Lower RAM and CPU load by unloading idle tabs
TabMemFree Extension
Automatically unload idle tabs, while keeping their title and icon.
Click extension icon to activate/deactivate it.
Options to tweak maximum tab idle time and check frequency, and prevent pinned tabs unload.
=== Known risks ===
You may lose forms data when a tab gets parked.
=== User Data Policy ===
Extension preferences are saved locally and managed by Chrome.
No personal user data is collected.
=== Recent changes ===
0.3.1
Fix settings page not loading
0.3.0
Use Chrome Extension Storage API for settings
Attempt to fix settings page
0.2.2
Fix missing options page
0.2.1
Fix missing options page
Bump minimum Chrome version
0.2.0
Use new Chrome api to park tabs
No more access to personal data, like tabs url, favicon
No more injected script
0.1.4
Fix bugs, refactor for better performance, add icon tooltip
0.1.3.3
Migrate to Manifest V2
0.1.3.2
Tab title and icon saved via url hash to preserve user privacy
Better title handling
0.1.3.1
Park tabs to a Google tabmemfree.appspot.com server
0.1.3
Tab icon saved after tab parking
Option to prevent parking of pinned tabs
Parking to outer page to prevent tab loss on extension remove
0.1.2
Tab title saved after tab parking
Timeout between 15 minutes and 24 hours
Multiple windows support
Source Manifest.json
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