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A stationary button that closes the current tab. Clean up tabs with less effort.

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The "Close Tab" extension provides a stationary button that closes the currently selected tab. This saves time visually hunting down the active tab and provides consistency for the user. Very simple and useful on touch screens. The icon is designed to work with dark and light themes.

*Note: If this extension gets hidden by Chrome, you can get your icon back by pinning it. It happens sometimes. :)

*Tip: On PC you can also press Ctrl+W to close tabs (when keyboard input isn't being captured by a plugin). On Mac this is CMD+W.

Please note that the options screen contains recommendations from me (ads) to help you support this software.

P.S. Have you found a bug? Email address is provided in the options screen. Happy browsing.

Latest reviews

Geoffrey Mangers 2025-08-18: Hard to see. Wish the icon had a big red "X" instead (or an option for it). But it works well.
David 2025-05-07: The color of the "X" on dark mode is not white, but gray, which is more difficult to notice due to reduced contrast (Brave's own "X" is white).
allen arkham 2024-12-23: The christmas nag screen is excessive. I have to close 10 tabs of that html file every 10 minutes. Ordinarily this is my favorite extension and I load it on every PC I have.
Alex Trofimov 2024-12-23: By far the best close tab extension out there!!!
Kelly Hall 2022-01-09: Easy. Terriffic! Thank you.
Kelly Hall 2022-01-09: Easy. Terriffic! Thank you.
Adil Minoo Printer 2021-09-17: Simple extension to close a tab. does its job well. also has option to not close pinned tabs. useful.
Adil Minoo Printer 2021-09-17: Simple extension to close a tab. does its job well. also has option to not close pinned tabs. useful.
Chris Vydas 2021-08-13: Didn't work, kiwi mobile Chrome
Chris Vydas 2021-08-13: Didn't work, kiwi mobile Chrome
P2 CS 2020-12-22: This is always the first extension I install when setting up a new browser. It's simple to use and clean. Does what it says on the tin. Saved me countless times from closing the wrong tab, which happens more than I like to admit when I don't use this button.
P2 CS 2020-12-22: This is always the first extension I install when setting up a new browser. It's simple to use and clean. Does what it says on the tin. Saved me countless times from closing the wrong tab, which happens more than I like to admit when I don't use this button.
Miguel Mota 2019-06-11: Does not do what it's suppose to do.
Miguel Mota 2019-06-11: Does not do what it's suppose to do.
ROIDSRIM 2019-02-18: Hi Extension User and Maker Five Star Over ~ [ Monday 23:10:00 Pm_18 February 2019 ]
ROIDSRIM 2019-02-18: Hi Extension User and Maker Five Star Over ~ [ Monday 23:10:00 Pm_18 February 2019 ]
Peter Wojcik 2019-01-18: This extension is fairly good but I cannot seem to be able to close tabs that are not selected (e.g. the other tabs) as they do not have the 'x' close button on them but hopefully it would get implemented in the future again, but a close option for tabs other than the selected one would be great. It is fairly good, but it could have closing multiple tabs if there was any improvement to be made. Thanks!
Peter Wojcik 2019-01-18: This extension is fairly good but I cannot seem to be able to close tabs that are not selected (e.g. the other tabs) as they do not have the 'x' close button on them but hopefully it would get implemented in the future again, but a close option for tabs other than the selected one would be great. It is fairly good, but it could have closing multiple tabs if there was any improvement to be made. Thanks!
Tomi Antenna 2018-11-12: Does what it says.
Tomi Antenna 2018-11-12: Does what it says.
Tj H 2018-10-08: just what I needed on my Chromebook since the details ui is dumb and really hard to press things
Tj H 2018-10-08: just what I needed on my Chromebook since the details ui is dumb and really hard to press things
Sam Nordberg 2018-06-27: Perfect and simple. Personally, I give the extension a custom keyboard shortcut at chrome://extensions/shortcuts so that I can close tabs with one single keypress.
Sam Nordberg 2018-06-27: Perfect and simple. Personally, I give the extension a custom keyboard shortcut at chrome://extensions/shortcuts so that I can close tabs with one single keypress.
Sam White 2018-01-13: Simply works! Love it :)
Sam White 2018-01-13: Simply works! Love it :)
Anonymous 2017-10-22: Отлично работает. Единственный минус - нельзя расположить кнопку в панели вкладок.
Grant Hall 2017-09-27: works
Grant Hall 2017-09-27: works
Daniel 2017-08-20: Super helpful on touchscreen Chromebooks!
Daniel 2017-08-20: Super helpful on touchscreen Chromebooks!
Alfonso Reimunde 2017-05-24: Simple y efectiva. ¡Debería venir con Chrome! Simple and gets the job done. It should be in Chrome from the start!
Alfonso Reimunde 2017-05-24: Simple y efectiva. ¡Debería venir con Chrome! Simple and gets the job done. It should be in Chrome from the start!
Jack Ripper 2017-05-09: Schließt über den Toolbar-Button nur den aktuellen Tab. Das kann Chrome über das X-im Tab auch alleine.
kim ochocki 2017-03-05: awesoome app. thanks.
kim ochocki 2017-03-05: awesoome app. thanks.
Jorge F 2016-09-13: Excelente lo recomiendo.
Manuel Chaves 2016-05-05: Thanks I was looking for this and wasn't finding it. I knew there HAD to exist one, or I was going to be forced to write one.
Manuel Chaves 2016-05-05: Thanks I was looking for this and wasn't finding it. I knew there HAD to exist one, or I was going to be forced to write one.
Weng F 2015-09-20: I needed a stationary button where I know to go to when I want to close the current tab or multiple tabs. Great extension - makes my workflow smoother :)
Weng F 2015-09-20: I needed a stationary button where I know to go to when I want to close the current tab or multiple tabs. Great extension - makes my workflow smoother :)
Dan Atkinson 2015-07-28: I use this on a Windows tablet where the close button on the tab bar is smaller than my fingertip. Very simple but a good solution!
Dan Atkinson 2015-07-28: I use this on a Windows tablet where the close button on the tab bar is smaller than my fingertip. Very simple but a good solution!
Wayne Ellis 2015-03-31: Excellent. I use it all the time and it saves a lot of time. Thanks.
Wayne Ellis 2015-03-31: Excellent. I use it all the time and it saves a lot of time. Thanks.
Michele Pes 2015-03-02: First Extension!
Michele Pes 2015-03-02: First Extension!
Hal Zenner 2015-01-26: Exactly what I was looking for. I like Firefox's implementation, and this comes close. (1) The main enhancement I would like is to make the "x" larger and more prominent. Maybe a colored "X" that fills in the entire space allotted to the icon. (2) This may not be possible: an option to put the "X" on the tab bar ... probably all the way on the left, so it's not confused with "close window."
Hal Zenner 2015-01-26: Exactly what I was looking for. I like Firefox's implementation, and this comes close. (1) The main enhancement I would like is to make the "x" larger and more prominent. Maybe a colored "X" that fills in the entire space allotted to the icon. (2) This may not be possible: an option to put the "X" on the tab bar ... probably all the way on the left, so it's not confused with "close window."
Rubin Charles 2014-11-27: Best extension, this should have been in Chrome to being with!

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