# Tab Expiry Timer

> Set a timer on a tab; when time's up the tab closes automatically.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `tab-expiry-timer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Mado
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-09-28
- **First published:** 2025-09-25
- **Size:** 12 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/tab-expiry-timer/)

## Description

Each tab has a “timer”. When the time is up → the tab will close automatically (useful when reading news, social networks).

## Rankings

- #125,302 — Overall
- #191 — timer

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `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-expiry-timer)