Tab Deleter

Tracking since Apr 2, 2026.

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• May 8, 2026
  description

  Tab Deleter - A powerful sidebar for managing your browser tabs
  
  FEATURES:
  
  - Sidebar Panel - Click the extension icon to open a clean sidebar showing all your tabs organized by groups
  
  - Auto-Grouping - Automatically groups tabs by domain when 2+ tabs share the same site (e.g., all YouTube tabs grouped together)
  
  - Custom Groups - Create your own groups with custom names, colors, and domain patterns. Tabs matching your patterns are automatically sorted into the right group
  
  - Drag & Drop - Reorder tabs and groups by dragging. Move tabs between groups or to "Other" (ungrouped)
  
  - Quick Actions - Right-click tabs to duplicate, close, or move to another group
  
  - Collapse/Expand - Click group headers to collapse or expand. Use header buttons to collapse/expand all groups at once
  
  - Rename Groups - Double-click any group name to rename it inline
  
  - Dark Mode - Automatically adapts to your system's light/dark theme
  
  - Tab Count Badge - See your total tab count on the extension icon
  
  - Sleep Groups - Put tab groups to sleep to save memory. Sleeping groups save URLs and can be restored later
  
  - All Windows Mode - Optionally show and manage tabs from all browser windows in one sidebar
  
  - Audio Indicator - See which tabs are playing audio with a speaker icon on the favicon
  
  Works with Chrome and Brave browsers.
  
  ## Changelog
  
  ### v1.4.0 (2026-02-09)
  - Add event bus system for centralized event handling
  - Sleeping groups now sync across all browser windows
  - Settings changes (like badge mode) now update immediately
  - Fix multi-select drag dropping tabs in wrong order
  - Fix tab rendering bug where new tabs weren't displayed
  - Add inline group renaming with double-click
  - Add multi-select tab support with drag badge

  Tab Deleter - A powerful sidebar for managing your browser tabs
  
  FEATURES:
  
  - Sidebar Panel - Click the extension icon to open a clean sidebar showing all your tabs organized by groups
  
  - Auto-Grouping - Automatically groups tabs by domain when 2+ tabs share the same site (e.g., all YouTube tabs grouped together)
  
  - Custom Groups - Create your own groups with custom names, colors, and domain patterns. Tabs matching your patterns are automatically sorted into the right group
  
  - Drag & Drop - Reorder tabs and groups by dragging. Move tabs between groups or to "Other" (ungrouped)
  
  - Quick Actions - Right-click tabs to duplicate, close, or move to another group
  
  - Collapse/Expand - Click group headers to collapse or expand. Use header buttons to collapse/expand all groups at once
  
  - Rename Groups - Double-click any group name to rename it inline
  
  - Dark Mode - Automatically adapts to your system's light/dark theme
  
  - Tab Count Badge - See your total tab count on the extension icon
  
  - Sleep Groups - Put tab groups to sleep to save memory. Sleeping groups save URLs and can be restored later
  
  - All Windows Mode - Optionally show and manage tabs from all browser windows in one sidebar
  
  - Audio Indicator - See which tabs are playing audio with a speaker icon on the favicon
  
  Works with Chrome and Brave browsers.
  
  ## Changelog
  
  ### v1.7.0 (2026-05-07)
  - Add "scroll to playing tab" header button — cycles through tabs currently playing audio, activating each in turn so you can pause/mute it
  - Add "scroll to active tab" header button and persist sidebar collapse/expand state
  - Fix YouTube content script not being included in published package (progress bars now work after install)
  - Reduce render thrashing: sidebar now ignores tab-update events that don't affect what's drawn
  - Coalesce rapid grouping work (e.g. session restore) into a single bulk pass instead of dozens of serialized operations
  - Make group-tracking writes durable across service-worker suspension
  - Fix lost-write race in ghost-group expiry
  - Make YouTube content script idempotent on re-injection (no listener pile-up after extension reload)
  - Settings handlers no longer fire twice on save
  - Better error handling for "No SW" / "Extension context invalidated" during service-worker hibernation

• May 8, 2026
  permissions

  tabs, tabGroups, sidePanel, storage

  tabs, tabGroups, sidePanel, storage, scripting

Permissions & access

Permissions

tabstabGroupssidePanelstoragescripting

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