Auto Tab Discard (suspend) for Edge

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Increase browser speed and reduce memory load when you have numerous open tabs.

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Description from store "Auto Tab Discard" is a lightweight browser extension that automatically reduces the amount of memory used by open but inactive tabs, helping to conserve battery life on portable devices by disabling JavaScript code and DOM events on discarded tabs. Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ityhxUPp3y8 Instruction: There are two options on the extension's interface to either discard tabs or release discarding (the "x" buttons) The features of "Auto Tab Discard" are: * Improves browser performance and reduces memory usage by automatically or manually discarding inactive, idle, or forgotten tabs. * Includes a list of hostnames or regular expressions that can be excluded from auto-discarding. * Preserves the discarded state of tabs when the browser is closed and reopened. * Indicates the discarded state of a tab through the favicon or title. * Restores the state of a tab, including scroll position and text box content, after it is released from being discarded. * Allows for the forced discarding of specified hostnames. The options for configuring whether tabs should be discarded or not include: * Pinned tabs * Tabs that are playing media * The presence of a power source * Unsaved content or user input in a tab The available plugins for "Auto Tab Discard" are: * Release the discarded state of the next or previous tab. * Release the discarded state of all tabs in the active window. * Automatically discard all newly opened inactive tabs. * Store YouTube's timestamp before a tab is discarded. * Permanently delete (remove) old discarded tabs that are inactive. Notes: * Unlike the "The Great Suspender" extension, this extension uses the native method for discarding tabs, which means that even if the extension is removed or the browser crashes, your browser will automatically restore everything for you. Privacy Policy: https://webextension.org/privacy-policy/extension/tab-discard.html

Latest reviews

(2023-08-28) Ng,: The automatic discard works well. Is there a way to Auto CLOSE tabs? It looks like there is a 1-hour wait to close tabs. Thank you.
(2022-08-06) Adam: works great once you configure all the settings!
(2021-05-20) DeKok,: Works great! However I noticed tabs automatically discarded don't have the emoji indicator.
(2020-12-11) Holly: Really useful and simple. Better options than just edge://flags.
(2020-11-21) Dayton,: This is unnecessary. Go to edge://flags , search for "sleep", turn it on, and go to the Edge settings > System tab to change the settings. Works better.
(2020-09-11) Muhammad: Excellent extension. Works perfectly and does what it is supposed to do.
(2020-08-24) Robert: This needs more reviews, really useful.
(2020-05-06) Shane: WOW! I did not expect this, and to be honest, I am not sure how I feel about it. I am revisiting Microsoft Edge for the first time in a long time. I was surprised to learn it supported Extensions, and even more so that there is a community of author/devs working to implement plugins for the browser. Upon initial use of the browser, I felt a sense of stable completeness that Internet Explorer was never able to quite reach. Yet Edge still has many uphill battles to wage in order to compete with the top contenders. My research/browsing style is a wild A.D.D.-fueled exploration, entangled deep in a web of my own design, over-shadowed by ever-shifting promises, plans, & priorities. Ultimately exhausting my last bits of remaining resources known to memory... When I see a sign that frees me of the madness which, if memory serves, reads "Close programs to prevent information loss." I installed Auto Tab Discard, and INSTANTLY, no more memory issues! I now actually like using MS Edge!

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