---
title: "Tab Auto Refresh – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "100,000 users, rated 4.16 by 78 people. Version 0.2.3, updated 2026-04-30. Requests 4 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jaioibhbkffompljnnipmpkeafhpicpd"
---

# Tab Auto Refresh

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 100,000
- Rating: 4.16 from 78 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-10 17:26 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: No change (+0.0%)
- Rank by users: #1,054 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #200 of 115,641

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Automatically refresh tabs based on custom time intervals

- Extension ID: `jaioibhbkffompljnnipmpkeafhpicpd`
- Developer: [MeryDev](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u5a225ce3ab29da06228223c7abbdd51f)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2017-02-28
- Last updated: 2026-04-30
- Version: `0.2.3`
- Size: 48.91 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Support page: `https://mybrowseraddon.com/tab-auto-refresh.html`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/tab-auto-refresh/jaioibhbkffompljnnipmpkeafhpicpd>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/jaioibhbkffompljnnipmpkeafhpicpd>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22jaioibhbkffompljnnipmpkeafhpicpd%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-10 | 100,000 | 4.16 | 78 |
| 2026-11-03 | 100,000 | 4.16 | 78 |
| 2026-10-27 | 100,000 | 4.16 | 78 |
| 2026-10-20 | 100,000 | 4.16 | 78 |
| 2026-10-13 | 100,000 | 4.18 | 78 |
| 2026-10-06 | 100,000 | 4.18 | 78 |
| 2026-09-28 | 100,000 | 4.18 | 78 |
| 2026-09-27 | 100,000 | 4.18 | 78 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

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

## 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 2026-09-27.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent changes: [Account and contact changes](https://extensiontracker.com/owners/).

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Browser features

- `alarms`: Run tasks on a schedule
- `notifications`: Show notifications
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `tabs`: Read the addresses and titles of your tabs

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Download All Images](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/nnffbdeachhbpfapjklmpnmjcgamcdmm) | 200,000 | 4.09 | 289 | Art & Design |
| [Volume Booster for YouTube™](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/camciclnnglajljifpjocnpmepnkajgi) | 90,000 | 4.57 | 151 | Well-being |
| [YouTube Dark Theme](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/icgoeaddhagkbjnnigiblfebijeinfme) | 60,000 | 4.07 | 225 | Accessibility |
| [Dark Theme for Google™](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/apiabgjfojnkcepfmbdechlhfocpeenc) | 40,000 | 3.84 | 320 | Developer Tools |
| [WebRTC Protect - Protect IP Leak](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bkmmlbllpjdpgcgdohbaghfaecnddhni) | 40,000 | 4.15 | 48 | Workflow & Planning |
| [Theater Mode for YouTube™ (large player view)](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/dgognhgbpdoeidccnbfhohblklhbbomh) | 20,000 | 3.65 | 107 | Tools |
| [Page Screenshot](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/aoifpkjpdcfpdphnncjhgljdhpolajii) | 10,000 | 3.62 | 8 | Tools |
| [Font Inspector](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/kgekdppfhdacjmnogfkklnljiglcphip) | 10,000 | 3.27 | 11 | Developer Tools |
| [Mute Tab](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ogbpneobokibiimcnecppphklbpcibfo) | 10,000 | 3.47 | 36 | Tools |
| [Print Selection to PDF](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/leelcgmlfncnjldfomkmpefndongkijg) | 6,000 | 1.71 | 17 | Tools |

All 18 extensions by [MeryDev](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u5a225ce3ab29da06228223c7abbdd51f).

## 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 2026-11-10 17:26 UTC; next check around 2026-11-17.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Tab Auto Refresh” (jaioibhbkffompljnnipmpkeafhpicpd). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-10. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jaioibhbkffompljnnipmpkeafhpicpd. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_jaioibhbkffompljnnipmpkeafhpicpd,
  title   = {Tab Auto Refresh (jaioibhbkffompljnnipmpkeafhpicpd)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-10},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jaioibhbkffompljnnipmpkeafhpicpd},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

---

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