Tab Finder, Tab Search & Switcher — Find Any Tab in Seconds

About

Search every open tab in Chrome. Find any tab in seconds with a keyboard shortcut.

If you have too many tabs open across too many windows, this tab finder lets you jump to any one of them in under two seconds — without touching your mouse.

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WHAT IT DOES
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• Tab search across every open Chrome window
• Find a tab by title, URL, domain, or label
• Tab switcher and tab navigator in one
• Search recently closed tabs and restore them with one click
• Label your tabs to organize and filter (work, side project, reading, research, etc.)
• Keyboard shortcut to open instantly — Cmd+Shift+K on Mac, Ctrl+Shift+K on Windows and Linux
• Quick tab search with live filtering as you type
• Match highlighting in Google Blue inside titles and URLs
• Automatic dark mode that follows your system theme
• Privacy by default — your tab list is hidden until you ask
• Free, no account, no ads, no tracking, no data uploaded

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HOW TO USE
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1. Install the extension.
2. Press Cmd+Shift+K (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+K (Windows / Linux) on any page.
3. Start typing — results filter live across every Chrome window.
4. Press Enter to jump to the highlighted tab. Chrome will switch windows automatically if the tab is in another window.
5. Press Escape to close. Click any row to jump with your mouse.

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WHY YOU NEED A TAB FINDER
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• You have 30, 50, 100+ tabs open and Chrome's tab strip is unreadable.
• You can't remember which window a tab is in.
• You waste time hunting through tab groups, tab bars, and minimized windows.
• You closed a tab by accident and can't find it in history.
• You want a command palette for Chrome — like Cmd+K in Linear, Notion, Raycast, VS Code, Slack — but for your tabs.

A keyboard-driven tab search is the fastest way to navigate a browser when you have a lot of tabs open.

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FEATURES IN DETAIL
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▸ TAB SEARCH
Live filtering on every keystroke. The match is shown in Google Blue inside both the title line and the URL line. Searches are case-insensitive and substring-based — "git" matches "GitHub", "git status", and "git.example.com" equally.

▸ TAB SWITCHER ACROSS WINDOWS
Most Chrome tab switchers only see the current window. This one queries every Chrome window you have open. Press Enter and Chrome focuses the right window and activates the right tab.

▸ LABEL TABS
Tag any tab with a single custom label — "Work", "Reading", "Side Project", "Research", "To do later". Labels are searchable. When your query exactly matches a label name, a one-click filter chip scopes the entire list to that label.

▸ RECENTLY CLOSED TABS
Closed a tab by accident? It still shows up in your search results under a "recently closed" section. Click the restore icon to bring it back — with any label you assigned still attached.

▸ LABELS PERSIST AFTER CLOSE
Labels are tied to the URL, not the tab instance. Close a labeled tab, reopen it tomorrow — the label is still there. Labels sync across devices through your Chrome profile.

▸ KEYBOARD-FIRST
Cmd+Shift+K opens the overlay. Arrow keys navigate. Enter activates. Esc closes. The mouse is always optional.

▸ PRIVACY BY DEFAULT
The overlay opens with the list hidden — your tab titles and URLs are not displayed until you start typing or click the eye icon to reveal. This matters if you screenshot, screen-share, or stream your browser. Nothing about your tabs is sent to any server.

▸ AUTOMATIC DARK MODE
The overlay follows your operating system and Chrome appearance settings.

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KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
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• Cmd+Shift+K (Mac) / Ctrl+Shift+K (Windows, Linux) — open the tab finder
• Type — filter the list live
• Arrow Up / Arrow Down — move selection
• Enter — jump to the selected tab
• Escape — close the overlay
• Click outside the card — also closes the overlay

The shortcut is configurable at chrome://extensions/shortcuts.

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WHO IT'S FOR
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• Anyone who keeps too many tabs open in Chrome
• Researchers, writers, students with dozens of reference tabs
• Developers juggling multiple windows of GitHub, Stack Overflow, docs, dashboards
• Designers with Figma, references, and inspiration tabs across windows
• Power users who already use command palettes in other apps and want one for tabs
• Anyone who's ever Googled "how to find a tab in chrome" or "chrome tab search"

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PRIVACY AND PERMISSIONS
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This extension runs entirely in your browser. It does not transmit data to any server, run analytics, show ads, or attempt to identify you.

Why each permission is needed:

• "tabs" — to read open-tab titles, URLs, favicons, and window IDs so you can search and switch between them.
• "sessions" — to read recently closed tabs (up to Chrome's 25-session cap) so they can appear in the "recently closed" section and be restored.
• "storage" — to save your custom tab labels via chrome.storage.sync so they follow your Chrome profile.