Prevent closing of Google Chrome with the last tab, the least intrusive way.
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
- (2023-10-21) Максим Бондарь: Одно из лучших в этом плане, ставьте именно это. Остальные работают либо коряво, либо вообще не работают
- (2023-08-23) Benjamin Heigl: works perfectly. exactly what I was looking for.
- (2023-06-06) Fanta: Good tool, Hope keep update
- (2023-05-05) WaChiMaN alipaz: ya no funciona desinstalar
- (2023-03-07) László Monda: Works flawlessly now, although it temporarily didn't work with Chrome 105.0.5195.125 on Linux.
- (2023-01-21) Eddie Ortiz: This option will be part of Chrome. We need this extension for this.
- (2022-10-30) Jie Zhao: 用了很久的工具,来点个5星好评。
- (2022-10-08) Alicja WD: I used it and it worked, but as of October 2022 it suddenly stopped working. I'm using latest chrome.
- (2022-10-06) Lạnh Mưa: tuyệt vời ông mặt trời
- (2022-08-08) Sir Thanksalot: thanks so much :)
- (2022-08-02) Ryan Dallas: 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.
- (2022-06-02) admin HmpSoft: Brilliant.
- (2022-05-31) 陈sama: 好像并不适用于最新版本的谷歌,会有2个新的标签出现
- (2022-05-26) Riza Maçoku: 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.
- (2022-05-13) Zophie Winters: 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?
- (2022-05-07) bloodsong termagant: 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!
- (2022-04-28) Andrzej Kowaluk: Always worked. But, for me, last updated sometimes makes a new tab pop out when I close second to last tab.
- (2022-04-27) V Dr: 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
- (2022-03-28) Noahela: works!. why only 4 stars on average and not 5?
- (2022-03-01) tabliqat chi: Doesn't work when you have more than one Chrome windows open.
- (2022-02-20) Tibor Boros: very helpful 100% would recommend!
- (2022-01-09) Günther Kaufmann: Works well with Version 97.0.4692.71 (Offizieller Build) (64-Bit) and GroupSpeedDial
- (2021-10-28) HP Luwang: Not working after windows 11 update.
- (2021-09-16) Newtomic: Simply useless.
- (2021-08-18) Giuseppe Zolli: Esattamente ciò che mi serviva.
- (2021-05-04) Michael Wright: Wooo! THANK YOU. This lets me have my ideal work flow of monotabbing without the frustration.
- (2021-05-02) Gintaras Grėbliūnas: Works great but dummy tab mess up ctrl+shift+t after closing all tabs
- (2021-04-14) Divide Et Impera: Перестал работать
- (2021-02-02) L P: Как же я долго тебя искал! )))) Спасибо разработчику!
- (2021-01-28) Angry Cat II: Finally I found what I needed the most! Do not close chrome when I close last page! Instead open new page! Works like charm!
- (2020-12-12) Mason Kuan: Works like how it is described. You will need to restart the browser for this to take effect, due to how it works. Or you could open a new window, but there's no guarantee it will work that way.
- (2020-09-02) Paddy Landau: Unfortunately, Google refuses to fix this ("won't fix"), so we have to rely on an extension. This extension takes a little getting used to, but the main thing is that it works! Thank you, Marcel Dopita :)
- (2020-08-10) Frank Rüdiger: Dieses Addon verursacht mit GroupSpeedDial Fehler im Startverhalten des Browsers. Sollte mal aktualisiert werden. Ansonsten sollte die Redaktion mal dafür sorgen , das so ein alter Schrott aus dem Store rausfliegt.
- (2020-07-18) Alfonso Mandia - BigPandaProduction: Perfect!
- (2020-07-13) Gérson Henzel: Útil para quem não se acostumou com certos navegadores
- (2020-07-08) Андрей Соколовский: Don't Close Window With Last Tab работает устойчиво и быстро, выполняет свою задачу без багов. Среди прочих расширений данного типа - это лучшее.
- (2020-04-15) Yuhua Deng: There is a bug here. Sometimes, this extension invalidates " ctrl+shift+t "
- (2020-03-25) Kahlua Kid: A1 I've had no problems with it. It works exactly as described.
- (2020-02-20) Olly Hal: does not work in Version 80.0.3987.116
- (2020-02-13) Susmit Mohan: Using it for long time.Simply works great.
- (2019-11-18) Chris Huebsch: Hab es lange genutzt. Mit aktueller Chrome-Version geht es leider nicht mehr.
- (2019-10-08) Michael Roop: Doesn't work at all
- (2019-09-29) John Winder: Does what it says, thank you to the author for this great extension.
- (2019-09-19) ǝqnʇnoʎ ɹW: Doesnt keep windows open at all, instead just opens a new tab. Nothing in the options menus for it either.
- (2019-09-11) R.A. de Hosson: Functionality is partially broken with Chrome updating to version 77. Upon opening Chrome focus is now on the first (the pinned) tab instead of the New Tab right next to it. You have to click the New Tab first otherwise the blank pinned tab gets changed and is also remembered when reopening Chrome a next time. Hope this issue gets fixed in an extension update.
- (2019-08-11) Jakub Pałasz: Simply excellent.
- (2019-07-27) Juanjo Rodriguez: Exactly what I needed, it never closes chrome when I close the last tab, and the new one that opens is the one I have as starting page, so, for me, it's great. Exactly the way I used to work with Firefox.
- (2019-07-24) Сергей Амелин: Вот спасибо.Привык я в Vivaldi, что при закрытии последней вкладки открываются "Визуальные закладки". Долго искал решение - нашел.Спасибо автору,браво! Короче. Расширение работает !!!
- (2019-07-18) Make Name Acceptable Go: Doesn't seem to work. I'm in Vivaldi, which uses most Chrome extensions.
- (2019-06-29) László Kiss: Eddig jól működött, de a Chrome 75 verzióval úgy tűnik már semmilyen funkciót nem lát el. Ha javítjátok adok 5 csillagot, addig használhatatlan.