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Close Extra New Tabs

774 users Rated 5.00 from 1 rating Last updated 19 Dec 2023

By Gavin Borg Live in the Chrome Web Store gkaaknlhljkigoogfhaknojpmjnlmcod Search Google ↗ Last checked 6 Nov 2026, 15:31 UTC

The listing

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

A Chrome extension to keep only one new open at all times, closing extra ones.Summary from the listing
Developer
Gavin Borg
Enhanced Safe Browsing
Trusted. What this means →
Category
Make Chrome Yours › Functionality & UI
First published
2 Aug 2015
Last updated
19 Dec 2023
Version
3.0
Size
6.93 KiB
Minimum Chrome
88
Languages
1 language

English (United States)

Users over time As shown on the Chrome Web Store
250500750Tracking began 27 Sep 202627 Sep4 Oct11 Oct18 Oct25 Oct1 Nov2026-09-27: 61 users2026-10-05: 71 users2026-11-06: 774 users774250500750Tracking began27 Sep11 Oct25 Oct2026-09-27: 61 users2026-10-05: 71 users2026-11-06: 774 users774
Average rating
4.804.905.0027 Sep11 Oct25 Oct5.004.804.905.0027 Sep11 Oct25 Oct5.00
Number of ratings
127 Sep11 Oct25 Oct1127 Sep11 Oct25 Oct1
New version One point per check. Source: the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing.
Show the numbers
CheckedUsersRatingRatings
2026-11-067745.001
2026-10-05715.001
2026-09-27615.001
Users, 7 days
No change
since a week ago
Users, 30 days
+703
+990.1%
Rank
#27,933
by users, of 292,125 extensions
In its category
#1,066
of 11,702 in Functionality & UI

What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first

No changes found since tracking began on 27 Sep 2026.

Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first

No move to another account and no new contact email since tracking began on 27 Sep 2026.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent account and contact changes →

What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language

Browser features
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More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account

ExtensionUsersRatingRatingsCategory
Keep One Pinned Tab3,000 4.2669 Workflow & Planning
Child Tab Next827 4.0424 Workflow & Planning
Bookmark Folder Hotkeys177 4.254 Workflow & Planning
Append to Title18 –– Workflow & Planning
All 5 extensions by Gavin Borg →

About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every month, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 6 Nov 2026, 15:31 UTC; next check around 8 Dec 2026.

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Citation
Extension Tracker. “Close Extra New Tabs” (gkaaknlhljkigoogfhaknojpmjnlmcod). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-06. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gkaaknlhljkigoogfhaknojpmjnlmcod. Accessed 2026-11-13.
BibTeX
@misc{extensiontracker_gkaaknlhljkigoogfhaknojpmjnlmcod,
  title   = {Close Extra New Tabs (gkaaknlhljkigoogfhaknojpmjnlmcod)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-06},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gkaaknlhljkigoogfhaknojpmjnlmcod},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}

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