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Open bookmarks in a new tab

by Vitaliy Potapov

v1.14 Updated Sep 8, 2025 27.07KiB
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8K
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★ 4.33
39 reviews
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Description

❤️ Once you try it, you’ll love how natural it feels ❤️ ❗️👇 Please, read the full description below 👇❗️ Despite its apparent simplicity, the extension uses several technical tricks to work correctly. 👉 PLEASE NOTE: it will modify your bookmark URLs after installation — this is the only way to make bookmarks consistently open in a new tab. The following prefixes will be added: - https://newtab@... - https://newtab@bookmarks-evz.pages.dev/?url=... (some special URLs) ✅ You can always revert your bookmarks to their original URLs — just open the extension options and toggle the switch into OFF. ☝️ If you're using Firefox or Vivaldi, you don't need this extension — the feature is already built-in: - Vivaldi: https://vivaldi.com/blog/tips/tip-303/ - Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/eu/questions/1316474 Why isn’t it built into Chrome? 🤷‍♂️ ℹ️ Known Limitations 1. Some bookmarks may temporarily lose their icons. Once you click a bookmark, the icon will be restored. 2. Some websites may show a popup: "Leave site?" [Cancel] [Leave] Despite the message, you can click [Leave] — your page will be preserved and the bookmark will open in a new tab. 🗑️ Uninstall Instructions If you’ve decided to uninstall the extension: 1. Open the extension settings 2. Toggle the switch to the OFF position This will restore your bookmarks to their original state and prevent any unexpected behavior after extension removal. 🔧 Technical details Learn how the extension works behind the scenes: https://dev.to/vitalets/open-bookmarks-in-a-new-tab-by-default-easier-said-than-done-a3n ❓ Need help? If a bookmark doesn’t open in a new tab, or if you encounter any other issues, feel free to report them using the "Visit support hub" button below — or email me at: potapov.vitaliy@gmail.com. Thank you for the feedback — it really helps us catch all the edge cases!
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Reviews (5 cached)

★☆☆☆☆2025-11-18
Ionut Filip

if i disable and delete the extension some of my bookmars is not working anymore even if i follow: If you’ve decided to disable/uninstall the extension, please make sure to uncheck the slider above. This will restore bookmarks to their original state and prevent unexpected behavior after the extension is removed.

★☆☆☆☆2025-07-11
gogatsu 26

DANGER! DANGER! ALL MY BOOKMARKS WERE REPLACED!

★☆☆☆☆2025-05-12
Netspeedz

Worked until imported new bookmarks then quit. Setting the the folders in the options screen is not persistent.

★★☆☆☆2025-05-11
mads

It kinda works but there are quite a few inadvertent consequences that follow with using this add-on. Due to the way it works of permanently altering all your bookmarks (https://url → https://newtab@url), for some odd reason some of the websites do not like this way of loading from this style of bookmark_url. reddit started loading partial pages, sheets started throwing some unknown error, one website is stuck in perpetual flickering. Initially I could not figure out whats really happening. To troubleshoot, I disabled the addons; clear chrome cookies & stuff but it still persisted since the bookmark urls are all different now. At some point I figured out the problem, exported all my bookmarks → bulk edited them using a html editor to replace/delete the `newtab@` part in all the urls → delete all the bookmarks in my chrome → import this new html file to load in my chrome and its all cool now!

★★★☆☆2026-01-04
William Hamilton

keeps opening the save as in download file

Permissions (6)

Permissions

alarms Can schedule periodic background tasks bookmarks Can read and modify your bookmarks declarativeNetRequest Can block or redirect network requests downloads Can manage and monitor downloads favicon storage Can store data locally in your browser

Details

Version 1.14
Updated Sep 8, 2025
Size 27.07KiB
First Seen Mar 28, 2026