---
title: "Disable automatic tab discarding – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "100,000 users, rated 3.76 by 385 people. Version 1.0.5, updated 2024-06-18. Requests 1 permission."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/dnhngfnfolbmhgealdpolmhimnoliiok"
---

# Disable automatic tab discarding

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 100,000
- Rating: 3.76 from 385 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 00:04 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #1,082 of 264,702 live extensions
- Rank in Workflow & Planning: #384 of 44,474

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> Stops Chrome from suspending tabs, and reloading them when you switch to them.

- Extension ID: `dnhngfnfolbmhgealdpolmhimnoliiok`
- Developer: [World\_Languages](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u307d71a6ec535b8901bebb45b2264cfd)
- Category: [Productivity › Workflow & Planning](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/workflow)
- First published: 2018-06-09
- Last updated: 2024-06-18
- Version: `1.0.5`
- Size: 29.92 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (2): English, español
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/disable-automatic-tab-dis/dnhngfnfolbmhgealdpolmhimnoliiok>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Peek: <https://crxpeek.com/?id=dnhngfnfolbmhgealdpolmhimnoliiok>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 100,000 | 3.76 | 385 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Browser features

- `contextMenus`: Add items to the right-click menu

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every week, because it has 1,000 or more users, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-09-27 00:04 UTC; next check around 2026-09-28.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Disable automatic tab discarding” (dnhngfnfolbmhgealdpolmhimnoliiok). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/dnhngfnfolbmhgealdpolmhimnoliiok. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_dnhngfnfolbmhgealdpolmhimnoliiok,
  title   = {Disable automatic tab discarding (dnhngfnfolbmhgealdpolmhimnoliiok)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/dnhngfnfolbmhgealdpolmhimnoliiok},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

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