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: 50,000+

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: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

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Size: 239.62K

Email: gl*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 3974 ▼ 19

Other rankings

#551 in Functionality & UI ▼ 2 #66 in prevent keyword 26 ▼ 10 #252 in options keyword 14 ▼ 46 #283 in tab keyword 77 ▲

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Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Extension 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

User reviews

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Pros

Simple and effective in managing tabs.
Helps speed up browsing experience.
Useful for users who do not want to manually unload tabs.

Cons

Has serious bugs with idle time detection.
Can result in loss of tabs and compatibility issues with other extensions.
Only allows pinning to make exceptions for tabs.

Most mentioned

Request for adding exceptions by host for certain tabs.
Issues with the 'Go Back' button not functioning properly.
Concerns about the extension being spyware.

Recent reviews

Request: exclude by domain feature would be nice to have

Elvin Agha, 2023-10-21

This is even better than what I was looking for, since I don't have to manually unload anything. Suggestion: Add exceptions by host, like do not park discord.com or web.telegram.com, etc. Sure I could just pin them, but then it would be a nice feature for those who heavily uses tab groups. For example, my tab group about communication has 5 different tabs, and I don't want any of them pinned.