You have to reload your tabs first, and I downloaded this to lock a tab that I already had open. Other than that it works fine though.

not what I was looking for but for some reason its 3.5 stars when it does exactly what it says it will do.

No funciona. Igual me parece una función inútil pero es triste que ni para eso sirva jaja. Yo estaba buscando una función estilo Iphone que bloquee la app con clave de forma que si tengo abierto Amazon, nadie pueda hacer compras por mi sino que pida contraseña en esa pestaña

after reload the lock is gone, not useful

what i needed, thanks

This extension works exactly as described. A few notes: - As the developer states, you MUST interact with the page after enabling the lock. Scrolling is NOT enough. You must click on something: a link, type in something into a search box (and then erase it if you want), etc. - After installing the plugin, some existing tabs will not lock unless you RELOAD them - this is probably because they keep background websockets open preventing the extension from doing its thing.

It must suck getting reviews from people who give your product exactly 5 seconds to figure out before giving it 1 star, it works exactly as I expected it to. Thanks!

it doesn't lock any tab bro!!!!

I guess I misunderstood the functionality of the add-on. I thought it would prevent the tab from being closed. Unfortunately, I was able to close the locked tab without any problems.

In brave dont work, I dont have chrome, but in brave dont work, I close the tab and the tab closes easily

Perfect. Really needed this. Too bad chrome doesn't have this built-in... And with the limitations, this is great for my need. Will save me lots of mistaken tab closes... Thanks Mr. dev, Gabriel Maldi.

This extension saved me from countless accidental tab closures. I use it daily for important dashboards and booking systems. Simple, lightweight, and works exactly as promised. Highly recommended for anyone who values peace of mind while browsing!

Super handy — I recommend it for clumsy folks like me who always hit Command + W by mistake

Absolute FAIL. Description says this extension "Prevents a tab from being closed accidentally," which it sort of does -- but it also keeps me from navigating within a site without giving permission, and giving permission quietly unlocks the tab, allowing me to accidentally close the tab. Fail fail fail. From reading the developer's responses to other reviews, Chrome does not allow a useful approach. Okay fine. Put this information in the description so we know the extension doesn't usefully do what it says, and can't be fixed because Chrome. I resent having my time wasted because of an incomplete and misleading description. Plonk.

Make the "leave site / cancel" popup default to cancel. It's too easy to accidentally hit return and then it defeats the whole point of having the pinned tab not close (or change).

Good extension. A feature I'd like, which I believe a previous "lock tab" extension (which no longer exists) had, would be the option to prevent changing the URL of the tab, by either: - Showing the same "Leave site?" pop-up whenever you navigate to a new URL; or - Opening all different URLs in a new tab instead of in the existing one For me, it's also important that this feature would hook into the JavaScript API for changing the URL, not only full-page reloads, because nowadays a lot of websites are SPAs which manage page transitions fully within the JavaScript framework.

I'm so glad I'm not a profgrammer. It installed and works fine. This should keep me from screwing up and accidentally closing anything in my email/operations tab group.

Не работает 16.06.2025

Noticed the extension only locks tabs opened after installation. Pre-existing tabs don’t lock until refreshed. A simple fix, but worth noting!

As long as you interact with the locked page before trying to close it works great. I have several staff using the same computer and they all run important systems off it simultaneously, and closing a tab prematurely can cause issues. Also really appreciate that I can auto lock certain tabs so neither me nor my staff have to think about it on a day-to-day basis.

Tab never locks no matter how many times I click on the lock icon. If I right-click and select Lock Tab a new tab to the instruction page opens. And yes, I interacted with the page. Completely useless.

Sometimes I have to click two or three times on the lock icon before the icon shows the tab as locked. Then a click somewhere in the page that is not a link, for the lock to become effective. Then if I attempt to follow a link, I can't do so without confirming (the Leave button), after which the tab is no longer locked.

Doesnt lock any tab from closing. Surprising how it has a 3.6 rating

finally found a replacement, I used to use Warn Before Close

Two bugs: When I open a new tab, Lock Tab locks it! When I refresh an unlocked tab, Lock Tab locks it! These bugs make the extension close to useless.

Bad. To close chrome I need to confirm closing each individual tab which will prevent chrome from properly picking up where I left off the next time I open it.

The extension does not protect the tab from accidental closing in any way.

would be nice to able to lock a tab in a tab group.

Funguje až po restartu prohlížeče.

It's very nice that you just click the icon and you can choose to lock the tab you are on. But I'm still able to accidentally close the tabs. I'm on Vivaldi, so maybe that's why. I detest the pin tab option built into the browser and it move the tab off to the left and hides all info about what that icon is for. I was really hoping this extension would work. Maybe the dev can respond and help me figure out why it's not working for me.

Using it to keep myself from accidentally closing//hitting back while working on my music videos and it works perfectly. Great little extension that allows you to have the "Changes you made may not be saved" anywhere you need it. Essential for anyone who does browser based work.

So much better than Chrome Close Lock. You can easily lock or unlock tabs or set certain tabs to auto lock.

not workding

Im a profgrammer, but cant figure out how it works. entering 192.168.178.102 or 192.168.178.102* click on that page of the website where it is open click on close tab and its gone. reopen it, close chrome, and everything is gone. So: Plugin doesnt keep the tab open and doesnt prevent accidental closing. Not working on latest chrome it seams.

I’m so glad I found this extension. It’s such a small yet incredibly effective solution. I often accidentally close important tabs, especially ones with active sessions that can’t be recovered, and I was even considering building my own extension to solve this issue. Luckily, I found yours instead. Thank you so much for developing this tool. Wishing you all the best, and I hope this extension gets the higher rating it deserves, you’re worth more than 4 stars.

Uma merd@ Não funciona!

Wonderful little solution for something that should be a browser feature

Perfect to keep some tab to not be close. Could you please add an option to keep : Chrome://newtab

Works well. Suggestion: An option/exception to allow a locked tab to refresh it's own url. Edit: Thanks for the reply and clarification as to why.

This extension is a lifesaver. I accidentally manage to almost close my browser at least twice a day.

Locks tabs, but also flags when loading new pages in locked tabs. Since a ton of sites work by clicling and it takes you to a new page, this ends up being overly annoying for those pages. CNN, nytimes, washington post, all do that behavior. Even when I try and close chrome out, it warns me that I'm going to a new page. removing extension as not really usable in it's current form

As a fellow Chrome Extension developer: This is Awesome! Thank you for taking my feedback on Github seriously and adding the new auto-lock pinned tabs feature!

Quick implementation. Worked instantly.

Doesn't work. Pages close regardless. Multiple "locked" tabs. Interacted with all pages. Still close like normal, no warning, no nothing. Waste of time.

Perfect across multiple Chromium based web browsers! Locks navigation, so my mouse gestures don't refresh/move away from a page that I'm looking to keep active. Vivid icon, that shows with the tab title for clear indication of where it's been engaged. Will use for a variety of tasks from keeping support chats with a wait time open, to locking onto pages where I'm pre-buffering content. Disclaimer: Assuming you can run an extension by installing it, without optimizing your browser (restarting it) is like looking to use update features without using a new session so the update has a chance to populate.

Does what it says. as well as clicking somewhere in the window, the first time you install it you need to restart chrome I think.

ChromeOS Version 124.0.6367.225, Chrome browser Version 125.0.6422.141 - Installed, added tabs, interacted with them, but no lock symbol and both clicking the "x" and Ctrl-W closed the tabs. - Performed hard reload of each tab and the lock icon appeared, but I could still close the tabs by either method. - Restarted computer; same results. Am I doing something wrong? Do I misunderstand what the extension is supposed to do?

Doesn't work. Yes I "interacted" with a open tab.