# Tab Save & Restore

> Saves the links of all open tabs and allows for one by one or all together restoration.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `tab-save-restore`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Adit Bhatt
- **Category:** appearance,bookmarks,tabs
- **Daily users:** 459
- **Weekly downloads:** 8
- **Rating:** 3.62 / 5 (21 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.0
- **Last updated:** 2019-05-06
- **First published:** 2018-01-22
- **Size:** 47 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/tab-save-restore/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/avbhatt/tabs](https://github.com/avbhatt/tabs)

## Description

Tab Save & Restore is a Chrome extension designed for seamless tab management. It saves the links of all your open tabs, allowing you to restore them either individually or altogether at your convenience. This tool is perfect for users who prefer not to sign in to their browser but want an easy way to save their browsing sessions before shutting down or switching devices.

The extension simplifies what used to be a tedious task—copy-pasting tab URLs into a text file—into a quick and efficient process with just a few clicks. For detailed usage instructions and support, users can visit its [GitHub repository](https://github.com/avbhatt/tabs) where they can also report any issues.

## Rankings

- #5,321 — Overall
- #179 — Bookmarks
- #1 — gpt store
- #2 — web store
- #15 — restore tabs
- #19 — store

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `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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## Review summary

Users generally praise the add-on for being simple and useful for saving/restoring tab sets, but reliability problems are repeatedly reported. Several reviews note save/restore failures and UI glitches, plus a lack of confirmation that a save succeeded. There are concerns about data loss after shutdown and some multi-window behavior issues. Overall, the tool is valued for quick session management but needs better feedback, reliability, and multi-window handling.

### Pros

- Easy to use and straightforward interface.
- Restores tabs properly; does what it's supposed to.
- Saves all open tabs and supports reopening them later (session management).

### Cons

- Inconsistent reliability; save/restore sometimes fail or buttons don’t respond.
- Lack of clear feedback or visual confirmation that tabs were saved.
- Risk of losing saved tabs if the computer is turned off or restarted.
- Multi-window handling issues (bugs/annoyances with saving across multiple windows).

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