# New Tab Cleaner

> Closes stale new tabs and other new tabs when a new tab is opened.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/new-tab-cleaner](https://chrome-stats.com/d/new-tab-cleaner)

## Overview

- **ID:** `new-tab-cleaner`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** ohlrogge
- **Category:** appearance,tabs
- **Daily users:** 3
- **Version:** 1.0.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-27
- **First published:** 2026-04-21
- **Size:** 13 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/new-tab-cleaner/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/ohlrogge/firefox-new-tab-cleaner](https://github.com/ohlrogge/firefox-new-tab-cleaner)

## Description

New Tab Cleaner keeps your tab bar tidy by automatically removing empty new tabs you forgot about.

HOW IT WORKS

• Duplicate cleanup — the moment you open a new tab, every other open new tab (about:newtab / about:blank) is closed immediately.
• Idle timeout — any new tab left untouched for longer than your configured timeout is closed automatically. The default is 5 minutes; you can set anything from 1 to 60 minutes in the extension settings.

PERMISSIONS

tabs — needed to read tab URLs and close stale tabs.
storage — needed to save your timeout preference.
alarms — needed to run a periodic idle check every 30 seconds.

PRIVACY

No data leaves your browser. The extension collects nothing and makes no network requests.

## Rankings

- #55,628 — Overall
- #112 — cleaner

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `storage`
- `alarms`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High 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/new-tab-cleaner)