TabMemFree

Lower RAM and CPU load by unloading idle tabs

What is TabMemFree?

TabMemFree is an efficient Chrome extension designed to streamline browser performance by automatically unloading idle tabs, helping to reduce RAM and CPU strain. It conveniently maintains the title and icon of unloaded tabs. It features user-friendly options to tweak the maximum idle time for tabs, check frequency, and offers the choice to safeguard pinned tabs from being unloaded. The extension fully respects user data privacy with all preferences stored locally and managed by Chrome, and no personal data is collected.

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By: Vitaliy Meshchaninov

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Users: 55,546 ▼ -81

Rating: 3.70 (168)

Version: 0.3.1 (Last updated: 2023-08-29)

Creation date: 2020-03-08

Risk impact: Very low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

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Size: 239.62K

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URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 3305 ▲ 13

Other rankings

#279 in Functionality & UI ▼ 6

#31 in deactivate keyword 34 ▼ 1

#32 in prevent keyword 48 ▲ 2

#136 in icon keyword 76 ▲ 2

#256 in settings keyword 76 ▲ 3

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Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

Summary

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=== Features === Automatically unload idle tabs, while keeping their title and icon. Click extension icon to activate/deactivate it. Options to tweak maximum tab idle time and check frequency, and prevent pinned tabs unload.

=== Known risks === You may lose forms data when a tab gets parked.

=== User Data Policy === Extension preferences are saved locally and managed by Chrome. No personal user data is collected.

=== Recent changes === 0.3.1 Fix settings page not loading

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Pros

Simple and effective
Speeds up browsing experience
Parks unpinned tabs, using minimal memory

Cons

Lack of a whitelist or tab-specific exception feature, other than pinning
Possible incompatibilities causing loss of tabs or failure to reload parked tabs
Changes URL of tab, causing potential problems with other extensions