Simple Window Saver

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Save and restore windows.

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Description from store Simple Window Saver makes it super easy to save and restore windows. Keep one window for work tabs, one for Gmail and Facebook, and one for your vacation planning or the research on that new TV you want to buy. As the title reveals, simplicity is the name of the game. Unlike other session managers, Simple Window Saver remembers when you've saved a window and keeps track of changes. It's not full of features you don't need – it does what you want and it does it well. Go ahead, give it a try! If you have feedback or suggestions, do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected]. And if you like this extension, remember to give it a good rating! - - Data collection - - Simple Window Saver uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous usage data, such as how many saved windows users have and how often a new window is saved. This helps me improve the extension. I DO NOT track the urls or titles of the windows/tabs you save, or the names of the saved windows. If you have any concerns about this, you are welcome to inspect the source code (github link below, or use Chrome's web inspector). - - Contributors - - Please join me in thanking Timo Reimann for his contributions to this project. Timo has submitted several patches that improve the reliability and performance of the extension. - - Changes - - Version 1.4: * retina icons * display tab count in badge * under the hood changes for manifest 2.0 Version 1.3: * made most recently opened windows appear at the top of the list * fixed click-to-focus * added support pinned tabs * Google Analytics Version 1.2: improvements in reliability Version 1.1: click an open window to focus it Version 1.0: initial release

Latest reviews

(2025-03-04) Kate Satterfield: Got a new laptop and learned that Chrome might stop supporting this extension because it doesn't follow best practices. I added and tried several other tab savers, but I had to come back to this one--it's the simplest to use! It allows me to name windows and save them as a group, then easily access and update so I can open them as a group again. My only wish is that I could have saved my old windows on my last laptop.
(2025-02-28) Shane Strong: Note here for anyone who can no longer open a certain Window. If you have any tabs that are downloaded files, such as a pdf that you downloaded and opened via chrome browser, that will cause errors and crash the saved window group. To fix this, you need to go to your extensions and enable developer mode, then right click on the extension icon and click inspect. From there click the Console tab, then local data, then you can find your window and each tab. This will look like computer coding stuff. Then it will list out tabs 0-... expand each area and you will see the URLs you saved. Copy and reopen, then save as a new Window. Going forward, do not exit your saved Window if there are any downloaded files you are viewing via the browser tabs, or it will CRASH your saved window.
(2025-02-19) This was a fantastic extension—so good that I ended up developing my own version! If you're looking for it, search for "Session Saver". https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/session-saver/gejcpmbmjpelcbjlgkabmilioacbnhni By the way, I added an automatic saving feature that leverages Chrome's native bookmark functionality to ensure data persistence. It reliably saves your sessions in bookmarks, making sure your data is secure even if something unexpected happens.
(2025-02-19) This was a fantastic extension—so good that I ended up developing my own version! If you're looking for it, search for "Session Saver". https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/session-saver/gejcpmbmjpelcbjlgkabmilioacbnhni By the way, I added an automatic saving feature that leverages Chrome's native bookmark functionality to ensure data persistence. It reliably saves your sessions in bookmarks, making sure your data is secure even if something unexpected happens.
(2024-11-17) Carlos Escobar: util
(2024-10-01) genil games: There is a bug, I have 3 windows saved, however, I cannot restore window 3, I click on it and nothing happens
(2024-09-07) Cheree Carter: LOVED this extension, but it's barely working now. Can't save any new windows (I've tried deleting several I had saved to make room, but no go). And I just lost progress on about 8 windows with dozens of tabs each. When I reopened them, they were at where they were a couple of weeks ago. What's going on here??
(2024-09-01) SSJ Chris: used to work but after latest update i lose all saved windows pretty often
(2024-06-18) Marc Donk: Latest update seems to have broken it, I click the group and nothing happens.
(2024-06-05) Sol Krn: Every once in a while loses all my saved windows, seems to have happened with the latest update.
(2024-05-02) bob poindexter: Reliable, works simply and well. Like it a lot!
(2024-01-24) Dennis Hodapp: Does what it's supposed to except that it doesn't save tab groups. This would really be a great feature.
(2024-01-01) Jason Fish: Love it! Use it constantly. Would be nice to be able to save the window tab info to a file for transfer to other browsers or if re-installing Chrome
(2023-09-17) Charles Alley: Excellent, I use this everyday, its a huge time saver and great organizer for my workflows. 10 stars!
(2023-09-17) Charles Alley: Excellent, I use this everyday, its a huge time saver and great organizer for my workflows. 10 stars!
(2023-08-09) Gabriel ********: I love this tool to organize my windows or specific tasks (like research to specific topics) and being able to close and restore it any time. There's just one annoying thing: Why is there no quick-search to search through saved windows?! This would help a lot for those using this tool excessively :)
(2023-08-09) Gabriel ********: I love this tool to organize my windows or specific tasks (like research to specific topics) and being able to close and restore it any time. There's just one annoying thing: Why is there no quick-search to search through saved windows?! This would help a lot for those using this tool excessively :)
(2023-05-18) Sergey Master: Давно хотел использовать расширение, которое автоматически сохраняет окна при изменениии состава вкладок. Другие расширения для работы с сессиями этого не делают.
(2023-04-18) Gabriel ********: I really liked this extension long time, but suddenly (after update?!) ALL saved Windows gone lost. Such things should NOT happen for a good developed extension!!!
(2023-04-17) Machu Mahaney: It's pretty useful if you don't turn off your computer, but if you do you not only lose the windows it saved but they don't show up in your search history so you can't retrieve it later, I had dozens of recipes and job listings open and now they're all gone.
(2023-04-17) Machu Mahaney: It's pretty useful if you don't turn off your computer, but if you do you not only lose the windows it saved but they don't show up in your search history so you can't retrieve it later, I had dozens of recipes and job listings open and now they're all gone.
(2022-09-18) Marko Stojanovic: Doesn't work. Using it on Brave - it says my session of 24 tabs is saved, but when I try to open the session, my current window gets closed and no new windows open.
(2022-09-18) Marko Stojanovic: Doesn't work. Using it on Brave - it says my session of 24 tabs is saved, but when I try to open the session, my current window gets closed and no new windows open.
(2022-08-16) David Clavijo: Used it for a years already. Default extension.
(2022-08-16) David Clavijo: Used it for a years already. Default extension.
(2022-08-05) Jess B: exactly what i've been looking for, perfect!!! thank you!!!!!!
(2022-08-05) Jess B: exactly what i've been looking for, perfect!!! thank you!!!!!!
(2022-01-05) Lisa Kingscott: Brilliant extension! I've been using it all the time for years.
(2022-01-05) Lisa Kingscott: Brilliant extension! I've been using it all the time for years.
(2021-12-17) Davide Perego: Not working in my current Chrome 96
(2021-12-17) Davide Perego: Not working in my current Chrome 96
(2021-10-26) Ian MacRae: This is a great extension until they update, then it wipes out all your saved tab groups. I had at least 30 and now they are gone which is very frustrating. I only wish they had a search of saved tab groups to make it ease to find them if you have a lot. I will keep using this extension but only for temporary groups, it's to dangerous to loose all saved groups to trust it for more.
(2021-10-26) Ian MacRae: This is a great extension until they update, then it wipes out all your saved tab groups. I had at least 30 and now they are gone which is very frustrating. I only wish they had a search of saved tab groups to make it ease to find them if you have a lot. I will keep using this extension but only for temporary groups, it's to dangerous to loose all saved groups to trust it for more.
(2021-08-12) Dmitry Igorevich: Сперва подумал что нашел то самое, но увы - нет. Работаю с разными проектами, в одной сессии до 25-30 необходимый вкладок. И таск менеджер и тайм трекер и гитхаб и либы используемые открыты и дизайны/макеты и баг трекер и playMarket + iStore. В целом довольно много всего под 1 конкретный проект. И все было превосходно, пока плагин не стал: 1) Менять имена сессий (сессия где были вкладки под проект - теперь открывается сессия про звукозапись) 2) Делать сессии пустыми (0 вкладок) Так что приходится искать альтернативу, а жаль. Полгода пользовался - проблем не знал.
(2021-07-29) Kevin Gammon: I liked this extension a lot...until they released an updated and it cleared out all of my saved groups
(2021-07-29) Kevin Gammon: I liked this extension a lot...until they released an updated and it cleared out all of my saved groups
(2021-07-27) Jaeho Park: 아주 잘쓰고 있습니다.
(2021-05-21) Sernicus Kowalski: Great app :)
(2021-05-21) Sernicus Kowalski: Great app :)
(2021-03-16) oojin mudgett: Works great on Chrome, but seems to delete all saved sessions on Brave when it is updated. Anyway to prevent this?
(2021-02-05) Houcine: This is exactly what I needed. No useless features or buttons that do nothing. Window tabs automatically save when closed.
(2021-02-05) Houcine: This is exactly what I needed. No useless features or buttons that do nothing. Window tabs automatically save when closed.
(2020-12-22) Daniel Petersson: The perfect solution for a Tab Ninja! I usually have 30+ tabs at the same time with CMS, CRM, Facebook Ads, Google Ads and so forth. It's a mess. But this helps me keep tabs organized and it speeds up my workflow. Thank you!
(2020-12-22) Daniel Petersson: The perfect solution for a Tab Ninja! I usually have 30+ tabs at the same time with CMS, CRM, Facebook Ads, Google Ads and so forth. It's a mess. But this helps me keep tabs organized and it speeds up my workflow. Thank you!
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(2020-12-10) Ed M: This is a fantastic aid! It works. I save lots of Chrome windows with numerous tabs and can then shut any window to save computing power and ram and easily open them all up when I need them. It also helps as a backup when Chrome or the computer shuts down unexpectedly and Chrome doesn't automatically restore all the open windows. Thank you very much!
(2020-12-10) Ed M: This is a fantastic aid! It works. I save lots of Chrome windows with numerous tabs and can then shut any window to save computing power and ram and easily open them all up when I need them. It also helps as a backup when Chrome or the computer shuts down unexpectedly and Chrome doesn't automatically restore all the open windows. Thank you very much!
(2020-11-25) Tao Lin: This is a must have. It's basic functionality that should have been included in base Chrome ages ago
(2020-11-25) Tao Lin: This is a must have. It's basic functionality that should have been included in base Chrome ages ago
(2020-10-07) Love it! Enables me to categorise my tabs and save memory/CPU.

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