Discard stale tabs

Automatically discard inactive, unpinned, inaudible tabs after 15 minutes. This frees up substantial CPU and memory resources from supposedly "idle" background tabs. No tab or content permissions are required for this extension.

Discard stale tabs is available to install from Firefox Browser Add-ons and for download from this page. It has 1 daily users The latest version is 0.0.2, and it was published 4 years ago.

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All available versions

You can find the current and older versions of Discard stale tabs here. You can download the archived versions or inspect their source codes.

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Version	Download	Size	Download count	Timestamp
0.0.2	XPI · ZIP · Source code	8.68K	0	2021-04-18

Install XPI file

An XPI file, short for "XPInstall," is a compressed file format used primarily by Mozilla applications, like Firefox and Thunderbird, to distribute and install add-ons or extensions. These files are similar in function to CRX files for Chrome but cater to the Mozilla ecosystem.

Simply drag-and-drop the XPI into Firefox to install the add-on.

Install ZIP file

Download the Discard stale tabs ZIP file
In Firefox browser, go to about:addons to open Add-ons Manager
Click on , then select Install Add-on From File
Select the Discard stale tabs ZIP file from step 1. Discard stale tabs is now installed on your browser.