Privacy policy

Your tab data stays in Chrome.

SignalTabs is a local-first Chrome extension that turns your new tab page into a workspace for understanding, cleaning up, saving, and restoring browser tabs.

No account required
No tab upload by default
No server-side tab sync
User-submitted feedback only
What SignalTabs stores

Local product state.

SignalTabs may store app settings, saved items, archive metadata, and lightweight extension state in Chrome extension storage and related browser-managed APIs.

Saved items remain until you remove them. Archived items are retained based on your selected retention setting.

What SignalTabs does not collect

No hidden tab upload.

  • SignalTabs does not require a user account.
  • SignalTabs does not upload your open tabs, saved items, browsing history, or page content to an external server by default.
  • SignalTabs does not sell or share browsing context for advertising.
Feedback submissions

Only what you choose to send.

Support feedback is collected through a Tally form only when you choose to submit it. Feedback may include the text you type, optional contact information you provide, and basic context needed to understand the report.

Do not include passwords, cookies, tokens, or private page content in feedback submissions.

Your choices

You control your data.

You can remove SignalTabs data by clearing saved items or archive items, changing extension settings, clearing Chrome extension storage, or uninstalling the extension.

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Chrome permissions

Why SignalTabs asks for browser permissions.

These permissions support the core tab workspace, search, saved items, and restore flows. SignalTabs does not use them to upload your tab data by default.

tabs

Reads open tabs, groups them by domain, detects duplicates, focuses existing tabs across windows, and closes or restores tabs at your request.

activeTab

Supports safe, user-initiated actions tied to the current tab, especially Spotlight-related flows.

storage

Stores preferences, saved items, archive metadata, and other extension state.

alarms

Supports scheduled cleanup tasks such as archive retention expiry.

bookmarks and history

Powers search and retrieval flows so you can find bookmarks and relevant browsing history locally.

scripting

Supports extension-controlled UI helpers such as Spotlight-related page logic.

sessions

Accesses recently closed browsing sessions and supports restore behavior.

favicon

Displays site icons so your workspace is easier to scan visually.