Don't Close Window With Last Tab

CRX ID
dlnpfhfhmkiebpnlllpehlmklgdggbhn
Status
Live on Store
Description from extension meta

Prevent closing of Google Chrome with the last tab, the least intrusive way.

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Don't Close Window With Last Tab
Description from store

This extension keeps a single pinned page to prevent closing Chrome when the last tab of the last window is closed (or every window, it's configurable). To keep the tab bar clean (unlike other extensions), the pinned page is inserted only when absolutely necessary. It also handles well cases when tabs are moved between windows.

"Don't Close Window With Last Tab" provides no user interface or interaction for users. It only lets users configure additional configuration in "Options".

This extension is open source, to be found at: https://github.com/moneytoo/DontCloseWindowWithLastTab

Latest reviews

Zero Chan 2025-06-18

doesn't work anymore, please update

Hossein Farnia 2025-06-04

Recently not working in incognito mode

Jack 2025-05-14

This used to work perfectly for me, but recently it's constantly failing. Without me doing anything differently it will fail to keep a tab in the background, and won't work again until I turn it off and on.

Jann Kunze 2025-05-06

Life saver! Seriously, such an annoying thing to have in the browser.

yolemon 2025-03-31

Is anyone has any ideas why this extension periodically stops working and needs to be reinstalled (or off/on again)? I don't change any settings.

Victor Kaido 2025-01-31

not working

Johnny 2025-01-06

a "new tab" stays pinned and won't close when opening new tabs.

Fractal Cat 2024-12-27

This has worked great for years, but a couple of days ago it stopped working. I tried the alternatives, but they are nowhere near as good, however in desperation I reinstalled and presto! It works again. If you find it stops working, try uninstalling and reinstalling.

Dave K. 2024-12-14

Does exactly what it's supposed to do. Thank you!

Kenneth Wong 2024-06-18

Working great as how I wanted it to be! Thank you for this extension!

Andrii Pshenychnyi 2024-06-04

it works fine. Thanks

R.A. DukeR 2024-04-03

Works

田元 2024-03-04

not working.

Carlo Marchiori 2024-01-11

Pure love.

lsamanomiko 2023-12-29

Works but now adds a pinned tab that will NOT go away when starting Chrome. It just comes back IMMEDIATELY after closing it if there are other tabs open. Uninstalling.

Stefan Knop 2023-11-29

Works on Chrome for Windows, Version 119.0.6045.160.

Headed Cross Country - 2023-11-20

Stopped working Nov 2023.

Sun Li 2023-11-16

Unfortunately this doesn't work for me as of November 2023.

Максим Бондарь 2023-10-21

Одно из лучших в этом плане, ставьте именно это. Остальные работают либо коряво, либо вообще не работают

Benjamin Heigl 2023-08-23

works perfectly. exactly what I was looking for.

Benjamin Heigl 2023-08-23

works perfectly. exactly what I was looking for.

Fanta 2023-06-06

Good tool, Hope keep update

Fanta 2023-06-06

Good tool, Hope keep update

WaChiMaN alipaz 2023-05-05

ya no funciona desinstalar

László Monda 2023-03-07

Works flawlessly now, although it temporarily didn't work with Chrome 105.0.5195.125 on Linux.

László Monda 2023-03-07

Works flawlessly now, although it temporarily didn't work with Chrome 105.0.5195.125 on Linux.

Eddie Ortiz Marrero 2023-01-21

This option will be part of Chrome. We need this extension for this.

Eddie Ortiz Marrero 2023-01-21

This option will be part of Chrome. We need this extension for this.

Jie Zhao 2022-10-30

用了很久的工具,来点个5星好评。

Alicja 2022-10-08

I used it and it worked, but as of October 2022 it suddenly stopped working. I'm using latest chrome.

Alicja 2022-10-08

I used it and it worked, but as of October 2022 it suddenly stopped working. I'm using latest chrome.

Lạnh Mưa 2022-10-06

tuyệt vời ông mặt trời

Sir Thanksalot 2022-08-08

thanks so much :)

Sir Thanksalot 2022-08-08

thanks so much :)

Ryan Dallas 2022-08-02

Love this addon! Only one issue I'm having though... I use it with Tab Activate, and whenever I click a link while the browser is closed, it opens to the "new tab" that Don't Close opens. Is there a way to get it to open to the tab that has the link I clicked? If this is a Tab Activate issue I'll post there but I figure it's one of the two not working right with the other.

Ryan Dallas 2022-08-02

Love this addon! Only one issue I'm having though... I use it with Tab Activate, and whenever I click a link while the browser is closed, it opens to the "new tab" that Don't Close opens. Is there a way to get it to open to the tab that has the link I clicked? If this is a Tab Activate issue I'll post there but I figure it's one of the two not working right with the other.

admin HmpSoft 2022-06-02

Brilliant.

admin HmpSoft 2022-06-02

Brilliant.

陈sama 2022-05-31

好像并不适用于最新版本的谷歌,会有2个新的标签出现

Riza Maçoku 2022-05-26

Thanks for extension, but not working on Chrome. Only in Edge. I mean, I use Edge and Chrome (also Maxthon but doesn't need this add-on). So, it's something changed in Chrome. Waiting for update for Chrome.

Riza Maçoku 2022-05-26

Thanks for extension, but not working on Chrome. Only in Edge. I mean, I use Edge and Chrome (also Maxthon but doesn't need this add-on). So, it's something changed in Chrome. Waiting for update for Chrome.

Zophie Winters 2022-05-13

This used to work great, but recently the extension stopped working completely. It no longer enforces one "New tab" per window, and when I close the last tab it closes the window. So, it's completely useless at the moment. I've tried removing and re-adding the extension, and playing with the settings, but still nothing works. Did something change with the extension or chrome?

Zophie Winters 2022-05-13

This used to work great, but recently the extension stopped working completely. It no longer enforces one "New tab" per window, and when I close the last tab it closes the window. So, it's completely useless at the moment. I've tried removing and re-adding the extension, and playing with the settings, but still nothing works. Did something change with the extension or chrome?

bloodsong termagant 2022-05-07

thanks for fixing the weirdness with sometimes an extra new tab opening! (i'm on brave.) it would be great for my visual OCD if the little pinned tab just stayed there all the time, instead of disappearing and re-creating itself. but not if that's gonna break other stuff. thanks so much for this add-on!

bloodsong termagant 2022-05-07

thanks for fixing the weirdness with sometimes an extra new tab opening! (i'm on brave.) it would be great for my visual OCD if the little pinned tab just stayed there all the time, instead of disappearing and re-creating itself. but not if that's gonna break other stuff. thanks so much for this add-on!

Andrzej Kowaluk 2022-04-28

Always worked. But, for me, last updated sometimes makes a new tab pop out when I close second to last tab.

Andrzej Kowaluk 2022-04-28

Always worked. But, for me, last updated sometimes makes a new tab pop out when I close second to last tab.

V Dr 2022-04-27

新版本在关闭最后一个标签的时候,有的时候会两个新的窗口

Noahela 2022-03-28

works!. why only 4 stars on average and not 5?

Noahela 2022-03-28

works!. why only 4 stars on average and not 5?

Statistics

Installs
40,000
Market
Chrome Web Store
Rating
4.0 (160 votes)
Last update
2022-06-05
Version 0.11
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