Auto Tab Killer

Automatically closes idle tabs when system memory is low

What is Auto Tab Killer?

Auto Tab Killer is a Chrome extension that automatically closes idle tabs when system memory drops below a specified limit. It helps free up system memory, improves performance, and can be easily enabled or disabled with a click.

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By: tylercd100

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 292 ▼ -12

Rating: 4.00 (4)

Version: 1.1.0 (Last updated: 2015-12-28)

Creation date: 2015-12-27

Risk impact: Very low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

idle
system.memory
storage
background

Size: 103.42K

Ranking

# 50200 ▼ 958

Other rankings

#15035 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 79

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Extension summary

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Automatically closes idle tabs when system memory drops below your specified limit.

Caution: This extension will close tabs when you're not looking!

Note: You can disable/enable Auto Tab Killer easily by clicking on the icon.

Auto Tab Killer is very simple to setup however you please!

Version 1.1.0 -Does not kill tabs when system is idle/locked.

User reviews

so close to being perfect, but could really use a whitelist... I have a tabs manager window that I use infrequently, but don't want closed (this addon closes it and also deletes from the window), while all other tabs should be closed after 1 minute of inactivity...

Riaz Ali, 2019-11-30

It's simple and it works. I just wished it would keep the truncated tabs/urls, rather than fully close them. This way you would have the option of reloading them if necessary.