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Auto Tab Cleaner: Manage Idle Tabs

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Overview

Safely manages idle Chrome tabs with monitor, discard, and opt-in close modes.

Auto Tab Cleaner helps keep busy Chrome sessions manageable without surprising destructive behavior. The extension tracks tab activity locally and helps you clean up tabs that have not been visited for a configurable amount of time. It defaults to discarding idle tabs, which can reduce memory pressure while keeping the tab visible in Chrome. You can choose from three cleanup modes: Monitor only: preview idle tab candidates without changing anything. Discard idle tabs: safely release memory while keeping tabs in the tab strip. Close idle tabs: opt into automatic closing with a short local restore history. Auto Tab Cleaner is built around safe defaults. It protects active tabs, pinned tabs, audible tabs, internal browser pages, and domains you add to the allowlist. If you explicitly enable close mode, the extension records local restore entries before successful closes so you can reopen recently closed tabs from the popup. Key features: - Monitor, discard, or opt into close mode. - Protect important domains with a hostname allowlist. - Restore tabs closed by the extension. - Configure idle time, check interval, and restore history retention. - Keep tab activity, settings, allowlist entries, and restore history in Chrome storage on your device. - No accounts, analytics, tracking, external requests, or remote browsing-data storage. Install Auto Tab Cleaner if you often keep many tabs open and want a safer way to reduce browser clutter without losing control over important tabs.

Details

  • Version
    0.3.0
  • Updated
    May 29, 2026
  • Offered by
    nikolasandwich
  • Size
    17.49KiB
  • Languages
    English
  • Developer
    Email
    nikolasandwich@gmail.com
  • Non-trader
    This developer has not identified itself as a trader. For consumers in the European Union, please note that consumer rights do not apply to contracts between you and this developer.

Privacy

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Auto Tab Cleaner: Manage Idle Tabs has disclosed the following information regarding the collection and usage of your data. More detailed information can be found in the developer's privacy policy.

Auto Tab Cleaner: Manage Idle Tabs handles the following:

Web history

This developer declares that your data is

  • Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
  • Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality
  • Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes

Support

For help with questions, suggestions, or problems, visit the developer's support site

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