Forever pinned

Allows you to open a set of pinned tabs when chrome starts up

Forever pinned is a Chrome extension designed to keep your important pinned tabs always accessible. By defining your list of pinned tabs, this tool automatically opens and pins them each time you start Chrome, eliminating the common problem of accidentally closed tabs.

Key features include the ability to reopen pinned tabs on creating new windows and the removal of duplicate tabs when working with multiple browser windows. Forever pinned provides a seamless browsing experience for users who rely heavily on pinned tabs for productivity and organization.

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By:: scottw.io
Users:: 6,000+
Rating:: 4.00
(41)
Version:: 0.29 (Last updated: 2019-02-02)
Creation date:: 2019-02-02
Risk:: Moderate risk impact Low risk likelihood
Permissions:: storage
tabs
Size:: 318.46K
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: 19 hours ago

Ranking

# 12,442 ▲ 87

Other rankings

#22837 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 24

User reviews

Pros

Ensures pinned tabs persist across Chrome windows and browser restarts.
Simple and easy to use with minimal setup.
Solves a long-standing Chrome limitation regarding pinned tabs.
Keeps pinned tabs consistently in place across all windows.
Effective at restoring pinned tabs automatically on startup.

Cons

Duplicates pinned tabs occasionally, sometimes multiple duplicates.
Issues when tearing off tabs or dragging tabs to new windows, causing pinned tab duplications or wrong tabs opening.
Does not work perfectly with the latest Chrome versions or sometimes fails to work altogether.
Pinned tabs sometimes open in incorrect order and cannot be rearranged easily.
Lacks prevention for accidentally closing pinned tabs (e.g., via CTRL-W).

Recent reviews

No longer works with the newest version of Chrome :(

Nathan M, 2025-03-04

when starting the browser there are duplicate tabs

Arda, 2024-04-19

Works as expected. At first, I thought it was broken because I would quit the chrome app (with my pinned apps still opened), and when I re-opened, the first tab would open twice. I now realize that chrome by defaults re-opens the first pinned tab that was left opened. So chrome would re-open this first pinned tab while the extension would also prompt a new pinned tab to open to this exact same webpage since I configured it within the extension. So to avoid this, I just omit whatever the URL of the first pinned tab is from the extension.

Lee Angioletti, 2023-10-21

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Forever pinned 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.

Risk likelihood

Forever pinned has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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