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Description from extension meta
Make every bookmark open in a new tab — with just a left-click.
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❤️ Once you try it, you’ll love how natural it feels!
Please, read the full description.
☝️ If you're using Firefox or Vivaldi, you don't need this extension — the feature is already built-in:
- Vivaldi: https://vivaldi.com/blog/tips/tip-303/
- Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/eu/questions/1316474
Why isn’t it built into Chrome? 🤷♂️
❗️Despite its apparent simplicity, the extension uses some technical tricks to work correctly. Please note: it will modify your bookmark URLs after installation — this is the only way to make bookmarks consistently open in a new tab.
✅ You can always revert your bookmarks to their original URLs — just open the extension options and toggle the switch into OFF.
ℹ️ Known Limitations
1. Some bookmarks may temporarily lose their icons. Once you click a bookmark, the icon will be restored.
2. Some websites may show a popup: "Leave site?" [Cancel] [Leave]
Despite the message, you can click [Leave] — your page will be preserved and the bookmark will open in a new tab.
🗑️ Uninstall Instructions
If you’ve decided to uninstall the extension:
1. Open the extension settings
2. Toggle the switch to the OFF position
This will restore your bookmarks to their original state and prevent any unexpected behavior after extension removal.
🔧 Technical details
Learn how the extension works behind the scenes:
https://dev.to/vitalets/open-bookmarks-in-a-new-tab-by-default-easier-said-than-done-a3n
❓ Need help?
If a bookmark doesn’t open in a new tab, or if you encounter any other issues, feel free to report them using the "Visit support hub" button below — or email me at: [email protected].
Thank you for the feedback — it really helps us catch all the edge cases!
Latest reviews
- (2025-07-11) gogatsu 26: DANGER! DANGER! ALL MY BOOKMARKS WERE REPLACED!
- (2025-06-09) Ocean Zhou: Thank you very much for developing this extension. Chrome has not supported this feature, so I can only use the chrome++ project on github, but that project crashes in the latest Chrome online installation version. I would like to make a small suggestion. Can you add a feature that when the current page is a new tab or a specified web page, click the bookmark to open it directly on the current page, that is, keep the original browser opening page method. Because after opening the browser, the first page is usually the commonly used start page or a blank page. After clicking the bookmark, this start page is no longer needed. Thank you very much again!
- (2025-06-08) Jay Katz: so happy someone made this
- (2025-05-29) Poopyhea: Works great, only thing is that you can't open the chrome webstore or the internal websites in chrome on left click like Open Bookmark On Left Click can, which would be quite nice, but it still is very good. Edit: doesn't seem to work on proton pass, which is a bit annoying Edit2: all of these have been fixed, thank you Vitaliy Potapov :)
- (2025-05-18) Richard McWolff (Wolffie): YAY, finally a simple addon that actually works as expected. THANK YOU!
- (2025-05-12) Netspeedz: Worked until imported new bookmarks then quit. Setting the the folders in the options screen is not persistent.
- (2025-05-11) mads: It kinda works but there are quite a few inadvertent consequences that follow with using this add-on. Due to the way it works of permanently altering all your bookmarks (https://url → https://newtab@url), for some odd reason some of the websites do not like this way of loading from this style of bookmark_url. reddit started loading partial pages, sheets started throwing some unknown error, one website is stuck in perpetual flickering. Initially I could not figure out whats really happening. To troubleshoot, I disabled the addons; clear chrome cookies & stuff but it still persisted since the bookmark urls are all different now. At some point I figured out the problem, exported all my bookmarks → bulk edited them using a html editor to replace/delete the `newtab@` part in all the urls → delete all the bookmarks in my chrome → import this new html file to load in my chrome and its all cool now!
- (2025-05-09) Kazimierz Król: The addon works great, and kudos to the author for overcoming the obstacles. Why such a simple feature required an addon is beyond me though.
- (2025-05-09) Sassafras Sassafras: "Brilliant Solution to a Common Problem" This extension solves a simple but annoying issue - bookmarks replacing your current page. Now all bookmarks open in new tabs automatically. The developer's approach is brilliant, working around Chrome's limitations seamlessly. Zero configuration needed, no performance impact, just install and enjoy. A small extension that makes a big difference in daily browsing efficiency.