TabCtrl privacy policy

Last updated: 4 November 2026

TabCtrl is a Chrome extension that shows your recently used tabs in an on-screen switcher. This policy describes what the extension handles and where that information stays.

Information the extension uses

To build the switcher, TabCtrl uses information Chrome already has about your open tabs:

• Tab titles and URLs
• Favicons for those tabs
• A small screenshot of a tab, taken when that tab is the one on screen, so the switcher can show a preview
• Your setting for how many recent tabs to show (5 or 10)

Screenshots can include whatever was visible on the page at the time, such as text or images on that site.

Where it is stored

This information stays in your browser.

• The recent-tab list and the 5-or-10 setting are saved with chrome.storage.local and remain until you change the setting, close the tabs, or remove the extension.
• Preview images are saved with chrome.storage.session and are cleared when you quit Chrome.

TabCtrl does not send this information to a server operated by the developer. It does not use analytics, advertising, or third-party tracking.

Requests to other sites

To show a favicon, the extension may request that icon from the site the tab already belongs to. That request is made by your browser. The site that hosts the icon can see a normal request for its own file. The icon is then kept locally and shown inside the switcher. Preview screenshots are taken by Chrome on your computer and are not uploaded.

What the extension does not do

• It does not sell or share your data.
• It does not read passwords, cookies, or form data on purpose.
• It does not run on Chrome’s own pages, such as chrome:// URLs or the Chrome Web Store.

How to remove it

Remove TabCtrl from chrome://extensions. That deletes the recent-tab list, the setting, and the preview images stored by the extension.

Contact

Questions about this policy: rishabhj1717@gmail.com