Stop drowning in tabs. Set a limit — extras gather in one quiet group, never auto-closed. Install and breathe.
Users
90
+27 in 30 days
Rating
4.5 / 5
−0.50 in 30 days
Ratings
6
+1 in 30 days
Store rank
#87K
#72K among extensions
Version
1.10.1
updated 8 Oct 2026
Users
monthly, 5 months
Latest, 15 Oct 2026:90 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
monthly, 5 months
Latest, 15 Oct 2026:6 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
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About Tab Black Hole: Tab Limit Manager
You open a few tabs to look something up. An hour later there are forty, the one you need is buried in the middle, and every switch turns into a search.
Tab Black Hole sets a tab limit for each window. Go over it and the extra tabs slide into one group at the end of the tab strip. Nothing closes on its own — the tabs stay open, one click away. You decide what to keep and what to let go, when you are ready.
What you get:
• A limit you set — a gentle cap per window, not a hard block and not auto-close.
• One group for the overflow — collapse it out of sight, expand it to grab a tab back.
• A badge that shows how far over you are: +1, +2, +N — so the count is never a surprise.
• Close the whole pile in one click when you are done.
• Sites that never count — add your mail, calendar, or task board and they stay out of the limit (subdomains included).
Right after install, a short welcome page shows where the extra tabs went and lets you pick your limit; the counts change as you adjust it.
Want more control? Press Alt+Shift+B for a side panel that lists the overflow, points out tabs you have not touched in hours, and estimates the memory you will free up. Once a day, when you are two tabs over, an optional guide can open inside the group to help you clear it. Everything stays on your device; anonymous analytics stays off unless you say yes when the extension asks once.
In Forgotten, select all listed tabs or deselect them with one click. Close selected tabs with a separate button. Newly appearing tabs are not selected automatically.
Most tab limiters block the new tab or close an old one. Tab Black Hole does neither. It parks the extras instead of slamming the door — because people keep too many tabs from fear of losing something, not laziness.
Recent updates:
• v1.10.1 — Your own tab groups stay as they are: never moved, not counted toward the limit
• v1.10 — Welcome page after install: see where the extra tabs went and pick your limit
• v1.9 — Select all forgotten tabs; selections survive list updates; fixed tab-grouping errors
• v1.8.2 — New tabs land where you expect them; the interface is fully translated
• v1.7 — Whitelist: sites that never count toward your limit
• Now in 15 languages