# Tab AutoClose

> Automatically close tabs matching certain regular expressions.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `tab-autoclose`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Tim Cambrant
- **Category:** tabs
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Version:** 0.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-22
- **First published:** 2026-04-19
- **Size:** 87 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/tab-autoclose/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/cambrant/tabautoclose/issues](https://github.com/cambrant/tabautoclose/issues)

## Description

This addon automatically closes tabs that match configurable rules once they have been idle long enough. You can control how many tabs stay open, define close and ignore rules using regular expressions for URLs and container names, and choose whether closed tabs are saved as bookmarks.

## Rankings

- #67,829 — Overall
- #198 — close

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextualIdentities`
- `cookies`
- `bookmarks`
- `tabs`
- `storage`

## 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/tab-autoclose)