Best alternatives to SmartContact disabled 'Auto Discardable' tab (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to SmartContact disabled 'Auto Discardable' tab, 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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SmartContact disabled 'Auto Discardable' tab alternatives, compared
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No-Tabs-Auto-Discard
Disable auto-discard of all tabs or for tabs with specific domains
≈6K users3.7★ from 6 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years4 permissions- About 1.5× more users than SmartContact disabled 'Auto Discardable' tab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 3)
- Listed under Developer Tools
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Tab Suspender - Auto Tab Discard
Automatically discards inactive tabs to save memory.
656 users4.0★ from 1 rating3 permissions- About 6.1× fewer users than SmartContact disabled 'Auto Discardable' tab
- Listed under Developer Tools
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Keep Tabs Alive — Disable Automatic Tab Discarding
Disable Chrome tab discarding and stop tabs slowing down in the background. Per-site and per-tab control, auto-off timer.
477 users3.7★ from 3 ratingsUpdated 13 days ago6 permissions- About 8.4× fewer users than SmartContact disabled 'Auto Discardable' tab
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 3)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Disable automatic tab discarding
Stops Chrome from suspending tabs, and reloading them when you switch to them.
≈100K users3.4★ from 384 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years1 permissions- About 25× more users than SmartContact disabled 'Auto Discardable' tab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 3)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Auto Tab Discard
Increase browser speed and reduce memory load when you have numerous open tabs.
≈100K users4.0★ from 395 ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago7 permissions- About 25× more users than SmartContact disabled 'Auto Discardable' tab
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 3)
- Listed under Functionality & UI
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Don't discard
Disables automatic tab discarding feature, configurable for specific urls.
≈10K users3.2★ from 6 ratings2 permissions- About 2.5× more users than SmartContact disabled 'Auto Discardable' tab
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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SmartContact Agent Lite
SmartContact Agent Lite
≈4K users5.0★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 8 months ago5 permissions- A similar number of users to SmartContact disabled 'Auto Discardable' tab
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 3)
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DoNotDiscard - Disable tab discard/suspend
Stops Chrome from suspending specific tabs, and reloading them when you switch to them. Open chrome://discards for details.
≈2K users3.3★ from 18 ratingsUpdated 24 months ago2 permissions- About 2.0× fewer users than SmartContact disabled 'Auto Discardable' tab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Auto Tab Switcher
Automatically switches to the next tab every few seconds
≈30K users3.3★ from 32 ratingsUpdated 10 months ago4 permissions- About 7.5× more users than SmartContact disabled 'Auto Discardable' tab
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 3)
- Listed under Tools
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Browser, don't discard my tabs
Prevents the browser from discarding tabs. You won't have to wait for them to load again.
424 users4.3★ from 7 ratingsNot updated for 5+ years2 permissions- About 9.4× fewer users than SmartContact disabled 'Auto Discardable' tab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
SmartContact disabled 'Auto Discardable' tab alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to SmartContact disabled 'Auto Discardable' tab?
By users, the most popular alternative is Disable automatic tab discarding with ≈100K users and a 3.4-star rating. The closest match by what it does is No-Tabs-Auto-Discard.
Which SmartContact disabled 'Auto Discardable' tab alternative has the best rating?
Auto Tab Discard has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.0 out of 5 from 395 ratings.
Is there a SmartContact disabled 'Auto Discardable' tab alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Disable automatic tab discarding asks for 1 permissions, against 3 for SmartContact disabled 'Auto Discardable' tab.
How many alternatives to SmartContact disabled 'Auto Discardable' tab are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to SmartContact disabled 'Auto Discardable' tab 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.