What is Tab Suspender?

Tab Suspender is a Chrome extension developed by https://tab-suspender.com, and its main feature is "Automatically suspend, park, hibernate inactive tabs and save up to 80% of memory, reduce load on your device, battery and heat.".

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Download Tab Suspender Extension CRX File

Download Tab Suspender extension files in crx format, manually install Chrome extensions in the browser, or share the crx files with friends to easily install Chrome extensions.

Extension Usage Instructions

If you like to use many open Tabs at once - this extension will help you and automatically accelerate your browser and purge the memory.

Extension suspend, park, hibernate inactive tabs and save up to 80% of memory.

Unloading tabs will free memory and reduce load on the device, saving battery and less heat.

This extension catches inactive, idle or forgotten tabs and suspend / park them with the freeing 80% memory, device resources and battery life.

When tab became a visible again, it can be automatically restored to initial.

Also you can enable auto-close tabs function, which close unused tabs and holds count of tabs at the selected level.

IF TAB SUSPENDER HAS STOPPED WORKING:
-> Please try to reset Tab Suspender Settings:
"Tab Suspender Menu -> All Settings -> Reset Settings".

Benefits:

Speeds Up Chrome:
Suspended tabs don't consuming
processor resources.

Minimize Memory Use:
Chrome consumes in 3-5 times less
memory with suspended tabs
against normal.

Automatic controls tab population:
Do not need to close unused tabs
manually.

Version history:

1.4.11
Parked page performance improvements 1.8x.
Interface improvements.
Added video tutorial.
Some bug fixes.

1.4.10
Bug fixes.

1.4.9
Added Youtube video timing save.

1.4.7
Fixed auto-restore function.

1.4.4, 1.4.5
Fixed bugs with corrupted settings.

1.4.3
Fixed bugs with mistakenly wizard opening.

1.4.3
Fixed bugs with freezes.
Added ability to import/export settings.
Added quick Session Preview on TS menu.
Activated configuration synchronization between account browsers.

1.4.1
Fixed History bug.
Turned off Auto-Close by default.
Other bug fixes.

1.3.3
Fixed Menu JS error.
Reworked History page.
Added Session Manager.
Fixed h2c screenshot
Width/Height logic.

1.2.9.4
Fixed suspended screenshot size
for Retina displays.
Added new HOTKEYs: 'Suspend
or Unsuspend Current Tab
(in one HotKey)' and others.
Reworked context menu with
checkboxes, added
separators.
1.2.9.3
Added ability to click
anywhere to restore.
Auto adjust Restore button
size based on window
height.

1.2.9.0
Menu extended.

1.2.8.1
Fixed wizard in incognito
mode.
Native URL bar now shows on
mouse hover.

1.2.8
Fixed issue with all tabs
icons doesn't load properly.
Performance improvement.

1.2.7.2
Fixed empty screen without
title.
Fixed bug with 'The database
connection is closing'.
Prevent from suspend tabs with
filled forms.
Added new style of restore
button: Top Menu (can be
changed in settings)

1.2.7.1
Added setup wizard.
Added reset settings button.
Added settings for additional
CSS styles of suspended
page Screenshot.

1.2.7
Migration to IndexedDB.
Bug with double capture
on page loading,
improved capture logic.
Bug with icons do not loaded
but page already discarded
without icon.
Bug with DB is not initialized.

1.2.6
Added settings related to
battery level.
Added new option "Open new
tabs discarded".
Fixed Whitelist lost focus.
Fixed problem with Zoomed
pages when preview
screen was over zoomed.

1.2.5
Fixed bug with slow scrolling.
Fixed bugs.

1.2.2/1.2.3
Fixed bugs.
Settings were categorized.

1.1.4/1.1.5
Fixed bugs.

1.1.2
Fixed bug with auto-reload on
tab activation.
Rework open from history page
logic.

1.1.1
Speedup load suspended tabs on
browser startup.

1.1.0
Greatly improved memory savings and performance.
Added support of native discard,
if suspended tab not used for
a long time - increased
memory save!
Reworked screens storage
- improved memory usage,
saves even more memory now!
Reworked screens storage
- screens not disappear
after browser restart.
Added option to start tabs
discarded on browser startup.
Added restore form data during
unsuspend.
Added settings allows to disable
suspender based on charging status.

0.6.0
Menu reworked.
Added new option "Auto-Suspend
tabs only when working on
battery".
Added new settings for
background color of
suspended page.
Bug on settings page slider
fixed.
Tried to fix chrome://invalid
problem.

0.5.7
Settings page reload bug fixed.
Disk writes issue improved.
Suspend bug fixed.

0.5.5
Added menu tooltips.

0.5.4
Returned 'Ignore Current Tab'
menu item.
Added White List user interface
(May ask for "notification"
permission).
Removed 'http' prefix from
White List tester.

0.5.3
Removed 'Ignore Current Tab'
menu item.
Fixed recursive suspend from
context menu.

0.4.9.2
Recycle button improved.

0.4.9.1
Issue with pages without favicon.
Fine suspend interval slider on
All Settings.

0.4.9
Suspend window menu item fix.
Icon does not processed as
well on some sites.
Auto update for old version
immediate updgrade absorber.

0.4.8.3
Added hotkeys.
Added context menuon mouse
right click(May ask for
"contextMenus" permission).
Fixed immediate extension update.
Fixed cross OS font on popup.
0.4.8.2
Fixed pause issue.
0.4.8:
Huge performance optimization.
Added tab icons status animation.
Added Recycle function control
on popup page.
Added history of suspended tabs.
Added native tab URL info at the
top of parked page.
Added if user click refresh browser
button on suspended tab -
unsuspend tab.
Fixed wrong weight calculation on
tab close logic.
Audiable exception logic
improved.
Restore tabs on startup only if
according setting setted.
Fixed: tabs playing music have
more points opposite tab
without music for
'tab close' case only.
0.4.7:
Added audible option.
Added auto restore tabs after
auto-update extension on
enable-disable action.
(earlier lost all
suspended tabs)
Added popup with slider for fast
access to suspend-interval
settings.
Improved auto-close tab logic.
Performance improvements++.
Added new functional buttons:
"Suspend other tabs",
"Restore All".
Added Pause Suspender function.
Added "Ignore current tab" option.
Added option to reload a tab
when restoring, instead
of just displaying the
cached version of the
page.
Added option to restore tab by
mouse click instead of mouse
hover.
Fixed bug with unparked tab stuck
in parked state.
Reworked exception list, added *
support, now supports
'subdomain.*' or
'*.domain.com'
patterns.
Add test interface for exception
list testing.

0.4.6:
- Fixed bug with tab suspend
stops after some time.
- Added ability to suspend tab
manually.
- 'Very slow PC' options detects
automatically - actual
for ChromeOS.

0.4.5:
- UI fixes.
- Close tab logic improved.

0.4.4:
- New option to exclude sites
from being suspend.
- Fixed orthographical errors.
- Fixed Restore from History or
OneTab plugin.
- Fixed generated favicons
injection.
- Added mode for super-slow
PC(for the case when the video
slows down)

0.4.3:
- Improved blinking of restore-
button.
- Added correct suspended
favicons for pages without
favicon.

Extension Basic Information

Name	Tab Suspender
ID	fiabciakcmgepblmdkmemdbbkilneeeh
Official URL	https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/tab-suspender/fiabciakcmgepblmdkmemdbbkilneeeh
Description	Automatically suspend, park, hibernate inactive tabs and save up to 80% of memory, reduce load on your device, battery and heat.
File Size	2.25 MB
Installation Count	206,302
Current Version	1.4.12
Last Updated	2024-01-09
Publish Date	2020-05-16
Rating	3.80/5 Total 569 Ratings
Developer	https://tab-suspender.com
Email	[email protected]
Payment Type	free
Extension Website	http://tab-suspender.com
Help Page URL	http://tab-suspender.com
Privacy Policy Page URL	https://tab-suspender.com/privacypolicy
Supported Languages	en,ru,zh-CN
manifest.json
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