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Tab-less

by iainbeeston · Workflow & Planning
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 16 Oct 2026

Disables tabs for tab-less browsing

Users
2,000
0 in 30 days
Rating
4.7 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
50
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#19K
#16K among extensions
Version
0.7.0
updated 23 Jun 2026

Users

monthly, 3 years
3002,1504,000Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 2,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
103050Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 50 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 Tab-less

This extension disables tabbed browsing. Rather than opening new tabs, your browser will open windows wherever possible. * Why would you want to disable tabs? Because I always find it difficult to find the tab I'm looking for. Tabs obscure the browsing experience, and I find it far easier to browse the web when I can see all of my windows at once. Most modern operating systems can arrange windows elegantly and efficiently, making tabs defunct. * If you don't like tabs, then just don't use them! You don't need an extension for that Increasingly, browsers force tabs on you by default. It does not provide an option to default to using windows rather than tabs. This extension overrides that behaviour to open windows instead, to make it seamless for users like myself. * Why should I use Tab-less rather than New Tab, New Window? 1. Tab-less does not require any access to your browsing history at all (most extensions require access to your browsing history or the current page you're viewing). 2. It's designed to be as light-weight and simplistic as possible. 3. There's no magic, it just moves tabs to a new window, whenever they're opened (using the default settings for a new window). All of the code for this extension is open-sourced and can be found online at https://github.com/iainbeeston/tab-less. I'd be happy to receive any feedback, hear about any bugs or accept any pull-requests for new code at that address.

Growth

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30 days0+0.0%00.00
6 months+1,000+100.0%00.00
1 year0+0.0%00.00

Version history

2 versions recorded
0.7.023 Jun 2026
0.6.025 Apr 2019

Details

Category
Workflow & Planning
First seen
25 Apr 2019
Size
10 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Support
github.com
Extension ID
mdndkociaebjkggmhnemegoegnbfbgoo

Permissions and risk

Minimal riskimpact 0, likelihood 2

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