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Disable automatic tab discarding

by World_Languages · Workflow & Planning
FeaturedManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Stops Chrome from suspending tabs, and reloading them when you switch to them.

Users
100K
0 in 30 days
Rating
3.4 / 5
−0.33 in 30 days
Ratings
384
−1 in 30 days
Store rank
#1,812
#1,584 among extensions
Version
1.0.5
updated 18 Jun 2024

Users

monthly, 3 years
30K65K100KAug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 100,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
100242385Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 384 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Disable automatic tab discarding

This extension automatically tells Chrome that every tab you open is "not auto discardable". This might help solve issues where Chrome kills more tabs than you would want to, however, this is not foolproof, and tabs might still get discarded if your system is out of memory. No configuration needed, the extension will mark every open tab as "not auto discardable" as long as you installed the extension and haven't disabled it. Want to make sure this extension is working? Go to chrome://discards in a new tab and see how every row has a cross in the "auto discardable" column. 👨‍💻 Open source: https://github.com/WorldLanguages/DoNotDiscard

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%0−0.32
30 days0+0.0%−1−0.33
6 months0+0.0%+6−0.34
1 year0+0.0%+8−0.34

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Disable automatic tab discarding appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
disable#8−5

Version history

2 versions recorded
1.0.518 Jun 2024
1.0.43 Nov 2019

Details

Category
Workflow & Planning
First seen
3 Nov 2019
Size
30 KB
Languages
en, es
Pricing
Free
Extension ID
dnhngfnfolbmhgealdpolmhimnoliiok

Permissions and risk

Minimal riskimpact 0, likelihood 0
Permissions
contextMenus

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