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Tabs Unloader 2.0

An extension recapture your own memory from browser.

Download from extension store

chrome edge

Features

  • No tab disappearing. Just unload it.
  • Simple to use. Just click your mouse.
  • No more memory waste. Recapture your own memory.

New in 2.0

  • Brand new operating procedure
  • Anti mistouch
  • Startup unloader
  • Performance improve

Installation

Guide for load an unpacked extension from chrome developers docs:

1. Open the Extension Management page by navigating to chrome://extensions.

  • Alternatively, open this page by clicking on the Extensions menu button and selecting Manage Extensions at the bottom of the menu.
  • Alternatively, open this page by clicking on the Chrome menu, hovering over More Tools then selecting Extensions

2. Enable Developer Mode by clicking the toggle switch next to Developer mode.

3. Click the Load unpacked button and select the extension directory.

Ta-da! The extension has been successfully installed. Because no icons were included in the manifest, a generic icon will be created for the extension.

OR, you can just download from extension store

Usage

You can unload your tabs from:

  • context menu on pages
  • context menu on quick access button (new operating procedure)
  • directly clicking on quick access button (new operating procedure)

Quick access button is the extension icon usually on the left of address bar

Quick access button will be "unload selected tab(s)" when directly clicking on it in generally

Quick access button can set to the popup menu from old version

There are five modes to unload: (different from old version)

Mode Description
Unload Selected Tab(s) Unload selected tabs contain current tab
Unload All Except Selected Tab Unload all of the tabs you opened but not contain selected tabs
Unload All Tabs Unload all of the tabs you opened
Unload All from This Window Except Selected Tab Unload all of the tabs you opened from current window but not contain selected tabs
Unload All Tabs from This Window Unload all of the tabs you opened from current window

Description of preference options:

Option Description
Anti Mistouch Disallow quick access to disable directly clicking on quick access button
Startup Unload Auto unload all tabs when browser startup to avoid waste of resources
Traditional Quick Access Directly clicking on quick access button will not be "unload selected tab(s)", it will be a popup menu from old version

Gallery

  • Context menu on pages

context-pages

  • Context menu on quick access button

context-quick-access

  • Popup menu in traditional quick access button

context-quick-access

  • Preference page

preference