Helps Chrome run faster by freeing up memory and system resources being used by inactive tabs or old tabs

Latest Version

Version

0.2.1

Update

October 31, 2021

Size

210KiB

Developer

The Great-er Discarder-er Extension

New Features

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.

Discarding a tab does not close or remove or delete the tab. It's a feature of Chrome that simply frees up resources and memory that the tab is using. Discarding tabs should let Chrome run faster while consuming less 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.)

Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "The Great-er Discarder-er", "description": "Helps Chrome run faster by freeing up memory and system resources being used by inactive tabs or old tabs", "version": "0.2.1", "permissions": [ "tabs", "storage", "contextMenus", "alarms" ], "background": { "scripts": ["js/db.js", "js/storage.js", "js/tabStates.js", "js/eventPage.js"], "persistent": false }, "content_scripts": [ ], "browser_action": { "default_title": "The Great-er Discarder-er", "default_icon": "img/icon19.png", "default_popup": "html/popup.html" }, "options_page": "html/options.html", "icons": { "16": "img/icon16.png", "48": "img/icon48.png", "128": "img/icon128.png" }, "incognito": "split", "minimum_chrome_version": "54", "commands": { "1-discard-tab": { "description": "Discard active tab", "suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+S" } }, "3-discard-active-window": { "description": "Discard all tabs in active window" }, "4-reload-active-window": { "description": "Reload all tabs in active window" }, "5-discard-all-windows": { "description": "Discard all tabs in all windows" }, "6-reload-all-windows": { "description": "Reload all tabs in all windows" } }}

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User reviews

Jason Walls (ID: 000000d524ba2b98) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/24/2023 This is the way my dudes. Trust me. Been using this extension since it was just a github fork of the original Great Discarder with the life-changing "discard all tabs on startup" option added. Beyond stoked to see it now on the chrome web store. Just download it already!

Snow (ID: 000000c3dd23ae6a) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 09/03/2023 Makes Chrome usable.

Anno Niem (ID: 000000cb9315d3f0) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 08/02/2023 The key feature I wanted "Discard all tabs at startup" is not working for me. I'm on Vivaldi 6.1, started looking for an alternative to "Tab Suspender" as it made 6.1 crash. Sadly this one isn't it, too bad I like the simplicity of it.

Arpad Orfi (ID: 000000109571551f) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 02/10/2022 It works. However, there are two other extensions with more features, or/and a different working mechanic what makes it possible to show a screenshot of the suspended tab without loading it (and waiting for it) again.

詹明鋒 (ID: 000000c34b3beef0) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 11/20/2021 設置頁雖然是英文但可右鍵翻譯。推薦短時間開啟大量網頁用戶，設定自動丟棄標籤時間為20秒，勾選啟動時丟棄所有選項卡，然後記得右下保存。我在安裝後設置完，開啟六十多個網頁，完全不卡，而且標籤什麼的都沒有丟失，如果有使用分頁轉清單之類的擴充功能(例如OneTab)，更應該試試 ! !

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The Great-er Discarder-er