- Chrome session manager extensions will save your selected tabs on your computer indefinitely.
- The Teddy.io Session Manager is an easy-to-use simple option.
- Session Buddy offers a lot of options for customizing and saving your tab sessions.
1. Session Manager – Easy Simple Option
If you are looking for a simple extension that saves all the currently open tabs, Session Manager is a great choice. Click on the extension icon to save the tabs.
You can name your tab group for better identification later. When you need the tabs later, click Open next to the session name.
Tip : Move your mouse over the number of tabs text to view the websites inside it.
You cannot move tabs from one group to another, and the extension can’t open select tabs outside the saved session. On the brighter side, the extension lets you add a new tab to the existing group. While the extension lets you import and export sessions, it doesn’t offer a cloud sync feature.
Pros
- Easy to use
- Easy page-saving options
- Holds tabs between reboots
Cons
- Litle management for tabs outside your groups
- Tabs are not saved between machines
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2. Session Buddy – Extensive Tab Collection Search
Session Buddy is one of the most popular session manager extensions for Chrome. It loads in a separate window when you save a session each time.
While some may like it, others prefer to save the session right from the toolbar at the top, as present in some of the extensions mentioned on this list. However, loading it in a separate window has its benefits, as you get many features.
For instance, you can search for sessions, name your sessions, check the number of tabs in each session, and open each tab separately. You can even sort the tabs inside a session by their title or URL. You can even create a duplicate copy of a saved session.
Pros
- Easy options to save open tabs as collections
- Allows open tab recovery after crashes
- It offers central management for open tabs
- Easy collection search options
Cons
- Folders in the tab list are not collapsable
- Export for selected tab portions is not possible
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3. Cluster – Window & Tab Manager
Cluster is somewhat similar to Session Buddy. You can search for your tabs present inside sessions, open a single tab, and remove a tab. Cluster refers to the saved sessions as Windows.
You can move tabs between various windows (or sessions) with drag-and-drop.
While this extension also opens in a separate tab, you can use the Ctrl + M keyboard shortcut to launch the extension tab. Other features include suspending tabs and sorting tabs so that similar tabs are kept together.
Pros
- Offers browser window overviews
- Has drag and drop functionality
- Easy one-click tab navigation
- Multiple tab-saving options
Cons
- You can not rename an active window
- Poor window tab merging capabilities
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4. Better-Onetab – Easy Tab Storing Options
Better-Onetab provides multiple ways to store your open tabs. You can store all tabs, selected or unselected tabs, and the tabs on the right or the left of the currently active tab.
While the ability to store tabs is available from the toolbar itself, you need to launch the extension in a separate window to open tabs. When you open a saved session, it will remove that session from the list by default. You can change such behavior inside the extension settings. Other features include a dark mode, pinned lists, search, and import/export. The cloud sync facility is currently in beta.
Interestingly, you can also save a session or a tab from the right-click menu. Check similar Chrome extensions to save a set of open tabs .
Pros
- Multiple keyboard shortcuts
- Possibility of including tabs to browser history
- Easy data import options
Cons
- Storing tabs in a list may be buggy
- Not compatible with all antiviruses
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5. Tab Session Manager – Multiple Restore Options
Similar to the Session Manager mentioned above, this one opens when you click on the extension icon in the toolbar, making it easy to access.
You will see the list of previously created sessions. Clicking on the Save button at the bottom saves the current session. You cannot choose the tabs that you want to save. However, once saved, you can delete individual tabs from the session. If you want, you can expand the extension and view it in a separate tab.
Sessions can be sorted using the native sorting feature. The extension offers a cloud sync feature using Google Drive.
Pros
- Quick save and restore options
- Names and tags for session management
- Autosave options
- Support for tab groups
Cons
- Sometimes, browser pages do not open after restoration
- Does not always remember position and window size
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6. Save for Later – Simplistic Tab Manager
If other services offer too many options, consider the Save for Later extension. The extension takes a minimalist approach to saving sessions. Click the Save this window button to save all the tabs in the current session.
Later, when opening the session, click on the session name, and you are done. The downside is that you can not save just one tab at a time.
Pros
- Holds several tabs in one save
- Offers several controls over tab saving
- Several save options
Cons
- Not suitable for advanced session control
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