It’s common to open the same URL in the browser repeatedly. Having so many tabs makes it confusing, and many don’t realize that they have opened the same page again. So, in this post, I am sharing extensions/add-ons for both Firefox and Google to help you close duplicate tabs and sort the tabs by URL.
Close duplicate tabs in Firefox and Chrome
The first two extensions are for Firefox, and the latter are for Firefox.
- Close Duplicate Tabs
- Clutter Free – Prevent duplicate tabs
- Close Duplicate Tab Closer
- Foxy Tab
Foxy Tab is a powerful extension for managing tabs. It also lets you Sort by URL/Title, Asc/Desc, Move, Reload, and Reload Timer.
Close Duplicate Tabs
IT can identify URLs that are open in multiple tabs and close all instances, retaining one. The URL has to be an exact match to be considered a duplicate URL or duplicate tab.
Clutter Free – Prevent duplicate tabs
Clutter-Free is an excellent option if you are looking for an advanced version to manage duplicate tabs. It can help you prevent duplicate tabs. Like the above extension, it will be marked as soon as a duplicate tab opens. Click on the extension to view all the duplicate tabs in one place.
Then, it offers exhaustive options, and it is specifically for those who need to manage duplicate URLs; otherwise, it’s overkill. You can whitelist URLs, use the context menu, highlight duplicate URLs with different colors or shades, and so on.
Keyboard Shortcuts:
- Show tab search window, or trigger extension button action: Ctrl+Shift+F (Listed as ‘Activate the extension’)
- Duplicate tab: Alt+Shift+D
- Whitelist page: None
- Whitelist domain: Ctrl+Shift+L
- Move the tab to the last position in the window: Ctrl+Shift+X
- Switch between active & passive modes: None
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Close Duplicate Tab Closer
It’s time to talk about Firefox Add-ons, and this one is equally powerful as the above. You can choose to close tabs automatically so you never have a duplicate tab or let the extension monitor update the badge icon to indicate the number of duplicate tabs detected.
You can then configure what happens with the currently active tab. You can move it to the end, which is helpful when sorting out the tabs. It also supports
- Whitelist options: List of URLs to not close automatically.
- Priority options:
- Keep older tab (default)
- Keep an older tab and reload
- Keep newer tab
- Keep tab with https (default on)
- Keep pinned tab (default on)
- Filters options
- Scope options
- Customization options include defining colors for duplicate tabs with rules.
- Hotkey: Alt+Shift+W to close all duplicate tabs
Download from here
Foxy Tab
It is an ultimate add-on that offers a range of actions for tabs. You can close duplicate tabs, close tabs on the left or right, copy the title, merge tabs, copy URLs, Sort by URL/Title, Asc/Desc, Move, Reload, Reload Timer, and so on.
Download from here
We just published the Reuse Tabs extension (https://appfluence.com/reuse-tabs-a-browser-extension/) for this exact purpose. It works on Chrome, Edge and Firefox and it’s a set and forget experience, nothing to configure, no accounts, no tracking.