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Use a keyboard shortcut to switch between two most recent tabs.
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By default, the hotkey is Alt+Q (⌥Q on Mac) but can be configured by accessing the following URL: chrome://extensions/shortcuts
Please, take note that it's not possible to use existing Chrome hotkeys on this page.
If you still want to set e.g. Ctrl+Tab as a hotkey, you have to change the Chrome settings file.
On Windows: Press Win+R and execute "notepad %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Preferences".
On Ubuntu: gedit ~/.config/google-chrome/Default/Preferences
Then change all occurrences of Alt+Q to Ctrl+Tab
Important: if you're using Google account sync, disable settings synchronization. Otherwise, Chrome will be overriding the changed hotkey on each restart.
If the above way doesn't work for you, follow the instructions on this Gist: https://gist.github.com/ilyachase/49c7a6d1aa543d16568520560cfaf226
This extension is free and always will be. However, if you want to buy the author a coffee, it will be much appreciated 🤗 https://buymeacoffee.com/ilyachase
Latest reviews
- (2025-06-28) مصطفى خطاب: Thanks alot. It's very helpful and free.
- (2025-06-23) Ahmet Katranci: Exactly what I wanted!
- (2025-05-27) Tiffany C: Thank you, I just needed something simple that works and this is absolutely it. Have a wonderful day ahead!
- (2025-05-21) Anhelina Kavaliova: best extension ever
- (2025-05-01) Chukwuka Morka: Awesome. Just works!
- (2025-03-18) Rangi Robinson: Easy to install and configure. Thanks!
- (2025-03-06) Loïc D: simple and perfect
- (2025-02-12) Nyi Lwin Min: exactly what I needed
- (2025-01-23) Cnydo: Free, open-source, and very fast. Goodjob man
- (2024-11-18) denncc: This is the one plugin that I cannot live without. Lightning fast. If the project is open sourced I want to see how it's implemented.
- (2024-09-30) aki play: Does NOT work if the recent tab is push to another window within the same profile
- (2024-09-29) l g: Excellent productivity plugin that actually works and is absolutely free.
- (2024-09-25) полина: it is really helpful, thank you!
- (2024-09-10) sanket vikramsinh shinde: this is what i looking for
- (2024-08-27) J Stephen R: FINALLY!!! An MRU tab extension that actually works!!
- (2024-07-31) Huy Trần Quốc: exactly what i'm looking for. Thank u very much!!
- (2024-06-03) Isabelle Bart-Williams: Had to switch to Chrome for work and this extension is the only thing that has made it bearable. Thank you!!
- (2024-06-01) Nalla Perumal: Superb! its works well!
- (2024-05-15) Troy Richardson: Finally a simple tab toggle switcher that JUST WORKS.
- (2024-05-12) Ameku: thanks it's working. The description picture is cute!
- (2024-03-12) Dylan: Good job, but chrome recently released the tab group. The current tab switching does not support tab switching within a group.
- (2024-03-03) Alexander Lippert: Not working within saved tab groups. ("Save Group" is a fairly recent feature when you right-click on the name of a tab group.)
- (2023-10-08) Eugene Makarov (makarovpro): Работает на дату отзыва!
- (2023-10-02) Steve Rand: Works perfectly! Small download, lightweight extension. Remapped to Alt-Q to be close to Alt-Tab and now i'm not sure how I lived without it!
- (2023-10-02) Steve Rand: Works perfectly! Small download, lightweight extension. Remapped to Alt-Q to be close to Alt-Tab and now i'm not sure how I lived without it!
- (2023-08-15) Айрат: Работает. Пипец, конечно, что нет подобной комбинации в хроме по умолчанию, как в Мозиле, например. Спасибо разрабу.
- (2023-03-07) bumbu a: Does the job, and doesn't annoy you with payment that doesn't transfer to multiple computers (as the other extension does).
- (2023-03-07) bumbu a: Does the job, and doesn't annoy you with payment that doesn't transfer to multiple computers (as the other extension does).
- (2022-10-23) Andrey Andrey: Перестало работать((
- (2022-09-01) goglus mik: Super-ски!!!!
- (2022-07-14) Michael Amiethyst: On OSX the default key sequence was ⌥Q, not Alt(cmd on Mac)-Q. Other than that it works great!
- (2022-07-14) Michael Amiethyst: On OSX the default key sequence was ⌥Q, not Alt(cmd on Mac)-Q. Other than that it works great!
- (2022-06-25) Valeriy Fedorenko: Wow, finally! Had to dig through multiple MRU extensions to finally find a replacement for the one, that I've used long time. This one works perfectly and does exactly, what it should. Thank you, author!
- (2022-06-25) Valeriy Fedorenko: Wow, finally! Had to dig through multiple MRU extensions to finally find a replacement for the one, that I've used long time. This one works perfectly and does exactly, what it should. Thank you, author!