Best alternatives to Recent Tabs (2026)
5 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Recent Tabs, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Recent Tabs alternatives, compared
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Reload All Tabs
Reload all tabs using keyboard shortcut or toolbar button.
≈30K users4.0★ from 22 ratingsUpdated 2 months ago1 permissions- About 1.5× more users than Recent Tabs
- Rated 0.4 stars higher
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 2)
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New Tab Redirect
Allows a user to provide the URL of the page that loads in a new tab.
≈700K users4.1★ from 3.2K ratingsNot updated for 2+ years5 permissions- About 35× more users than Recent Tabs
- Rated 0.4 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 2)
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Reload All Tabs
Use a Reload All Tabs tool to easily reload all tabs or specify which pages you want to reload!
≈3K users3.4★ from 5 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago5 permissions- About 6.7× fewer users than Recent Tabs
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 2)
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Acid Tabs
Auto-Grouping Magic for your Tabs
≈10K users4.3★ from 54 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years4 permissions- About 2.0× fewer users than Recent Tabs
- Rated 0.7 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 2)
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Open Last Tab
Cycle through last used Chrome tabs using keyboard shortcut (Alt+Q).
≈2K users4.6★ from 16 ratingsUpdated 19 months ago2 permissions- About 10× fewer users than Recent Tabs
- Updated less recently
Recent Tabs alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Recent Tabs?
By users, the most popular alternative is New Tab Redirect with ≈700K users and a 4.1-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Reload All Tabs.
Which Recent Tabs alternative has the best rating?
Acid Tabs has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.3 out of 5 from 54 ratings.
Is there a Recent Tabs alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Reload All Tabs asks for 1 permissions, against 2 for Recent Tabs.
How many alternatives to Recent Tabs are there?
We list 5 close alternatives to Recent Tabs on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.