Privacy Policy

Last updated: 20 June 2026

Tab Memory Manager is built to be private by design. This policy explains what the extension does and does not do with your information.

The short version

Tab Memory Manager does not collect, transmit, sell, or share your tab or browsing data. Everything the extension does with your tabs happens locally, inside your own browser — no accounts, no analytics, no tracking. The single exception is the optional Pro waitlist: if you choose to enter your email and submit it, that email (and nothing else) is sent to our form provider so we can notify you at launch. See "Pro waitlist" below.

What the extension accesses

To do its job, the extension reads information about your currently open tabs — their titles, URLs, favicons, audio/pinned/discarded state, and last-active times. It also reads your device's total and available system memory. This information is used only to:

estimate and display how much memory each tab and Chrome are using;
group tabs by website;
detect duplicate tabs;
suggest idle tabs you may want to hibernate or close;
show site icons in the list.

What is stored, and where

The extension saves the following locally on your device only, using Chrome's storage API:

your settings (e.g. cleanup thresholds, whitelisted domains, options);
short-lived per-tab activity timestamps;
a short "Recently cleaned" list so you can undo a cleanup;
aggregate lifetime stats (tabs cleaned, estimated memory freed).

This data never leaves your browser. It is not sent anywhere, and it is not accessible to us or any third party.

What is NOT collected

No personal information.
No browsing history beyond the tabs currently open in your browser.
No data is sent to any external server.
No advertising or analytics identifiers.

Pro waitlist (optional email signup)

The Settings page includes an optional "Pro waitlist" form. If — and only if — you type your email address and click "Notify me", that email address is sent to our form provider, Formspree (formspree.io), so we can email you when Pro features launch. This is the only information the extension ever sends off your device, and it never happens automatically. We use your address solely to notify you about the Pro launch; it is not sold or shared, and we don't send other marketing. If you never use the form, nothing is ever transmitted. Formspree processes the submission on our behalf; see Formspree's own privacy policy for how they handle form data.

Optional permissions

Floating widget (host access): if you enable the on-page memory widget, the extension is granted access to display a small overlay on pages. It does not read or transmit page content.
Exact memory (processes, Chrome Dev/Canary only): if you enable this, the extension reads real per-tab memory from Chrome's local process API. This data is used only for on-screen display and never leaves your device.

Both are off by default and requested only when you turn them on.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the "Last updated" date above will be revised.

Questions about privacy? Email rkmohanchn@gmail.com.