The Great Suspender

In plain words

The Great Suspender is a Chrome extension that automatically suspends inactive tabs to reduce the browser's memory usage. It is designed for users who keep many tabs open simultaneously. The extension frees up system resources by putting unused tabs into a suspended state, helping lower Chrome's overall memory footprint without closing tabs permanently.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

The Great Suspender is a lightweight chrome extension to help reduce chrome's memory footprint for users that like to have too many tabs open by automatically suspending unused tabs to free up system resources.

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