# Recent Tab Switcher

> Switch to your most Recent tab with Alt+Q

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `recent-tab-switcher`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Naruto
- **Category:** tabs
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-07-12
- **First published:** 2025-07-09
- **Size:** 8.03 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/recent-tab-switcher/)

## Description

Just use to ALT+Q shortcut to swap between 2 recent tabs.

## Rankings

- #67,863 — Overall
- #242 — kitchen

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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