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The Great-er Tab Discarder

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Overview

Helps Chrome load faster and run quicker by freeing up memory and resources used by inactive or old tabs. No tracking. No drama.

Welcome to all users coming from "The Marvellous Suspender", "The Great Suspender (notrack)", or other similar extensions! This extension can migrate your suspended tabs! Suspending tabs is the old-school way of reclaiming memory in Chrome. Switch to Discarding tabs, which is the preferred Chrome-native way of running faster and more efficient. New Features Migrate Tabs Migrate suspended tabs from several other extensions. Discard all tabs at startup Prevents Chrome from loading all your tabs at startup, while preserving the tabs in your last session. Discard eligible tabs Same as "Discard other tabs" but observes the current auto-discard settings, like skipping Pinned and Audio tabs. Link to Chrome Discards page Adds a link on the context and popup menus to launch the built-in chrome://discards/ page. What does "Discarding" a tab mean? Discarding a tab does NOT close or remove or delete the tab. Discarding simply frees up memory. It's a feature of Chrome, and the preferred way to keep your browser running fast and efficient. What about "Suspending" tabs? Tab suspending is the old-school approach at saving memory. Problem is, Chrome still assigns resources to the suspended mini-pages. Chrome added tab discarding for a reason, as it's able to natively free up memory. Please post all bug reports here: https://github.com/rkodey/the-great-er-discarder-er/issues (This is a fork of the abandoned project deanoemcke/thegreatdiscarder.)

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Details

  • Version
    1.1.0
  • Updated
    February 24, 2025
  • Offered by
    github.com / rkodey
  • Size
    219KiB
  • Languages
    English (United States)
  • Developer
    Email
    rkodey+github@gmail.com
  • Non-trader
    This developer has not identified itself as a trader. For consumers in the European Union, please note that consumer rights do not apply to contracts between you and this developer.

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  • Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
  • Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality
  • Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes

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