Reviews for Auto Tab Discard
Auto Tab Discard by tlintspr
Review by Scoox
Rated 5 out of 5
by Scoox, 7 months agoThis is very good. I have loads of tabs open simultaneously and was having problems with high memory usage. This plugin instantly took care of the problem. The configuration can seem a bit daunting at first but it's worth taking the time to go through and understand every setting to get the the most out of this add-in.
I notice certain "special tabs" are not being discarded, for example, Sidebery folder tabs, Firefox Preferences pages, and add-on options pages. Regarding Sidebery folder tabs, perhaps they are being seen as active all the time because Sidebery is active and those tabs are part of it? This doesn't bother me, but I thought I'd mention it in case it's not intentional.
My only tiny criticism would be the lack of documentation, since some settings are somewhat cryptic especially if you are not a techie. Eventually I managed to figure out almost every setting through trial and error.
I'd like to sugges a floating Save Options button that's always visible, thereby eliminating the need to scroll down to the bottom each time settings need saving. This would make experimentation less time-consuming.
In short: A fantastic add-on. Big thank you to the author/authors!
I notice certain "special tabs" are not being discarded, for example, Sidebery folder tabs, Firefox Preferences pages, and add-on options pages. Regarding Sidebery folder tabs, perhaps they are being seen as active all the time because Sidebery is active and those tabs are part of it? This doesn't bother me, but I thought I'd mention it in case it's not intentional.
My only tiny criticism would be the lack of documentation, since some settings are somewhat cryptic especially if you are not a techie. Eventually I managed to figure out almost every setting through trial and error.
I'd like to sugges a floating Save Options button that's always visible, thereby eliminating the need to scroll down to the bottom each time settings need saving. This would make experimentation less time-consuming.
In short: A fantastic add-on. Big thank you to the author/authors!
924 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 16891909, 2 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by luckyfetus, 5 days agoGreat idea! Unfortunately, it doesn't function or work properly as of June 6 2025
- Rated 5 out of 5by default-design, 13 days agoAz újabb Firefox nem kezeli jól a memóriát és elképesztően sokat zabál (belőle) így aki úgy használja amiben ez a böngésző eredetileg a legjobb volt, tehát sok ablak = lap = fül = tab akkor ez neki való mert az inaktívak nem használnak memóriát és így végre újra a régi az élmény.
- Rated 5 out of 5by gagatek, 16 days ago
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- Rated 5 out of 5by wahab, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by MOMO, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15269461, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Terrasse, a month agoVery good work! This extension effectively reduces the RAM usage. Among all these extensions with similar function, Auto Tab Discard works best and is the most configurable.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18939808, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18659584, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18862493, 2 months agoI'm a little bit of a tab hoarder... And that results in all of my 32GB of RAM filling up all the time. Then I need to close the browser and open it again, to free up my RAM. My next planned step before knowing about this extension was to buy more RAM.
But this extension fixes the problem. All tabs that are not used just get their resources freed after some time. How this is not a standard feature in Firefox baffles me... So it goes without saying; This is a great extension! - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18576703, 2 months agoHeavily reduced the energy and performance being used by all the tabs I have open, highly recommended.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Maximilian Grothusmann, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by SKM, 2 months agoI've found Auto Tab Discard very useful for many years. It keeps my browser running smooth, even when I've got upwards of 400 tabs open.
PostScript: Yes, I know I have an open tabs problem - Rated 5 out of 5by Roma Gromov, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by IonuțAlex18, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by oz, 3 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by trav1295, 3 months agoEverything works for me (that I've set it up for) except the option to discard pinned tabs on startup. Logs just say it's not ready. But, this add-on seems to be abandoned atm :(
- Rated 5 out of 5by Ronak, 3 months ago