Close Extra New Tabs

by Gavin Borg · Functionality & UI

Manifest V3 Free

View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

A Chrome extension to keep only one new open at all times, closing extra ones.

Users

764

+705 in 30 days

Rating

5.0 / 5

unchanged in 30 days

Ratings

0 in 30 days

Store rank

#36K

#30K among extensions

Version

3.0

updated 19 Dec 2023

Users

monthly, 3 years

Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 764 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years

Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 1 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About Close Extra New Tabs

This extension will close extra New Tab pages that are open whenever you open or close another tab. It will ignore the currently focused tab. ------------------------ Icons by Linh Pham Thi Dieu http://linhpham.me/ Project released open-source, Github project available: https://github.com/theborg3of5/CloseExtraNewTabs ------------------------ Please note that this was made for personal use, so replies and fixes may be delayed. ------------------------ Changelog: 1.0: Initial Release - split functionality off from "Keep One Pinned Tab" (also made by this developer). 1.1: Bugfix: now actually works! 2.0: Rewrote from scratch, should now be more reliable. 3.0: Update to manifest V3 (no functional changes).