I am using Chrome version 119.0.6045.123.
I am chronically bad about having a lot of tabs open. I want them to be there when I restart Chrome -- but inactive or disabled (is that the right terminology?) so they don't use unnecessary resources until I actually click on them.
I have been in the habit of just closing Chrome and restarting when I want to free up resources. I'm pretty sure that has worked well in the past. But it no longer does.
Chrome is loading all tabs fully on startup, which takes a long time and wastes a lot of resources. Is there any way to prevent this?
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[Edit] The "this question has already been answered" link was mostly useless, as most of the answers are 5 - 8 years old, which in browser versions is ancient. But I was able to find a plugin that solves my problem. I posted my own answer to the linked question with more info. (The extension is called "Auto Tab Discard".)
