Suspender is very likely to contain malware and should not be trusted. Avoid installing.

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