Auto-closing inactive tabs

[vr7bd]

I usually have a lot of tabs open and I am really bad at managing them. I used to use Arc for this as it closed inactive tabs after a certain duration.
I'm aware that there is a way to unload tabs. While this is a good solution in terms of memory, the UI becomes a mess as it there are lot of tabs open.
I tried installing Tab Wrangler extension which does what I want. However, it doesn't seem to work for some reason.

Is there any other solution for this? If not, I request the team to consider this feature request

[g3rv4]

Yeah, I tried tab wrangler as well, but it seems like every 3 seconds something happens to all the tabs where tab wrangler sees as activity

[mjontop]

Yes, this would be a great feature! Currently, there is an extension called Zen Mod that provides a similar functionality called Better Unload Tab. It applies a muted (grayscale) effect to highlight unloaded tabs.

I've created a fork of this extension that hides the unloaded tabs from the UI by applying display: none in the CSS.

You can check out the fork here: [Zen Browser Better Unloaded Tabs (Fork)](https://github.com/mjontop/zen-browser-better-unloaded-tabs).

I'm not sure how to test or upload this, so if anyone can assist, I'd really appreciate it!

[egl1]

I second this. I would like an option to automatically remove tabs.

[Blaithnaid]

third. i absolutely loved this about arc, would love to see it implemented in zen. kind of the only key thing missing for me right now

[Cha-rlie]

Very true! I loved how I could set a time and if a tab had not been used after that much time, then it would automatically close it. I would love to see that implemented please :D

[bouteillerAlan]

If you do this please make an option to deactivate it :) I'm ok with my tab management and want to keep my two inactive tab "open"

[guilfoos]

Tab wrangler looked to have the desired functionality, but it does not work because I think from the extensions point-of-view every time you change workspaces all the tabs are "touched" and the timers reset. For someone like me who has a serious problem with tab cruft, an option to autoclose tabs I haven't looked at in a day is a godsend.

[UrsKR]

Coming over from Arc, auto-closing tabs and folders are the last two features I am missing in Zen for true bliss, and folders are on their way.

[transcental]

I don't really understand why this isn't a feature to be honest. Zen already has a separation between pinned tabs and today tabs, like in Arc, when they function identically I'm not quite sure what the point of that separation is?

[metametapod]

I've tried both Tab Wrangler and Auto Tab Discard (with the "Permanently delete (remove) old discarded tabs if they are inactive for N hours" setting enabled). Neither seems to work with Zen Browser. Dustman almost works. When launching Zen Browser after the elapsed time, you will see the old tabs until creating a new tab, at which point they'll be closed.

I would be excited if this were fixed, either via compatibility with existing extensions or a built-in feature. It is very helpful for attention (I find even the current behavior with Dustman distracting).