Is TabRest - Rest your tabs, free your RAM safe to install?

What data it declares

The developer declares that it does not collect or use your data.

The developer also certifies that your data is not sold to third parties outside approved uses, not used for purposes unrelated to the extension's core function, and not used to decide creditworthiness or lending.

The listing links to a privacy policy.

This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

What Chrome asks you to allow

When you add it, Chrome asks you to allow it to:

• Read and change your data on all ingest.us.sentry.io sites and all youtube.com sites
• Read your browsing history
• View and manage your tab groups
• Display notifications
• Read the icons of the websites you visit

Derived from the manifest by Chrome's documented rules; the dialog's exact wording depends on your Chrome version and language. Chrome asks again if an update requests more.

What it can reach

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

• https://*.ingest.us.sentry.io/* ingest.us.sentry.io and all its subdomains

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs

Worth knowing

• Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting

Routine for an extension

• Schedule work to run later alarms
• Add items to the right-click menu contextMenus
• Read site icons favicon
• Tell whether you are away from the computer idle
• Show you notifications notifications
• Open a panel beside the page sidePanel
• Store data in your browser storage
• Read how much memory your device has system.memory
• Organise your tabs into groups tabGroups

Pages it runs its code on

It runs its own code on specific pages only: 1 site pattern.

• *://*.youtube.com/watch* youtube.com and all its subdomains

A content script is code the extension injects into pages matching these patterns. On those pages it can read and change what you see, whether or not a host permission is listed above.

What it may ask for later

Not granted when you add it: Chrome asks you the moment the extension requests one of these, and you can refuse. It may later ask for access to every site.

• http://*/* every site
• https://*/* every site

How usual this is for its category

In Make Chrome Yours · Functionality, 12% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Access to specific sites only.

The typical extension there declares 2 browser permissions; this one declares 11 browser permissions.

• See the address and title of every tab you have open (tabs): 20% of extensions in this category ask for it.

Counted over the live extensions of the same category after our latest full pass of the store. A share is context, not a verdict: what is normal depends on what the extension is for.

Who uses it and how it is kept up

742 users

• Last updated in the store 22 days ago, on 2026-10-09.
• We have seen 2 new versions in the last 90 days.

What the store shows

• Established publisher The store's badge for publishers with a good record and no history of violations.

Has it asked for more over time?

This is the question a permission list on its own cannot answer. An extension that shipped narrow and widened later is a different proposition from one that always asked for the same thing.

1. 2026-10-09Asked for more permissions (12, was 11)

Versions we have seen

1. 2026-10-09Version 0.9.2 · Asked for more permissions (12, was 11)
2. 2026-10-09Version 0.9.0 · Asked for more permissions (12, was 11)

Who publishes it

Khuong Dev, who publishes 3 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2026-04-30 and was last updated on 2026-10-09.

Similar extensions that ask for less

Listings close to this one in what they say they do, which declare less reach. Less reach is not a verdict on either: compare what each needs for the job.

1. Tab Hibernator - Free & Fast Memory Saver Runs its code on every site · 3 permissions 110 users
2. RamSaver - Tab Memory Manager No site access · 4 permissions 81 users ★ 4.4
3. RAMGuard Runs its code on every site · 5 permissions 37 users ★ 5.0

How to check or remove it in Chrome

1. Type chrome://extensions in the address bar and find the extension in the list.
2. Open its details. The site access setting shows where it can run; set it to run only on click and it reaches a page only after you press its icon.
3. To uninstall it, choose Remove on the same page.

Questions people ask

What can TabRest - Rest your tabs, free your RAM access?

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern. It declares 11 browser permissions.

What data does TabRest - Rest your tabs, free your RAM collect?

The developer declares that it does not collect or use your data. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

Has TabRest - Rest your tabs, free your RAM asked for more permissions over time?

Its permissions changed once while we watched, on 2026-10-09.

Does TabRest - Rest your tabs, free your RAM publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.