Keep One Pinned Tab

Keep one (optionally unfocusable) per window pinned tab open at all times. Prevents Chrome windows from closing with last tab.

What is Keep One Pinned Tab?

"Keep One Pinned Tab" is a Chrome extension made for personal and productive use. It keeps a pinned tab always open, preventing the Chrome browser from closing when the last tab is closed. The pinned tab can be customized with your preferred URL. The extension also supports the no-focus feature for the special pinned tab and works in incognito mode. With continuous upgrades and bug fixes, it is enhanced with more user options and settings controls.

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By: Gavin Borg

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Users: 2,000+

Rating: 4.33 (57)

Version: 5.0 (Last updated: 2024-01-08)

Creation date: 2018-09-30

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

tabs
tabGroups
storage
alarms

Size: 17.92K

Email: ga*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 19855 ▼ 193

Other rankings

#7576 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 4

#8 in keep keyword 66 ▲ 3

#21 in google keep keyword 49 ▲ 2

#44 in tab keyword 77 ▲ 7

#175 in start page keyword 33 ▼ 12

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Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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Keep one (optionally unfocusable) per window pinned tab open at all times. Prevents Chrome windows from closing with last tab. This extension prevents Chrome from closing when you close the final tab in a window. It keeps one pinned, blank tab always open as the first tab in your tab bar, and reopens it if it is closed.

Inspired by "Live On": https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/live-on/oficfgdfeoknbjfhommlpiekdapmnebh/

Icons by Everaldo Coelho: http://www.everaldo.com/

Project released open-source, Github project available: https://github.com/theborg3of5/KeepOnePinnedTab

User reviews

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Pros

Simple and easy to use
Works as described with some customization options
Provides useful functionality that many users appreciate
Helps avoid issues with unwanted tab focusing

Cons

Limited to only one pinned tab, frustrating for users wanting more
Does not work when a new window is created from dragged tabs
Some users reporting issues on Edge

Most mentioned

Desire for multiple pinned tabs
Extension works well for its intended purpose
Customization options are appreciated
Issues with focusing on pinned tabs
Not functioning properly in Edge

Recent reviews

Choose My Name, 2024-10-28

When a new window is created due to a tab being dragged out of the existing one the extension does not work – there is no pinned tab in this new window. Could this be fixed? (I'm using version 5.0)

Piotr Dobrogost, 2024-08-12

So simple and awesome but PLEASE allow more than one tab to be pinned. No pin tab chrome extension is a good as this but this limitation is really frustrating. I know the name says keep 'one' tab pinned, but this change will be so helpful. All the reviews are saying the same thing.