Panic Button

Name: Panic Button
Rating: 4.2162 (37 reviews)
Author: AE Creations

By: AE Creations

Quickly hide all browser windows with a click of a button.

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Features & Capabilities

Panic Button for Chrome lets you quickly hide all open browser windows with a single click and replace them with a page you specify. Press the toolbar button or F8 to toggle back to your original session, giving you a fast way to hide your browsing activity when needed.

Choose from multiple actions (Hide and Replace, Minimize All Windows, Minimize Current Window, or Close All Windows), customize the toolbar button with captions and icons (20 built-in images or your own file), and enable language support in English and Polish. You can also contribute translations to expand language coverage.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on Privacy & Security

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Version:

5.1.3 Last updated: 2025-11-11

Version code:

6072804

Creation date:

2008-04-10

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Size:

330.73KB

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Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-03

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Ranking

# 2,212

Other rankings

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Developed by:

AE Creations

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/panic-button/

Website:

https://groups.io/g/aecreations-help

Permission Change History

2025-06-12: Version 5.0.3 → 5.1

Add Permissions: tabGroups

2024-04-02: Version 4.4.6 → 5.0

Remove Permissions: activeTab history

User Reviews

Users appreciate Panic Button for its quick and effective tab hiding and privacy features, along with customization options and shortcut support. However, multiple reviews report issues including tabs reappearing on Firefox restart, loss of tabs especially with many open, problems after updates such as unpinning, and inconsistent behavior in private windows. Users also desire additional functionalities like window minimization and enhanced control over restored tabs.

Pros

Effectively hides and restores tabs quickly, enhancing privacy.
Simple and useful functionality appreciated by users.
Customizable options for toolbar button captions and icons are available.
Works well with keyboard shortcuts for quick operation.
Useful for managing privacy by hiding tabs rapidly.

Cons

Tabs are restored when Firefox reopens, which undermines privacy.
Issues restoring or losing tabs reported, especially with many tabs.
Problems with functionality after updates; e.g., unpinning pinned pages after unhiding tabs.
'Close all windows' feature does not work consistently in private windows.
Requests for additional features like minimizing windows or opening custom webpages are unmet.

Recent reviews

by Bl*****, 2025-07-15

Quickly but if I open firefox again all tabs are here ... no safety

by Al*****, 2024-10-14

by Fi*****, 2024-05-29

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Is Panic Button Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Panic Button 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

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

Panic Button is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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