Auto Close Tabs

Auto Close Tabs

auto closes idle tabs when not active, hidden, playing audio, highlighted/selected, pinned or contain visible text input field with text in them.

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What is Auto Close Tabs?

Auto Close Tabs is a Firefox add-on that automatically closes idle tabs when they are not active, hidden, playing audio, highlighted/selected, pinned, or contain visible text input field with text.

Merlin
Stats
Stats date:
Users: 82
Rating: 5.00 (3)
Version: 1.7.9 (Last updated: 2023-02-28)
Creation date: 2021-08-20
Weekly download count: 9
Firefox on Android: No
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • bookmarks
  • menus
  • tabs
  • storage
  • <all_urls>
Size: 22.41K
URLs: Website
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Other platforms

Not available on Chrome
Not available on Edge
Merlin
Summary

auto closes idle tabs when tabs are not active, hidden, playing audio, highlighted/selected, pinned or contain visible text input field with text in them.

Usage:

  1. install the add-on
  2. Set minimal number of tabs to always keep open (default: 7)
  3. Set amount of time until a tab is closed (default 3 days)
  4. (optional) Run in private Window
  5. (optional) Select Bookmark Folder to save closed tabs into
  6. (optional) Add Whitelist Regular Expression Matchers, to ignore specific Sites from being closed automatically.
Notes:
  1. Permissions:
    • bookmarks, used for saving closed tabs
    • tabs, used to query and close tabs
    • <all_urls>, used to check if the websites has text input fields with content in them
    • storage, used to store the settings
    This add-on tries to use the minimal number of required permissions to successfully fullfill its intended purpose. If you think this could be improved please let me know by opening an issue and i will try to look into it.
  2. Cost/Payment: This Add-on is and forever will be subscription and payment free to use for everyone however they like. If you are feeling generous you send me a tip via my bitcoin address 35WK2GqZHPutywCdbHKa9BQ52GND3Pd6h4
  3. Stars/Reviews: If you found this add-on useful leave some stars or a review so others can find it too.
  4. Bugs, Suggestions and Requests: If you have any (e.g. a site it does not work but you think it should) or have improvement suggestions or feature request please open issue here at the "Support Site".
Safety
Risk impact

Auto Close Tabs is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Auto Close Tabs if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Auto Close Tabs is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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