# Tab Freezer

> All new tabs and popups are closed automatically when Tab Freezer is active for a page. Close popups/tabs automatically that open from invisible overlays you click on.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `tab-freezer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** lynk
- **Category:** privacy-security,tabs
- **Daily users:** 90
- **Weekly downloads:** 3
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (5 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.3.2resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-26
- **First published:** 2018-09-24
- **Size:** 51 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/tab-freezer/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/lynk/webext-tabfreezer](https://github.com/lynk/webext-tabfreezer)

## Description

**Tab Freezer** is a Firefox extension designed to protect your browsing experience by automatically closing all new tabs and popups when activated on a page. This helps prevent annoying or malicious popups, especially those triggered by invisible overlays.

Once enabled on a tab, Tab Freezer blocks all new tabs created from that tab's domain, ensuring a cleaner, distraction-free browsing session. It remembers blocked domains across sessions and integrates features such as a counter displaying the number of closed tabs, custom right-click options to open links in new tabs, and a keyboard override for temporarily allowing new tabs. This targeted, domain-based control empowers users to manage popup behavior effectively without global interference. Customize icon placement and manage stored domains easily via the extension options.

## Rankings

- #12,148 — Overall
- #73 — free vpn
- #89 — deactivate
- #137 — override
- #241 — tab

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `storage`
- `webNavigation`
- `contextMenus`

## 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-freezer)