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Auto Unload Tab

Automatically unload unused browser tabs. Created by def00111

Free
Mac
Windows
Linux
Web
Firefox
Discontinued

If you one of those persons who like to have much open tabs in Firefox browser, then you know how many PC resources that consumes. The solution is simple - unload unused tabs after some period of inactivity (user sets the time).
Also you can minimize tabs widht and make them "deploy" when cursor is on top of them, keep one or more tabs loaded permanently, create whitelist/blacklist for tabs to load/unload and much more...Here is the list for all possible actions:

1) Unload tab after minutes
2) Close unloaded tab after minutes
3) Bypass cache on restore
4) Max loaded tabs
5) Select nearest loaded tab after closing the selected tab
6) Show "Auto Unload Tab" menu in tab context menu
7) Show "Auto Unload Tab" menu in page context menu
8) Load whitelisted sites at startup
9) Load pinned tabs at startup
10) Ignore unread tabs
11) Load background tabs
12) Middle-click unloads tab
13) Dim pending tabs
14) Reduce pending tabs width
15) Highlight unread tabs
16) Ignore bookmarked urls
17) Check interval in minutes (for memory)
18) Unload tab if size is over... (in megabytes)
19) Ignore protected tabs
20) Unload Tab while holding a certain key (alt|ctrl|meta|shift)
21) Show "Auto Unload Tab" menu in tools menu
22) Unload hidden tabs... More Info »

Tab context menu items:
1) Unload Tab
2) Keep Tab loaded
3) Unload Other Tabs

Page context menu items:
1) Keep [hostname] loaded
2) Keep page loaded

Link to official Auto Unload Tab site

Official Website

Features

Browser extension Browser integration Firefox Extensions Add a feature

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Discontinued addon-for-firefox browser-enhancement mozilla-addon

Auto Unload Tab was added by zilvinasbadaras in Sep 2016 and the latest update was made in Apr 2020. The list of alternatives was updated Oct 2017. It's possible to update the information on Auto Unload Tab or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

Auto Unload Tab is discontinued

The extension is no longer developed since 2016 and it is not compatible with Firefox Quantum.

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