Close idle tabs without losing a single one

Tab Attic saves the tabs you've stopped using, then closes them. Every one stays searchable, sorted by topic, and backed up in your Chrome bookmarks.

Add to Chrome — freeFree · No account · Works offline
Your archive

Closing tabs stops feeling risky

Most of us keep tabs open because closing them feels like losing something. Tab Attic takes that risk away.

  1. A tab goes quiet

    If you haven't looked at a tab for 3 hours of active time, it's due. Nights, weekends and a closed browser don't count.

  2. It's saved twice, then closed

    First into Tab Attic, then into your Chrome bookmarks. Only after that does the tab close.

  3. It lands in a topic

    Chrome's built-in model sorts saved tabs by meaning, on your computer. Without it, tabs are grouped by shared words.

Find any tab you closed

Type a few letters of a title, site or topic, in any language. Open one tab, or a whole topic as a Chrome tab group.

You decide what closes

Start in preview mode and watch what would be archived before anything closes.

  • Pinned tabs, tabs playing sound and full-screen windows are never closed
  • Tabs Chrome put to sleep to save memory are archived right away
  • Keep any tab or site open with one switch
  • Keep a minimum number of tabs in every window
  • Optionally keep tabs with text you haven't sent
  • Undo deletes, export to JSON or a bookmarks file

No server. No account. Nothing sent anywhere.

The extension stores everything in your browser: its own database and your Chrome bookmarks. If you remove it and install it again, the archive comes back from the bookmarks.

Questions

Does Tab Attic send my tabs anywhere?

No. It has no server. Tabs are stored in the extension's database in your browser and in your Chrome bookmarks. If you use Chrome Sync, Chrome syncs those bookmarks as it does all of yours.

What if I uninstall it?

The bookmark folder Other bookmarks › Tab Attic stays. Install Tab Attic again and it rebuilds the archive from there.

Is the AI grouping private?

Yes. It uses the model built into Chrome (Gemini Nano), which runs on your computer. It needs a fairly recent computer; on others, tabs are grouped by shared words instead.

Will it close a tab I'm in the middle of?

No. It never closes the tab you're on, pinned tabs, tabs playing sound or full-screen windows, and it starts in preview mode, where nothing closes until you switch to automatic.

Which browsers does it work in?

Chrome 121 or newer on Windows, macOS, Linux and ChromeOS. Grouping by meaning needs Chrome 138 or newer.