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Tab Auto Refresh

by Free Apps

v3.0.1 Updated Nov 1, 2023 101KiB
CWS
200K
Users
★ 3.88
1.1K reviews
#141
of 33.9K
workflow
#59 of 4.2K
⚠️Not updated in over 2 years

Description

Tab Auto Refresh reloads the web page periodically. Set the refresh interval and it will refresh tab by timer, even for background tabs. Waiting for some important update and you need to hit the refresh button? Just set up the update time interval and let our software press the reload button for you! Click on the auto refresh icon in toolbar Specify the refresh interval and options that allow you to refresh the tab Press the start button Version 3.0.1 Fixed the bug where auto refresh did not work for new Chrome Windows Fixed the display so that the refresh timer countdown is not only in seconds. Disclaimer: Please note this extension is NOT made by Google and is made by an independent development team. All copyrights belong to their respective owners. Google doesn’t endorse or sponsor this Chrome extension. Tab Auto Refresh is not owned by, is not licensed by and is not a subsidiary of Google Inc.
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Reviews (93 cached)

★☆☆☆☆2025-10-11
Tim Silar

Not working

★☆☆☆☆2025-03-05
Dennis Ervin

Works for a while and then just stops and the timer resets back to no auto-reload. Will remove this and look for a more reliable alternative.

★☆☆☆☆2025-02-07
Christiaan van Niekerk

No good on my browser (Chrome). It has not worked once. Once the timer runs out, it re-loads and re-loads and re-loads and re-loads and re-loads and re-loads and does not stop. It completely breaks my workflow.

★☆☆☆☆2024-11-24
Dale Walker

This extension does not do what it claims. It never stops auto-reload.

★☆☆☆☆2024-06-08
Art Marco

Installed this tab due to a web page that reloads about every 45 seconds. Set it to No Auto-reload, clicked Apply but it still reloads and didn't change anything.

★☆☆☆☆2024-04-23
Sai Keshava

reload is stopping in middle i have to again activate it

★☆☆☆☆2023-11-11
Sirpa Isokoski

Doesn't work. I need a working app that totally stops refreshing the page!!! I'm doing lots of knitting and crocheting from foreign countries with foreign languages and when I "paint" the row where I am at to put it on google translator. When I've learned what I need to do I'll go and watch youtube. When I want to check the pattern again it refreshes the page and I've lost the point where I was earlier. Same with youtube videos, patterns for knitting and crocheting: I use english subtitles and if I go check another page ex. facebook or news and come back to that youtube channel it refreshes the video and I have to change the video settings again, not only with subtitles but also every other setting I have done. VERY ANNOYING. This app is useless!!

★☆☆☆☆2022-11-10
Gerry Adams

Does not work as advertised.

★☆☆☆☆2022-08-10
Andrey Karpov

stop working

★☆☆☆☆2022-05-26
Ola Loko dc

This Extensions is so poor

★☆☆☆☆2022-04-13
YuYuan Zang

It was an amazing extension, but last update ruined it. New UI is not as friendly as old one. and it stop randomly . In the old one you can manually refresh the tab, but in the new version the timer will cancel if you manually refresh the tab. Please roll back.

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-24
JITHIN AJ

WAS working fine until the last update, the UI is ugly and it stops reloading after some time, old version was working perfect. why did you DOWNGRADE a working app. so sad!!! thanks for the previous service and uninstalling now.

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-23
Radim Žilka

used to work perfectly, but after graphics have changed and haven't worked since. After set the automatic update time, it is updated only once and then no longer.

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-21
Kent Fraser

Within the last couple of weeks, since the display went from a GUI with boxes for the secs/min/hr choice to a list, it doesn't work. It won't keep refreshing. I've removed the extension and then installed it again, but it still keeps failing.

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-18
Dirk Durka

Stopped working recently, just says "Connecting to tab..." forever. I reinstalled 3.0.1, the issue persists. Switched to "Tab auto reloader", which also doesn't require permissions.

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-17
Ryan Dibble

This extension was great until about a week ago when they changed the UI from something sleek and modern, to something that looks like it was designed in 1999. It also randomly "forgets" that i set it. Ive had to reset the timer i use at least 3 times already today. This extension was rendered useless by the most recent "update", so whoever you have committing changes is not heading in the right direction. I dont usually write reviews one way or the other, but seriously. I use this every single day to refresh a ticket database and this most recent change made this extension obsolete.

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-17
Eray Sakaoglu

After the version update, it stops refreshing randomly

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-16
Elias Yacoub

Was amazing, until the updated it.... now once it refreshes it forgets to auto refresh... so annoying. It was perfect before, not sure why they changed it

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-16
Ronen Friedman

Re the repeating "the bug was fixed in 3.0.1": it wasn't. And the new UI is ugly; and once you reload the page yourself, the auto-reload does not work.

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-15
Tanzil Chowdhury

Last update has made it a disaster. The previous version was better, but I don't know why they changed it to rubbish.

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-15
mehedi hasan

last update is totally rubbish

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-15
Han

useless update

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-14
Todd B

Hmmmm why did this change?? It went from gold to garbage in a day! lol

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-14
Nandan Roy

worst experience. why can't I refresh myself while I am using it? it should have remembered the time settings.

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-14
Sal Shearer

It used to work. Now it doesn't work at all. Uninstalling.

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-14
Sandeep K

Last update is on march 10th 2022 from that time if i enable the tab auto refresh for every half an hour tab refresh is stopping automatically. before upgrade it was working fine but now it is not good could you please move back to the older version only

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-14
Tengu

rollback please

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-13
Tim Evans

Used to be the best option on Chrome, now it doesn't even work on multiple tabs, ver 3 ruined it.

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-13
Aleksandar Tasic

Does not work anymore.

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-13
Jubayer Leads Pro

Update version is very bad. I never use this tools again.

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-13
Lukáš Lihocký

Previous version was much better, this is not working. This is tutorial how to ruin working app when trying to "update" Uninstalling.

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-13
Food Mates Co.

Not working like before, when I chose the time it should be refresh after time but it's work 2 or 3 times and stop automatic ......

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-13
aa a

Updated to 3.0.0 on March 10, add-on broken.

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-12
Jonathan Sharp (Jono)

Was good but update broke it. Sits on 0 and doesn't even refresh the page

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-12
Mh Parvez

After last update it's not working good, and it's totally broke I did remove this extension sorry.

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-12
朱红

trash

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-12
Danish H.

Doesn't work as of the last update.

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-11
tielknight

Latest update broke the extension, either does not work or errors when attempting to set a time.

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-11
johnpaul maina

the new update is just bad. you have to keep resetting it. prefer the old one, way better!

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-11
xxx xxx

This extension has been ruined

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-11
Da Mian

After lastest update it reloads page once or 2-3 times. Earlier it worked perfectly

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-11
Jarosław Malec

After update doesn't work. If enable for example 20 sec refresh, do it once and disable automatic. Now is useless

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-11
Agata Kraśko

After last update, plugin doesn't work.

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-11
Chris Childers

Did not appreciate a GUI update, the GUI now sucks compared to what it was!

★☆☆☆☆2022-03-11
Marian Kustusch

terrible, after last update

★☆☆☆☆2021-12-11
Dilawar Mir

The thing is, it doesn't remember settins like auto reresh plus. when i always use 60 secs why it resets. it should have remember optrion settings.

★☆☆☆☆2021-09-17
Sandip Das

After last update, it becomes the worst application, I'm gonna uninstall it.

★☆☆☆☆2020-11-22
甘酒圭介

It doesn't work since the last update.

★★☆☆☆2025-12-16
Bob Abbott

Only refreshes the web page on the tab, not the tab. If you view other pages with that tab, the refreshing stops. Should be called page refresh, not TAB refresh.

★★☆☆☆2025-02-05
Nathan Zaetta

Reloads about 3 times and then fails silently.

Permissions (3)

Permissions

activeTab Can access the current tab when you click the extension scripting Can inject scripts into web pages storage Can store data locally in your browser

Details

Version 3.0.1
Updated Nov 1, 2023
Size 101KiB
First Seen Mar 22, 2026