Best Way to Mass Unload Video Streaming Tabs
Patrick Bushe · May 1, 2026
Tab Manager's "Sleep other tabs" (Alt+Shift+S) unloads every other tab in the window at once, freeing the memory that paused video players were holding. It skips any tab still playing sound. When you click a sleeping tab it reloads from the site, so you may lose your exact spot in a video unless the site remembers it, as YouTube often does when you're signed in.
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