WithFew

Gentle cleanup: tidy Chrome tabs without losing any in a hurry

For people who like to keep things around.

The steps: Unused for a day → Move to Bin → In Bin for 2 weeks → Close.

The Gentle cleanup workflow in WithFew's editor: Unused for a day → Move to Bin → In Bin for 2 weeks → Close.
The Gentle cleanup workflow in Few's editor.

Who it's for

  • People who come back to tabs days later.
  • Anyone nervous about tabs closing.

What happens

  1. A tab you have not used for a day moves into Bin, collapsed and unloaded.
  2. It stays there for two weeks, one click away.
  3. Then it closes, with Undo.

Always

  • The tab you are on is never moved or closed.
  • Pinned tabs and sites you protect are never touched.
  • Tabs in groups you made yourself and tabs playing sound stay where they are.

Good to know

  • Your tab strip stays busier than with the default: this trades tidiness for time.

How to use it

  1. Download Gentle cleanup: a small workflow file.
  2. Open Few's editor (click Few in Chrome's toolbar, then Rules), choose Import and pick the file.
  3. Save. The steps replace your current workflow; your protected sites and grouping stay as they are. Every step can be changed afterwards.