Desaturate Favicons

Desaturate the favicons of all inactive tabs.

As of May 2026, Desaturate Favicons has 1,000 users and a 4.06/5 rating from 18 reviews in the Functionality & UI category.

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1.0K
1,000
Ratingno change0%
4.06
18 reviews
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18
Version
0.5
Manifest V3

Permissions & access

Permissions
favicon
Host access
None declared

Screenshots

Desaturate Favicons screenshot 1

About

Favicons—originally “favorites icons”—are the small icons that appear next to the page title inside a tab in Google Chrome.

Many companies choose to utilize this icon as a way to show off their logo or brand. As such, they’re often colorful and bold.

In an effort to provide a more minimalist, distraction-free, browsing experience, this extension desaturates the tab icons for all but the active tab.

In other words, all of the background tabs will appear in grayscale (“black and white”). When you switch which tab you’re viewing, the tab you were just viewing will see its icon switch to grayscale, and the new one you’re viewing will go back to full color.

The extension has no settings. There’s nothing to do. Just install it and it’ll start working right away. If you ever want the full color of icons to return, simply uninstall the extension.

Technical

Version
0.5
Manifest
V3
Size
25.83KiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
1
Featured
No

Metadata

ID
dkenplobjcbiljmfbgpbpaboipfgpcbm
Developer ID
u129b6038d4466b59ca567c5dc3944fe1
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Apr 15, 2014
Last Updated (Store)
May 28, 2024
Last Scraped
May 30, 2026
Website
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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified May 30, 2026.