Force Background Tab
Force New Tab Running In Background
As of June 2026, Force Background Tab has 30,000 users and a 3.93/5 rating from 256 reviews in the Workflow & Planning category.
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3.93
256 reviews
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Version
2.2.2
Manifest V3
History
1 snapshotsTracking since May 3, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2026 | 30.0K | 3.93 | 256 | 2.2.2 |
| Now | 30.0K | 3.93 | 256 | 2.2.2 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- tabsstorage
- Host access
- None declared
Screenshots
About
Force New Tab Running In Background !!!Support of all Link/Tab/Flash!!! Description: Normally, Each click on a link that wants to open a new tab will ACTIVE THE NEW TAB Now, After install this extension, the new tab will RUNNING IN BACKGROUND Feedback: https://github.com/monque/ChromeExtension-ForceBackgroundTab/issues ---------------------------------------- version 2.2.2 Fix service worker unavailable version 2.2.1 Upgrade chrome manifest version to v3 version 2.2.0 New feature: With the new rule management, users can set whether a site open in background or not version 2.1.5 Using chrome.storage instead of localStorage, options will sync with google account version 2.1.4 Add support for Chrome 79 https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/tabs#property-Tab-pendingUrl version 2.1.3 Add chrome-extension:// to exception list version 2.1.2 Revert to version 2.1.0, that the version without moentizus file version 2.1.0 Performance improved Add new rules to exception list version 2.0.5 Sorry for the hotfix caming late bugfix:add NEWTAB's url of chrome version 30.x to exception list version 2.0.4 bugfix:add chrome-search:// to exception list version 2.0.3 bugfix:fix the problem that open 2 tabs in background when making 1 click bugfix:remove the active mode for the bug above, also means it may be a FLASH when you openning a new tab version 2.0.1,2.0.2 bugfix:fix the problem that open 2 identical tabs when using Google Reader version 2.0.0 improved:improve the efficiency in passive mode feature:add active mode to prevent the FLASH when open a new tab version 1.12.0 bugfix:when Chrome first open the extension can not work improved:update some API method because deprecated version 1.11 improved:update Manifest_Version to version 2, and fix script to fit new version
Technical
- Version
- 2.2.2
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 666KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- Yes
Metadata
- ID
- gidlfommnbibbmegmgajdbikelkdcmcl
- Developer ID
- uefd32602992b88fde5ebe508a92b8496
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Aug 12, 2011
- Last Updated (Store)
- Dec 24, 2024
- Last Scraped
- Jun 3, 2026
- Website
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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified Jun 3, 2026.