# Pin Unpin Tab

> Pin Unpin Tab can pin or unpin a tab by: - a long left mouse click anywhere on the webpage (an arguably more efficient alternative to the no longer possible double-click on tab) - a keyboard shortcut - a click on the pin icon on browser toolbar

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/pinunpin-tab](https://chrome-stats.com/d/pinunpin-tab)

## Overview

- **ID:** `pinunpin-tab`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Jayesh Bhoot
- **Category:** appearance,tabs
- **Daily users:** 741
- **Weekly downloads:** 5
- **Rating:** 4.28 / 5 (57 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.0
- **Last updated:** 2023-07-08
- **First published:** 2013-05-17
- **Size:** 43 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/pinunpin-tab/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/jyshb/pin-unpin-tab](https://github.com/jyshb/pin-unpin-tab)

## Description

Pin Unpin Tab is a Firefox WebExtension designed to enhance tab management by allowing users to pin or unpin tabs efficiently. It offers multiple methods to toggle tab pinning: a long left mouse click anywhere on a webpage (customizable duration, except on Firefox's internal and AMO pages), a keyboard shortcut (Alt-P or Ctrl-Shift-P on macOS, customizable via Firefox settings), and a convenient toolbar pin icon that suits Firefox's themes.

Due to technical limitations in WebExtensions, double-clicking tabs to pin or unpin is not available, but this extension provides arguably more efficient alternatives. The extension is user-friendly, fully customizable, and credits icon design to Smashicons under CC 3.0 BY license. Perfect for users seeking quick and accessible tab pinning workflows in Firefox.

## Rankings

- #3,933 — Overall
- #96 — tab
- #123 — tabellenkalkulation
- #167 — database
- #167 — license
- #173 — restore tabs

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

The add-on is praised for its simplicity, usefulness, and keyboard/long-press pinning methods, plus it helps recover pins after closing windows. However, users report reliability issues with shortcuts, opt-in behavior that re-enables features, privacy concerns, site-specific inconsistencies, and a lack of restart persistence.

### Pros

- Simple, useful, and convenient design for pinning tabs.
- Supports keyboard shortcut pinning (and easy mapping of a shortcut).
- Long-press pinning is an elegant solution for quick access.
- Helps recover pins after closing windows, mitigating Firefox design quirks.
- Generally easy to use and improves tab-pin management.

### Cons

- Alt+P keyboard shortcut not working on some systems (reliability issue).
- Long-press trigger is enabled by an opt-in default that can reappear after updates, causing UX problems.
- Privacy concerns: asks for access to all website data.
- Inconsistent behavior on some sites (e.g., long-press not working on YouTube).
- Pins do not persist across browser restarts; users want permanent pins across restarts.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/pinunpin-tab)