# Restore Loaded Tabs

> Preserves which tabs are loaded or unloaded across Firefox restarts.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/restore-loaded-tabs](https://chrome-stats.com/d/restore-loaded-tabs)

## Overview

- **ID:** `restore-loaded-tabs`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Nico
- **Category:** tabs
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-23
- **First published:** 2026-08-20
- **Size:** 9.17 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/restore-loaded-tabs/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/D3SOX/restore-loaded-tabs/issues](https://github.com/D3SOX/restore-loaded-tabs/issues)

## Description

Firefox normally restores inactive tabs as unloaded, even when they were loaded before shutdown. Restore Loaded Tabs remembers each tab's loaded or unloaded state and reapplies it after Firefox restarts.

Tabs that were loaded are reloaded. Tabs that were unloaded remain unloaded.

The extension requires Firefox's "Open previous windows and tabs" setting. It uses only the sessions permission, cannot read page contents, and does not collect or transmit data.

## Rankings

- #132,491 — Overall
- #218 — gpt store
- #231 — web store

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `sessions`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/restore-loaded-tabs)