# Tab cleaner

> Clean up open tabs using regex. This addon comes with a widget that allows you to type in regexes and have tabs matching that regex be removed.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `tab-cleaner`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Expenses
- **Category:** appearance,tabs
- **Daily users:** 10
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.1.2resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2018-02-15
- **Size:** 8.64 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/tab-cleaner/)

## Description

Tab cleaner is a Firefox add-on that provides a widget for typing in regex patterns to match and remove tabs. Clean up your open tabs effortlessly using regular expressions.

## Rankings

- #33,237 — Overall
- #61 — cleaner

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low 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-cleaner)