# Reset Tab

> Closes the current tab, reopens it to clear its history, resets its position and pin status. Click the extension icon or use shortcut: Alt+R

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `reset-tab`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** ScepticDope
- **Category:** tabs
- **Daily users:** 6
- **Version:** 1.3
- **Last updated:** 2023-12-20
- **First published:** 2023-12-18
- **Size:** 20 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/reset-tab/)

## Description

Closes the current tab, reopens it to clear its history, resets its position and pin status. Click the extension icon or use shortcut: Alt+R

Originally made to reset the back button on a pinned tab. Was annoyed that when switching tabs, the colour of the back button changed between other pinned tabs that had no history. Doing this manually was very time consuming and often went wrong when dragging the URL to easily create a new tab between other tabs.

Changing the actual current tab history, not the history record, is not allowed by extensions, so I came up with this workaround that mimics the manual process.

## Rankings

- #41,816 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `theme`

## 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/reset-tab)