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Auto Unload Tab

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).

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Proprietary

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  • Discontinued

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Online
  • Firefox
Discontinued

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

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  • Developed by

    def00111
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Free product.
  • Alternatives

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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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What is Auto Unload Tab?

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

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