Best tab manager Chrome extensions (2026)
The 20 most-used tab managers on the Chrome Web Store, ranked by real store users. Listings rated under 3 stars on 20+ ratings are left out. Group, suspend, save, search and restore tabs and windows; session managers and tab suspenders.
Top 20 tab managers, ranked
- 1
OneTab
Save up to 95% memory and reduce tab clutter
≈2M users4.4★ from 14.6K ratingsUpdated in the last day7 permissions - 2
Tab Resize - split screen layouts
The ORIGINAL Tab Resize. Split Screen made easy. Resize the CURRENT tab and tabs to the RIGHT into layouts on separate windows.
≈1M users4.3★ from 1.1K ratingsNot updated for 2+ years4 permissions - 3
Toby: Tab Manager & Session Saver
Too many tabs? Save them in one click, organize them into collections, and restore any session later, on any device.
≈300K users4.2★ from 3.3K ratingsNo special permissions - 4
Tab Manager Plus for Chrome
Quickly find open tabs, see all windows in one view, find duplicates and limit tabs per window. The best Tab Manager for Chrome.
≈200K users4.7★ from 1.1K ratingsNot updated for 2+ years4 permissions - 5
Tab Manager by Workona
The world’s best tab manager
≈200K users4.6★ from 3.8K ratingsUpdated 3 days ago5 permissions - 6
TooManyTabs for Chrome
Manage your tabs, improve your browsing, and maintain your sanity when you have many tabs open.
≈100K users4.2★ from 1.7K ratingsNot updated for 2+ years6 permissions - 7
Tab Groups Extension
Automatically group tabs, save tabs/groups, and provide shortcuts for tabs/groups.
≈100K users4.4★ from 407 ratingsUpdated 8 months ago7 permissions - 8
Vertical Tabs in Side Panel
Display and manage tabs vertically in the browser sidebar.
≈100K users4.4★ from 274 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago5 permissions - 9
Tab Suspender
Automatically suspend, park, hibernate inactive tabs and save up to 80% of memory, reduce load on your device, battery and heat.
≈100K users3.7★ from 761 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago10 permissions - 10
Regex Tab Manager
The purpose of this application is to provide K12 Google Workspace administrators with the ability to prevent the use of browser…
≈100K users1.0★ from 5 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago4 permissions - 11
Vertical Tabs
Vertical tab manager in side panel
≈70K users4.1★ from 231 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago6 permissions - 12
Tabli
A simple, powerful tab manager
≈50K users4.6★ from 552 ratingsUpdated 19 months ago4 permissions - 13
Tabs to Front v2
Brings newly created tabs to the foreground.
≈40K users4.7★ from 62 ratingsUpdated 16 months agoNo special permissions - 14
Chrome Tab Limiter - 10 Tabs
Mission Labs tab limiter - limits the maximum number of open tabs to 10.
≈40K users5.0★ from 1 ratingUpdated 6 months agoNo special permissions - 15
Smart Mute
Listen to audio one tab at a time.
≈40K users4.4★ from 194 ratingsUpdated 8 days ago1 permissions - 16
The Great Suspender Reloaded - Tab Suspender 2026
Suspend inactive Chrome tabs to save RAM and boost speed. Best Tab Suspender — auto-freezes unused tabs and restores them instantly.
≈40K users4.0★ from 87 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago13 permissions - 17
Auto Tab Switcher
Automatically switches to the next tab every few seconds
≈30K users3.3★ from 32 ratingsUpdated 9 months ago4 permissions - 18
Tabox - Tab Manager, Save & Share Tab Groups
Save your open tabs into collections and reopen them whenever you want in a single click!
≈30K users4.2★ from 174 ratingsUpdated 13 days ago11 permissions - 19
Tiny Suspender
Unload / suspend / hibernate idle tabs to reduce memory and cpu usage.
≈30K users4.0★ from 126 ratingsUpdated 12 months ago5 permissions - 20
Tab Suspender by Workona
Suspend your browser tabs to save memory.
≈30K users4.0★ from 340 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years6 permissions
Head-to-head comparisons
- Tab Manager by Workona vs Tab Manager Plus for Chrome
- Toby vs Tab Manager Plus for Chrome
- Tab Manager by Workona vs Regex Tab Manager
- Vertical Tabs in Side Panel vs TooManyTabs for Chrome
- Tab Manager Plus for Chrome vs Vertical Tabs in Side Panel
- Tab Manager Plus for Chrome vs Tab Suspender
- Tab Manager Plus for Chrome vs Regex Tab Manager
- Tab Suspender vs Tab Groups Extension
Tab managers: questions
What is the most popular tab manager Chrome extension?
OneTab is the most used, with ≈2M users and a 4.4-star rating. Tab Resize - split screen layouts is next with ≈1M users.
Which tab manager extension has the best rating?
Of the listings with 100+ ratings, Tab Manager Plus for Chrome rates highest: 4.7 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings.
Are these tab managers still maintained?
4 of the 20 listed here were updated in the last 30 days. Each card shows how recently it was updated.