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Is there a way to save sessions in Chrome? I'm a longtime Firefox user, and am used to being able to save a session containing multiple tabs so I can go back to it at any time. I'm trying to switch over to Chrome, but without this ability it's not going to happen.

I know that I can set the prefs to open the last-opened tabs at startup, but that's not really the same as true session management.

I'm perfectly happy to install an extension to do this if one exists.

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Session Buddy did the trick for me.

Manage Your Browser Sessions

  • View and save the state of all open browser tabs in the current or past browser sessions.
  • Quickly restore your tabs and resume your web surfing after a browser or system crash.
  • Edit the sessions you've saved and restore them into the desired set of windows at any time.
  • Create a session from a list of URLs and export sessions to text or CSV format.
  • Consolidate sessions and eliminate duplicate tabs with ease.
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  • Yes, while there are other [session extensions](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search?category=ext&q=session), I swear by Session Buddy. – Synetech Jun 30 '11 at 01:20
  • The Session Buddy link now seems to be broken, and searching the chrome web store for "session buddy" proved fruitless. – Keen Aug 28 '14 at 12:09
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    The link works for me. Also try http://sessionbuddy.com/ – EmmyS Sep 02 '14 at 14:53
  • Thanks for drawing my attention back to that. My guess is that the link was just temporarily down. – Keen Sep 15 '14 at 14:19
  • Hey is there a way to restore your sessions in sessionbuddy if you cleared your cache/ internet files? Does it or google back up somewhere? – Hao S Jan 07 '21 at 20:03
  • Session Buddy doesn't restore Tab Groups; Tabox does. – David Spector Mar 24 '23 at 19:06
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A few options:

  1. Built-in functionality. Go to Options (Basics tab) and choose "reopen the pages that were open last".

  2. There are tons of extensions that allow you to do that

  3. I love the Panic Button addon. It's a bit different, but allows me to save my session when I want to:

    PanicButton makes it easier for you to hide all of your tabs at once just by clicking on a button. They are then saved as bookmarks in a separate folder. Afterwards, the PanicButton turns green and shows you how many tabs are currently hidden.

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    Note: I just did a quick search and it appears that Session Buddy looks promising. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko –  Jan 06 '11 at 15:36
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    Thanks, Session Buddy looks like what I need; the built-in Chrome function only allows you to open the last-open tabs, not save tabs and reopen them at any time. – EmmyS Jan 06 '11 at 16:12
  • Session Buddy currently fails to restore Tab Groups; Tabox does. – David Spector Mar 24 '23 at 19:07
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TabCloud saves your tabs "onto the cloud" so you won't lose them even if your laptop is broken.

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If you want to save, open, and view sessions using only your keyboard:

Ferro, the keyboard interface to Chrome

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I use this Chrome app and it is very useful: Simple bookmark.

You can save the current session or the URLs – whatever you like – and open the session you want with a single click.

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I personally recommend Session Manager when people ask me this question.

You can save multiple sessions with labels, modify existing sessions, and create temporary sessions.

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