Are you looking for a way to save your browser tabs, but don’t want to use an enormous tool that’s hard to figure out? Tabby Tab is a simple, easy-to-use Chrome extension that allows you to save your open tabs in the click of a button. The best part is, it’s completely free!
Simply add it to your Chrome browser, and you’re ready to go. When you need to save some tabs, just click the button in your browser. You’ll see a pop-up appear where you can type in a name for your group of tabs and hit “save.” A few seconds later, you’ll get a notification telling you how many tabs were saved.
You can manage all of your saved tab groups from the “Saved Tabs” section on the Tabby Tab website. These lists will automatically be updated (in real time) whenever you create a new group or delete one from there. To delete or edit the name of any group, just find it on this page and click on the dropdown menu next to its name.
There’s no limit to how many groups of tabs you can save with Tabby Tab—and when you have hundreds of them, we’ve made it easy for you to find
Chrome Extension For Saving Tabs
How many times have you been researching stuff online that lead you to open more tabs than you needed? Many times I have even opened tabs and left in the far left corner of my browser because, while they had the information I was interested in returning to use later, I didn’t want to bookmark them. In a way, closing a tab makes me feel like I am done with it. But that was a while ago anyway because I have the power of tab managers under my fingers.
Tab (or session) managers are productivity tools that enable one to save tabs for later as well as to easily traverse the open ones. Continuing my streak of productivity-related topics, here is my collection of the best extensions that will enable you to take back control of your Chrome tabs and browsing sessions like it’s magic.
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These extensions have been built to offer users better tab management e.g. switching between tabs, preserving battery and memory, speeding up the time it takes to find open tabs, saving tabs and/or sessions for later, session backup to the cloud, etc.
- Session Buddy
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Session Buddy enables you to save related tabs as a session and restore them one by one or all at once. It is the perfect tab extension if you have a workflow like mine: I open a new window whenever I’m on a new topic so that when I’ve found what I need, I simply close the window.
Session Buddy comes with General, Appearance, Filter, and Keyboard settings. A lot of customization options for you to have a field day with once and afterward, fly without the need to refuel.
Session Buddy – Chrome Extension
Session Buddy – Chrome Extension
- The Great Suspender
The Great Suspender makes your computer run smoother by automatically suspending tabs that you’re not using. This comes in handy when you realise that more times than not, there are open tabs that you don’t touch in several minutes because you’re engaged in another tab or cus you want to return to it later. Shells – Powerful Cloud Computer in Your Browser
Knowing that Google Chrome treats each tab as its own process thread, The Great Suspender takes the need for you to remember there’s a tab using your memory by suspending it after a customizable time. This suspender is great because it’s a battery and memory saver.
The Great Suspender – Chrome Extension
The Great Suspender – Chrome Extension
- OneTab
OneTab promises to save up to 95% of your memory and reducing tab clutter at the same time by converting all your tabs into a single list. When you need to access any of your tabs again, just restore one or all of them at once. Among OneTab’s features is the option to create a web page from your list of tabs and share it with other people or computers and smart devices.
OneTab – Chrome Extension
OneTab – Chrome Extension
- Toby for Chrome
Toby for Chrome helps you to organize your tabs into aesthetically pleasing (kanban board-type) lists. It lives in every new tab and you can either drag and drop your tabs into collections or create a session for better organization.
Toby for Chrome – Chrome Extension
Toby for Chrome – Chrome Extension
- TooManyTabs for Chrome
TooManyTabs for Chrome allows you to see all your open tabs and preview them individually by clicking on them or selecting them by searching for the tab title. On top of that, tabs that have been ideal for a while get suspended and separated into a column, and you can set it to automatically backup/restore the active ones to Google Drive.
TooManyTabs – Chrome Extension
TooManyTabs – Chrome Extension
- Cluster – Window & Tab Manager
Cluster – Window & Tab Manager enables users to manage their tabs and windows in order to minimize memory usage. It comes with tools for quickly switching between windows and tabs as well as the options to save and restore them. Its other features include sorting tabs by domain, a tab audio indicator, export active windows to JSON/CSV, dark theme, support for multiple columns on wide screens, etc.
Cluster Windows Tab Manager – Chrome Extension
Cluster Windows Tab Manager – Chrome Extension
- Tabli
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Tabli’s core functionality is a popup window that shows users a searchable scrollable view of their browser’s windows, and tabs. It combines that workflow with a dark/light mode UI, keyboard shortcuts, and the option to conveniently save and open tabs in singly or in sets. Tabli does not send any data to external services/extensions nor make outbound data connections.
Tabli – Chrome Extension
Tabli – Chrome Extension
- Tabs Outliner
Tabs Outliner functions as a tabs manager, session manager, and information organizer (with a tree view). It also allows users to annotate and save tabs without destroying their original context. If you fancy, you can shell out some cash for its premium features that include keyboard shortcuts, automatic backups to Google Drive, and frequent local backups.
Tabs Outliner – Chrome Extension
Tabs Outliner – Chrome Extension
- Tab Manager Plus for Chrome
Tab Manager Plus for Chrome works to speed up how you use tab by enabling you to filter them, rearrange them, and move between them like a breeze. Its main focus is speed and so it comes with a sufficient list of keyboard shortcuts to solidify its productivity boost in your life as an Internet surfer.q
Tab Manager Plus – Chrome Extension
Tab Manager Plus – Chrome Extension
- TabXpert – Window & Tab manager
tabXpert – window & tab manager prides itself as a new generation window and tab manager focused on enabling users to manage their surfing sessions better. It offers instant session restore with reduced memory footprint, drag and drop, powerful search and tab shortcuts, support for The Great Suspender, session management with cloud sync, a clean popup, and tab interface with light and dark themes, and browser crash/restart resistance.
TabXpert – Chrome Extension
TabXpert – Chrome Extension
Congrats on making it to the end of the list. Which tab/session management extension have you decided to go with? Got any alternatives you’ll like to see on the list? Drop your comments in the section below.
best chrome extension for saving tabs
Google Chrome doesn’t disappoint if you accidentally close your browser or it crashes. That’s because you can easily reopen the existing tabs from the previous session. But what if you want to save the currently open tabs? For instance, when I was researching on something, I stumbled upon a web page that would help me a lot as a regular reference till I finish working on my project. Now, bookmarking such a page doesn’t make sense because I don’t wish to store it forever. In situations like those, Chrome tab saver extensions come handy.
Chrome extensions to save tabs
If you love keeping a lot of tabs open for work, you will love the Chrome tab saver extensions. The extensions offer features such as save any number of tabs with one click for later use, organize tabs in folders, search saved tabs, and much more.
We have handpicked the best Chrome extensions that let you save tabs temporarily. Let’s check them out.
- BETTER-ONETAB
If you are familiar with the popular OneTab extension to store your web pages, this is a similar extension on steroids. The extensions mentioned here can be considered as the best alternatives to Better-OneTab as well.
Note: The Chrome web store lists it as better-onetab and after installation it appears as Better-OneTab. Hopefully, you won’t get flustered like I did for a minute.
The Better-OneTab extension offers multiple ways to store and manage your tabs. You can store all the active tabs, selected tabs, or the tabs to the right or left of the selected tab. To use the extension, right-click on the extension icon on the extensions bar and select the appropriate option. You can even enable keyboard shortcuts.
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On the tab lists screen, you will find an easy-to-use interface. You can drag the tabs to rearrange them in different folders. Some other exciting features include color coding and pinning lists for better organization.
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By default, the tab will be removed from the list when you click on it. However, you can change that in the extension settings if you want the web pages to stay until you delete them manually.
Download Better-onetab
- TOBY FOR CHROME
Another great extension that I love is Toby. It arranges your saved tabs in collections, which are basically folders. You can either save your entire session from the extension icon or open Toby to drag and drag the open tabs into collections.
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When it comes to reopening the tabs, you can either open the entire collection or choose the tabs manually. If you no longer require particular tabs, delete them — don’t forget that the extension only saves them temporarily. Other features include syncing of collections and dark mode.
Tip: To create a new collection, click on the red icon at the bottom.
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The only thing that I dislike about this extension is that it takes over my start page in Chrome. Now, that wouldn’t be a problem for others but I use another extension, i.e., Start.me extension for that. I really wish one could use this extension without making it the default start-up page.
Download Toby for Chrome
- TABZEN
The next extension on the list is Tabzen. It’s a simple tab manager that shows all the open tabs when you activate it. You can either save a single tab or all the open tabs by clicking on the star icon.
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Similar to other tab managers, this extension also lets you organize your tabs in folders. The difference is that you can check the folders right from the pop-up window when you click on the extension. If you want to organize your tabs in a better way, you should open the Tab Manager by clicking on the three-dot icon on that extension.
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The Tab Manager supports drag and drop to let you organize tabs. You can import or export the tabs and even sort them. When it comes to opening the tabs, you can open them through the pop-up window or the Tab Manager.
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The drawback of this extension is that it doesn’t offer any additional customization features such as color-coding, managing what happens when you click on the link, and so on.
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- SESSION BUDDY
Sometimes, instead of saving the selected tabs, one wants to save the entire session. It comes handy when you have multiple tabs open related to the same topic. For instance, if you were researching a topic that you need later, just save the entire session. Later, when you need it, you can reopen the tabs from that session using Session Buddy.
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You can either open an individual tab from the session or open all tabs. When you are done with the session, remove it by right-clicking on the session name, and choose Delete. If you want to try a similar extension that saves all open tabs, check Cluster -Window & Tab Manager.
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Download Session Buddy
- TABBIE
If you are looking for a simple extension to save your tabs in Chrome for later use, you might like Tabbie. It offers three ways to store tabs — save all tabs without closing them, save and close all tabs, and save selected tabs only.
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In the last option, you need to select the tabs in Chrome first. To select tabs, keep the Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac) key pressed and click on the tabs that you want to select with your mouse. Once selected, launch the extension and check the box next to Save selected tabs only. The selected tabs will be saved in the group.
All the tab groups will be available on the same screen. Click on it to see the pages inside it or click on Open to launch all the pages.
Download Tabbie
BONUS TIP: USE CHROME’S BUILT-IN METHOD TO SAVE TABS
If you don’t want to install any extension, you can take the help of Chrome’s built-in feature to bookmark all the existing open tabs. When you use the feature, a new folder is created where all your open tabs are bookmarked. Later, when you need them, you need to navigate to the bookmark folder and open all the pages using the native option.
Let’s check the steps in detail.
Step 1: In Chrome, right-click on an empty space next to the add (+) icon on the title bar. Select Bookmark all tabs from the menu. You can even use the Ctrl + Shift + D shortcut to bookmark all the webpages on Windows. For Mac users, the shortcut is Cmd + Shift + D.
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Step 2: A window will open. Select the location where you want to create a new folder. Give it an appropriate name such as ‘Browser session for chrome extensions’ and save it using the Save option.
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Tip: You should create a separate folder where you can save your sessions in subfolders.
Step 3: Now, whenever you want to open those webpages, click on the three-dot icon at the top-right corner of Chrome and select Bookmarks.
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Step 4: Go to the folder that you created to save webpages. Right-click on it and choose the desired way of opening them. You can open in the same window, new window, or in the incognito mode.
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Step 5: Delete the bookmarks folder when you are done using the tabs in it.
SAY NO TO BOOKMARKS
Saving tabs without bookmarking them offers many benefits. Firstly, your bookmarks aren’t cluttered with the temporary data. Secondly, such extensions prevent you from hoarding tabs which in turn helps in freeing up memory on your computer.
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