Tab Origin

Name: Tab Origin
Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Author: pelmers

Return to the page from which you opened this tab.

As of May 2026, Tab Origin has 94 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 3 reviews in the Workflow & Planning category.

pelmers Workflow & Planning★ Featured

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Users−4.1%

Rating0%

5.00

3 reviews

Reviews0%

Version

1.0.5

Manifest V3

History

2 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 26, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 26, 2026	98	5.00	3	1.0.5
May 24, 2026	99	5.00	3	1.0.5
Now	94	5.00	3	1.0.5

Permissions & access

Permissions: tabsstorage
Host access: None declared

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About

Shortcut to return to the page from which you opened the current tab.

Motivation: you have a list of search results. You opened the first 5 in new tabs and closed the results list. Now you read the 5 top results, but they do not answer your question so you want to go back to the search page.

Without this extension, you would need to search your history or spam undo close tab. 

This extension conveniently solves the problem by taking you straight back to the origin page, re-opening it if necessary.

You can even use it recursively on tabs opened by tab origin; the extension tracks the history.

I suggest the shortcut is cmd/ctrl-shift-u, set from the bottom of Extensions page.
When origin information is unavailable for a tab a "N/A" badge is shown.

Port of my Tab Origin add-on from Firefox.