# Rename Tab Title

> Renames the Tab Title (Persistent across the sessions). Renaming to add custom words in tab titles makes it easy to search for tabs in the address bar.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `rename-tab-title`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Anush Veeranala
- **Category:** appearance,other,tabs
- **Daily users:** 3,166
- **Weekly downloads:** 97
- **Rating:** 3.70 / 5 (117 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.3resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2015-02-18
- **Size:** 93 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/rename-tab-title/)

## Description

## Rename Tab Title Chrome Extension

This extension allows users to rename browser tab titles persistently across sessions, making it easier to identify and search for tabs using custom words directly in the address bar. Users can simply click the toolbar icon or use the customizable shortcut (Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + E) to invoke a popup for entering new tab titles. The extension supports saving all renamed titles and managing them through an "Edit All" interface, including regex-based title matching for advanced customization.

### Key Features
- Persistent renaming of tab titles across browser sessions
- Easy-to-use popup for quick renaming with save or cancel options
- Supports managing saved titles and bulk editing
- Regex support to apply custom titles to multiple URLs matching patterns
- Customizable keyboard shortcut for quick access

Ideal for power users who manage many tabs and want an efficient way to label and quickly find them without relying on default page titles.

## Rankings

- #1,602 — Overall
- #124 — Tabs
- #245 — Other extensions
- #255 — Appearance
- #15 — name
- #31 — relate

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `activeTab`

### 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

Users praise the add-on for being simple, functional, and useful—especially for multi-tab scenarios and its regex-based renaming with a keyboard shortcut. However, reliability is inconsistent: names can revert and renaming may fail across domains or after reload. Firefox-specific issues (no icon/blocked usage) reduce usability. A common request is to add right-click/context-menu renaming for easier access, indicating important UX gaps alongside the persistence/context limitations.

### Pros

- Simple and functional
- Reliable and generally works well (works perfectly in many cases)
- Useful for managing multiple tabs from the same domain
- Regex-based renaming adds power to the feature
- Keyboard shortcut support improves usability

### Cons

- Names sometimes revert to defaults / do not persist after interaction
- Doesn’t rename across domains or after page reload / limited in certain contexts
- Firefox-related accessibility issues (no extension icon or blocked usage) hindering use
- Lack of right-click/context-menu renaming feature; requests for easier access

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