How can I unload a tab manually?
Firefox has a setting "Don't load tabs until selected" (see How do I make Firefox 13 Load All My Tabs on Startup or when Resuming Reload). I like that behaviour.
I am searching for a way to "deload"/deactivate a tab manually for a session (until I reload it).
It should stop all running JavaScript functions and plugins (like Flash). The whole webpage content may disappear until I reload/re-activate the tab, but that is not a requirement. The title
has to be displayed as tab label (like it is the case with the startup setting, too).
The workaround would be to restart Firefox and don't switch to the tab I want to be deactivated. This is pretty annoying, of course.
EDIT: Here is what I found so far
BarTab
- no longer being maintained (see why)
BarTab Lite
- (thanks, @bytebuster)
- seems to miss this functionality from BarTab
Dormancy
- experimental; comes with warning that it "may eat your session"
Suspend background tabs
- (thanks, @Greck)
- experimental; is not exactly what I'm looking for, but could be an alternative (doesn't disable videso/Flash, though)
Tab Mix Plus
- Feature request: Unload Tab feature
- Feature request: Unload Tab feature
Tab Utilites
- (thanks, @bytebuster)
- seems to offer this functionality only for automatic unloading
- Feature request: Add "unload tab" to tab context menu.
UnloadTab
- removed from addons.mozilla.org (who knows why)
firefox browser-tabs
add a comment |
Firefox has a setting "Don't load tabs until selected" (see How do I make Firefox 13 Load All My Tabs on Startup or when Resuming Reload). I like that behaviour.
I am searching for a way to "deload"/deactivate a tab manually for a session (until I reload it).
It should stop all running JavaScript functions and plugins (like Flash). The whole webpage content may disappear until I reload/re-activate the tab, but that is not a requirement. The title
has to be displayed as tab label (like it is the case with the startup setting, too).
The workaround would be to restart Firefox and don't switch to the tab I want to be deactivated. This is pretty annoying, of course.
EDIT: Here is what I found so far
BarTab
- no longer being maintained (see why)
BarTab Lite
- (thanks, @bytebuster)
- seems to miss this functionality from BarTab
Dormancy
- experimental; comes with warning that it "may eat your session"
Suspend background tabs
- (thanks, @Greck)
- experimental; is not exactly what I'm looking for, but could be an alternative (doesn't disable videso/Flash, though)
Tab Mix Plus
- Feature request: Unload Tab feature
- Feature request: Unload Tab feature
Tab Utilites
- (thanks, @bytebuster)
- seems to offer this functionality only for automatic unloading
- Feature request: Add "unload tab" to tab context menu.
UnloadTab
- removed from addons.mozilla.org (who knows why)
firefox browser-tabs
You can pin it as an app tab as a work around, but you do realize you're effectively moving the bookmarks bar above the address bar right?
– billc.cn
Aug 13 '12 at 23:00
2
UnloadTab appears to be back.
– BrenBarn
Jun 29 '14 at 1:29
1
Follow-up: Firefox add-on that suspends inactive tabs, to use less memory
– kenorb
Feb 28 at 12:01
add a comment |
Firefox has a setting "Don't load tabs until selected" (see How do I make Firefox 13 Load All My Tabs on Startup or when Resuming Reload). I like that behaviour.
I am searching for a way to "deload"/deactivate a tab manually for a session (until I reload it).
It should stop all running JavaScript functions and plugins (like Flash). The whole webpage content may disappear until I reload/re-activate the tab, but that is not a requirement. The title
has to be displayed as tab label (like it is the case with the startup setting, too).
The workaround would be to restart Firefox and don't switch to the tab I want to be deactivated. This is pretty annoying, of course.
EDIT: Here is what I found so far
BarTab
- no longer being maintained (see why)
BarTab Lite
- (thanks, @bytebuster)
- seems to miss this functionality from BarTab
Dormancy
- experimental; comes with warning that it "may eat your session"
Suspend background tabs
- (thanks, @Greck)
- experimental; is not exactly what I'm looking for, but could be an alternative (doesn't disable videso/Flash, though)
Tab Mix Plus
- Feature request: Unload Tab feature
- Feature request: Unload Tab feature
Tab Utilites
- (thanks, @bytebuster)
- seems to offer this functionality only for automatic unloading
- Feature request: Add "unload tab" to tab context menu.
UnloadTab
- removed from addons.mozilla.org (who knows why)
firefox browser-tabs
Firefox has a setting "Don't load tabs until selected" (see How do I make Firefox 13 Load All My Tabs on Startup or when Resuming Reload). I like that behaviour.
I am searching for a way to "deload"/deactivate a tab manually for a session (until I reload it).
It should stop all running JavaScript functions and plugins (like Flash). The whole webpage content may disappear until I reload/re-activate the tab, but that is not a requirement. The title
has to be displayed as tab label (like it is the case with the startup setting, too).
The workaround would be to restart Firefox and don't switch to the tab I want to be deactivated. This is pretty annoying, of course.
EDIT: Here is what I found so far
BarTab
- no longer being maintained (see why)
BarTab Lite
- (thanks, @bytebuster)
- seems to miss this functionality from BarTab
Dormancy
- experimental; comes with warning that it "may eat your session"
Suspend background tabs
- (thanks, @Greck)
- experimental; is not exactly what I'm looking for, but could be an alternative (doesn't disable videso/Flash, though)
Tab Mix Plus
- Feature request: Unload Tab feature
- Feature request: Unload Tab feature
Tab Utilites
- (thanks, @bytebuster)
- seems to offer this functionality only for automatic unloading
- Feature request: Add "unload tab" to tab context menu.
UnloadTab
- removed from addons.mozilla.org (who knows why)
firefox browser-tabs
firefox browser-tabs
edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17
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asked Aug 13 '12 at 13:48
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You can pin it as an app tab as a work around, but you do realize you're effectively moving the bookmarks bar above the address bar right?
– billc.cn
Aug 13 '12 at 23:00
2
UnloadTab appears to be back.
– BrenBarn
Jun 29 '14 at 1:29
1
Follow-up: Firefox add-on that suspends inactive tabs, to use less memory
– kenorb
Feb 28 at 12:01
add a comment |
You can pin it as an app tab as a work around, but you do realize you're effectively moving the bookmarks bar above the address bar right?
– billc.cn
Aug 13 '12 at 23:00
2
UnloadTab appears to be back.
– BrenBarn
Jun 29 '14 at 1:29
1
Follow-up: Firefox add-on that suspends inactive tabs, to use less memory
– kenorb
Feb 28 at 12:01
You can pin it as an app tab as a work around, but you do realize you're effectively moving the bookmarks bar above the address bar right?
– billc.cn
Aug 13 '12 at 23:00
You can pin it as an app tab as a work around, but you do realize you're effectively moving the bookmarks bar above the address bar right?
– billc.cn
Aug 13 '12 at 23:00
2
2
UnloadTab appears to be back.
– BrenBarn
Jun 29 '14 at 1:29
UnloadTab appears to be back.
– BrenBarn
Jun 29 '14 at 1:29
1
1
Follow-up: Firefox add-on that suspends inactive tabs, to use less memory
– kenorb
Feb 28 at 12:01
Follow-up: Firefox add-on that suspends inactive tabs, to use less memory
– kenorb
Feb 28 at 12:01
add a comment |
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In one of the links you referenced at Tab Utilities: Feature Request, there is already an answer from the developer (scroll down to comment no. 4) on how to do this. The answer is to:
- Add the
Restart Tab
item to the context menu.
Why it's called "Restart Tab" and not "Unload Tab", I don't understand, but he says you can just change it if you want. Set:
extensions.tabutils.menu.context_restartTab.label
to "Unload Tab".
By the way, at the moment it only works on tabs that are not selected/focussed. In other words, if you do "Restart Tab" on the currently open tab, it will just reload. You have to switch to another tab, then right-click on the tab you want to unload, and choose "Restart Tab".
Here are the instructions from the developer, I updated them a little:
Set
browser.sessionstore.max_concurrent_tabs
to0
inabout:config
. (BarTab Lite or Load Tabs Progressively extension should also work.)
[ the above is outdated, in current versions of Firefox, go to preferences/options for Tabs, and check "Don't load tabs until selected". ]Unload tabs manually with Restart Tab or Restart All Tabs menuitem.
[ first you have to make sure the "Restart Tab" item is added to the context menu, in Tab Utilities preferences/options -> Appearance -> Menus -> Tab Context Menu ]Unload tabs automatically after a specified period of inactivity with
extensions.tabutils.restartAfter
option (minutes).Tag bookmarks with "norestart" to make an auto-unload black list.
add a comment |
All Tabs Helper and Auto Unload Tab do this, among other things.
Auto Unload Tab works well for me and is being maintained it appears. Thanks!
– dbasch
Apr 4 '16 at 8:13
add a comment |
A workaround is: by forcing the reloading of a tab using CTRL+F5 and stopping it so far (using the cross in URL bar) it may left you (with luck) with a blank page (or almost blank).
A great temporary 'do not disturb' for Discord :D
– starbeamrainbowlabs
Oct 29 at 20:40
add a comment |
There is the extension BarTab Lite X. This is a light extension. Its feature for unloading tab works with recent Firefoxes.
However, better check that unloaded tabs don't mess up Firefox' session restore.
add a comment |
As of December 2018 the Auto Tab Discard addon appears to be a great option.
The source code is available at https://github.com/rNeomy/auto-tab-discard.
add a comment |
If you have e10s enabled, taskkill /f /im plugin-container.exe
or your OS equivalent is a pretty easy solution.
Firefox will think the content process has crashed, but that is wrong.
Clicking on a tab will reload it.
add a comment |
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In one of the links you referenced at Tab Utilities: Feature Request, there is already an answer from the developer (scroll down to comment no. 4) on how to do this. The answer is to:
- Add the
Restart Tab
item to the context menu.
Why it's called "Restart Tab" and not "Unload Tab", I don't understand, but he says you can just change it if you want. Set:
extensions.tabutils.menu.context_restartTab.label
to "Unload Tab".
By the way, at the moment it only works on tabs that are not selected/focussed. In other words, if you do "Restart Tab" on the currently open tab, it will just reload. You have to switch to another tab, then right-click on the tab you want to unload, and choose "Restart Tab".
Here are the instructions from the developer, I updated them a little:
Set
browser.sessionstore.max_concurrent_tabs
to0
inabout:config
. (BarTab Lite or Load Tabs Progressively extension should also work.)
[ the above is outdated, in current versions of Firefox, go to preferences/options for Tabs, and check "Don't load tabs until selected". ]Unload tabs manually with Restart Tab or Restart All Tabs menuitem.
[ first you have to make sure the "Restart Tab" item is added to the context menu, in Tab Utilities preferences/options -> Appearance -> Menus -> Tab Context Menu ]Unload tabs automatically after a specified period of inactivity with
extensions.tabutils.restartAfter
option (minutes).Tag bookmarks with "norestart" to make an auto-unload black list.
add a comment |
In one of the links you referenced at Tab Utilities: Feature Request, there is already an answer from the developer (scroll down to comment no. 4) on how to do this. The answer is to:
- Add the
Restart Tab
item to the context menu.
Why it's called "Restart Tab" and not "Unload Tab", I don't understand, but he says you can just change it if you want. Set:
extensions.tabutils.menu.context_restartTab.label
to "Unload Tab".
By the way, at the moment it only works on tabs that are not selected/focussed. In other words, if you do "Restart Tab" on the currently open tab, it will just reload. You have to switch to another tab, then right-click on the tab you want to unload, and choose "Restart Tab".
Here are the instructions from the developer, I updated them a little:
Set
browser.sessionstore.max_concurrent_tabs
to0
inabout:config
. (BarTab Lite or Load Tabs Progressively extension should also work.)
[ the above is outdated, in current versions of Firefox, go to preferences/options for Tabs, and check "Don't load tabs until selected". ]Unload tabs manually with Restart Tab or Restart All Tabs menuitem.
[ first you have to make sure the "Restart Tab" item is added to the context menu, in Tab Utilities preferences/options -> Appearance -> Menus -> Tab Context Menu ]Unload tabs automatically after a specified period of inactivity with
extensions.tabutils.restartAfter
option (minutes).Tag bookmarks with "norestart" to make an auto-unload black list.
add a comment |
In one of the links you referenced at Tab Utilities: Feature Request, there is already an answer from the developer (scroll down to comment no. 4) on how to do this. The answer is to:
- Add the
Restart Tab
item to the context menu.
Why it's called "Restart Tab" and not "Unload Tab", I don't understand, but he says you can just change it if you want. Set:
extensions.tabutils.menu.context_restartTab.label
to "Unload Tab".
By the way, at the moment it only works on tabs that are not selected/focussed. In other words, if you do "Restart Tab" on the currently open tab, it will just reload. You have to switch to another tab, then right-click on the tab you want to unload, and choose "Restart Tab".
Here are the instructions from the developer, I updated them a little:
Set
browser.sessionstore.max_concurrent_tabs
to0
inabout:config
. (BarTab Lite or Load Tabs Progressively extension should also work.)
[ the above is outdated, in current versions of Firefox, go to preferences/options for Tabs, and check "Don't load tabs until selected". ]Unload tabs manually with Restart Tab or Restart All Tabs menuitem.
[ first you have to make sure the "Restart Tab" item is added to the context menu, in Tab Utilities preferences/options -> Appearance -> Menus -> Tab Context Menu ]Unload tabs automatically after a specified period of inactivity with
extensions.tabutils.restartAfter
option (minutes).Tag bookmarks with "norestart" to make an auto-unload black list.
In one of the links you referenced at Tab Utilities: Feature Request, there is already an answer from the developer (scroll down to comment no. 4) on how to do this. The answer is to:
- Add the
Restart Tab
item to the context menu.
Why it's called "Restart Tab" and not "Unload Tab", I don't understand, but he says you can just change it if you want. Set:
extensions.tabutils.menu.context_restartTab.label
to "Unload Tab".
By the way, at the moment it only works on tabs that are not selected/focussed. In other words, if you do "Restart Tab" on the currently open tab, it will just reload. You have to switch to another tab, then right-click on the tab you want to unload, and choose "Restart Tab".
Here are the instructions from the developer, I updated them a little:
Set
browser.sessionstore.max_concurrent_tabs
to0
inabout:config
. (BarTab Lite or Load Tabs Progressively extension should also work.)
[ the above is outdated, in current versions of Firefox, go to preferences/options for Tabs, and check "Don't load tabs until selected". ]Unload tabs manually with Restart Tab or Restart All Tabs menuitem.
[ first you have to make sure the "Restart Tab" item is added to the context menu, in Tab Utilities preferences/options -> Appearance -> Menus -> Tab Context Menu ]Unload tabs automatically after a specified period of inactivity with
extensions.tabutils.restartAfter
option (minutes).Tag bookmarks with "norestart" to make an auto-unload black list.
edited Oct 30 '12 at 13:20
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answered Sep 27 '12 at 14:23
Sum Guy
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All Tabs Helper and Auto Unload Tab do this, among other things.
Auto Unload Tab works well for me and is being maintained it appears. Thanks!
– dbasch
Apr 4 '16 at 8:13
add a comment |
All Tabs Helper and Auto Unload Tab do this, among other things.
Auto Unload Tab works well for me and is being maintained it appears. Thanks!
– dbasch
Apr 4 '16 at 8:13
add a comment |
All Tabs Helper and Auto Unload Tab do this, among other things.
All Tabs Helper and Auto Unload Tab do this, among other things.
edited Feb 28 at 11:58
kenorb
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10.7k1577111
answered Jul 20 '15 at 12:05
Nelson Cevallos
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Auto Unload Tab works well for me and is being maintained it appears. Thanks!
– dbasch
Apr 4 '16 at 8:13
add a comment |
Auto Unload Tab works well for me and is being maintained it appears. Thanks!
– dbasch
Apr 4 '16 at 8:13
Auto Unload Tab works well for me and is being maintained it appears. Thanks!
– dbasch
Apr 4 '16 at 8:13
Auto Unload Tab works well for me and is being maintained it appears. Thanks!
– dbasch
Apr 4 '16 at 8:13
add a comment |
A workaround is: by forcing the reloading of a tab using CTRL+F5 and stopping it so far (using the cross in URL bar) it may left you (with luck) with a blank page (or almost blank).
A great temporary 'do not disturb' for Discord :D
– starbeamrainbowlabs
Oct 29 at 20:40
add a comment |
A workaround is: by forcing the reloading of a tab using CTRL+F5 and stopping it so far (using the cross in URL bar) it may left you (with luck) with a blank page (or almost blank).
A great temporary 'do not disturb' for Discord :D
– starbeamrainbowlabs
Oct 29 at 20:40
add a comment |
A workaround is: by forcing the reloading of a tab using CTRL+F5 and stopping it so far (using the cross in URL bar) it may left you (with luck) with a blank page (or almost blank).
A workaround is: by forcing the reloading of a tab using CTRL+F5 and stopping it so far (using the cross in URL bar) it may left you (with luck) with a blank page (or almost blank).
answered May 14 '17 at 6:57
s.k
1212
1212
A great temporary 'do not disturb' for Discord :D
– starbeamrainbowlabs
Oct 29 at 20:40
add a comment |
A great temporary 'do not disturb' for Discord :D
– starbeamrainbowlabs
Oct 29 at 20:40
A great temporary 'do not disturb' for Discord :D
– starbeamrainbowlabs
Oct 29 at 20:40
A great temporary 'do not disturb' for Discord :D
– starbeamrainbowlabs
Oct 29 at 20:40
add a comment |
There is the extension BarTab Lite X. This is a light extension. Its feature for unloading tab works with recent Firefoxes.
However, better check that unloaded tabs don't mess up Firefox' session restore.
add a comment |
There is the extension BarTab Lite X. This is a light extension. Its feature for unloading tab works with recent Firefoxes.
However, better check that unloaded tabs don't mess up Firefox' session restore.
add a comment |
There is the extension BarTab Lite X. This is a light extension. Its feature for unloading tab works with recent Firefoxes.
However, better check that unloaded tabs don't mess up Firefox' session restore.
There is the extension BarTab Lite X. This is a light extension. Its feature for unloading tab works with recent Firefoxes.
However, better check that unloaded tabs don't mess up Firefox' session restore.
answered Sep 21 '13 at 21:52
Nicolas Barbulesco
2363716
2363716
add a comment |
add a comment |
As of December 2018 the Auto Tab Discard addon appears to be a great option.
The source code is available at https://github.com/rNeomy/auto-tab-discard.
add a comment |
As of December 2018 the Auto Tab Discard addon appears to be a great option.
The source code is available at https://github.com/rNeomy/auto-tab-discard.
add a comment |
As of December 2018 the Auto Tab Discard addon appears to be a great option.
The source code is available at https://github.com/rNeomy/auto-tab-discard.
As of December 2018 the Auto Tab Discard addon appears to be a great option.
The source code is available at https://github.com/rNeomy/auto-tab-discard.
answered Dec 12 at 16:35
Marc.2377
547831
547831
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add a comment |
If you have e10s enabled, taskkill /f /im plugin-container.exe
or your OS equivalent is a pretty easy solution.
Firefox will think the content process has crashed, but that is wrong.
Clicking on a tab will reload it.
add a comment |
If you have e10s enabled, taskkill /f /im plugin-container.exe
or your OS equivalent is a pretty easy solution.
Firefox will think the content process has crashed, but that is wrong.
Clicking on a tab will reload it.
add a comment |
If you have e10s enabled, taskkill /f /im plugin-container.exe
or your OS equivalent is a pretty easy solution.
Firefox will think the content process has crashed, but that is wrong.
Clicking on a tab will reload it.
If you have e10s enabled, taskkill /f /im plugin-container.exe
or your OS equivalent is a pretty easy solution.
Firefox will think the content process has crashed, but that is wrong.
Clicking on a tab will reload it.
answered May 24 '16 at 23:12
Charles Milette
8010
8010
add a comment |
add a comment |
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You can pin it as an app tab as a work around, but you do realize you're effectively moving the bookmarks bar above the address bar right?
– billc.cn
Aug 13 '12 at 23:00
2
UnloadTab appears to be back.
– BrenBarn
Jun 29 '14 at 1:29
1
Follow-up: Firefox add-on that suspends inactive tabs, to use less memory
– kenorb
Feb 28 at 12:01