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Open link in same tab, pop-up as tab

Extension Delisted

This extension is no longer available in the official store. Delisted on 2025-09-17.

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Description from extension meta

Forces Chrome to open new tabs instead of pop-up windows and/or links in the same tab by default instead of new or background tab.

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Open link in same tab, pop-up as tab
Description from store

The Chrome extension 'Open link in same tab, pop-up as tab' is a productivity tool designed to optimize your browsing experience. It works by overriding default settings to open links in the same tab, eliminating the need for multiple background tabs. It also turns pop-up windows into more manageable tabs.

Forces Chrome to open new tabs instead of pop-up windows and/or links in the same tab by default instead of new or background tab.
If you hate when you click the link and Chrome opens it in a new or a new background tab, or even in a new window, then this extension is for you.

It forces Chrome to open links in the same tab by default instead of new or background tab, and new tabs instead of pop-up windows.

Latest reviews

Teal AV
Thank you! Finally my school's poorly scripted website won't give me pops every time I view an assignment. Only thing I don't like is how it opens the tab at the end of my list of tabs and not right next to the original tab I clicked on the link in.
Curt Sampson
All it does is open a new tab asking you to download Opera.