# Move Tab to Container

> Moves selected tab (or tabs) to a container of your choice.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/move-to-container](https://chrome-stats.com/d/move-to-container)

## Overview

- **ID:** `move-to-container`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** cprn
- **Category:** privacy-security,tabs
- **Daily users:** 11
- **Version:** 0.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2023-06-19
- **First published:** 2023-06-18
- **Size:** 10 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/move-to-container/)
- **Website:** [https://gitlab.com/cprn/firefox-move-to-container/-/issues](https://gitlab.com/cprn/firefox-move-to-container/-/issues)

## Description

Adds an extra item to the tab context menu (right click menu), that lets the user move a tab (or all selected tabs) into a container as requested by <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/bd7d09dbffaa8272d0731cc6c601de1fb5cc91e6a4783e7cfc5c7bb538152794/https%3A//bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi%3Fid=1511449" rel="nofollow">this Bugzilla issue</a>.

<ol><li>right click a tab</li><li>press "q"</li><li>press the first letter of the new container's name</li></ol>
<b>Hint:</b> naming containers with digits helps, e.g. <i>"1 - Personal"</i>, <i>"2 - Work"</i>, etc.

## Rankings

- #32,383 — Overall
- #77 — contain
- #168 — contact

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `menus`
- `contextualIdentities`
- `cookies`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/move-to-container)