Lazy Tabs
Discard all inactive tabs (except pinned) at startup or by clicking an icon
As of June 2026, Lazy Tabs has 10,000 users and a 3.66/5 rating from 151 reviews in the Accessibility category.
Usersup 66.7 percent+66.7%
10.0K
10,000
Ratingup 0.3 percent+0.3%
3.66
151 reviews
Reviewsup 0.7 percent+0.7%
151
Version
1.1.0
Manifest V3
90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension gained 4.0K users.
History
3 snapshotsTracking since Apr 21, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2026 | 6.0K | 3.65 | 150 | 1.1.0 |
| May 6, 2026 | 7.0K | 3.66 | 151 | 1.1.0 |
| Jun 4, 2026 | 8.0K | 3.66 | 151 | 1.1.0 |
| Now | 10.0K | 3.66 | 151 | 1.1.0 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- None declared
- Host access
- None declared
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About
Automatically discards all tabs at startup or on demand (on icon click) for reducing memory consumption and unnecessary bandwidth usage. Without tracking and any permissions. Source code: https://github.com/jman/lazy_tab
Technical
- Version
- 1.1.0
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 10.93KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- Yes
Metadata
- ID
- aabgbgciohhaogajcnacpgilhmacdahc
- Developer ID
- u7c36fd3169918ad76b90e6167f7cfa83
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Oct 19, 2012
- Last Updated (Store)
- Apr 25, 2025
- Last Scraped
- Jun 4, 2026
- Website
- —
- Support URL
- https://github.com/jman/lazy_tab/issues
- Privacy Policy
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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified Jun 4, 2026.