Ctrl+Tab MRU
Switch between tabs in the most recently used order, can be configured to use Ctrl+Tab as a shortcut
As of May 2026, Ctrl+Tab MRU has 2,000 users and a 3.37/5 rating from 120 reviews in the Workflow & Planning category.
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Version
0.9
Manifest V3
History
2 snapshotsTracking since Apr 1, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2026 | 2.0K | 3.40 | 118 | 0.9 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 2.0K | 3.39 | 119 | 0.9 |
| Now | 2.0K | 3.37 | 120 | 0.9 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- tabsscriptingstorage
- Host access
- <all_urls>
Screenshots
About
'Ctrl+Tab MRU' allows switching through tabs in the order they were visited before. By default this happens by pressing Ctrl+Y for going back in time and Ctrl+Shift+Y for the other way round. *** IMPORTANT TO KNOW *** Unfortunately Chrome doesn't drectly allow users to set Ctr+Tab as shortcut keys. So I suggest using the following trick to circumvent this: https://superuser.com/a/1326712. *** *** *** Tab switching also works on special pages (like chrome://), Chrome Web Store URLs, PDFs, XMLs or when the address bar is focused. In this case a temporary tab is opened to show the menu. To directly jump to a tab listed on the switcher menu, click on its title or icon. Drawbacks: - At the moment I don't have an idea how to avoid the temporary tab. It's required because I otherwise could not detect the release of the ctrl key (=end of the switching action) on special pages. - If you release the ctrl key too fast while the temporary tab is loaded I am unable to detect the key-up event, therefore the menu gets stuck. Please hit the ctrl key again to finish switching. - Recent tab order is not preserved when closing and restoring a window. Permissions: - 'Access your data on all websites': required to draw the tab list on top of the websites' content and to detect PDFs and XMLs. - 'Access your tabs and browsing activity': required to record tab order, open the temporary tab and to switch to the selected tab. Updates: - 0.9 -- switch to Manifest V3 to be future proof - 0.6 -- tab titles on the switcher popup are now clickable to directly jump to a tab -- no more need to reload the tabs after initial install -- added xml viewer support (menu is shown on temporary tab) - 0.5 -- added frameset support (menu is shown on temporary tab) - 0.4.2 -- added support for ftp and file:// pages -- added incognito support - 0.3.1 -- corrected tab order for tabs opened in the background -- refined stylesheet
Technical
- Version
- 0.9
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 15.2KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 2
- Featured
- Yes
Metadata
- ID
- ialfjajikhdldpgcfglgndennidgkhik
- Developer ID
- u0d735713b51bda8d970f0f34f1abc502
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Oct 15, 2013
- Last Updated (Store)
- Oct 12, 2023
- Last Scraped
- May 27, 2026
- Website
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- Support URL
- —
- Privacy Policy
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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified May 27, 2026.