A free browser extension called Tuck gives users a way to hide open tabs until a chosen time, mimicking the snooze feature found in Gmail. The tool works across all major browsers and is aimed at people who keep tabs open because they expect to need them later. It also automatically closes tabs that sit idle for too long, saving them to a list where they can be reopened.
Once Tuck is installed, an icon showing an owl wrapped in a blanket appears in the browser bar. Clicking the icon presents four snooze choices: Later today, Tomorrow, Weekend, and Next week. Selecting any of them closes the tab and schedules it to reopen at the appointed time. Keyboard shortcuts are available as well, with Ctrl-Shift-1, 2, or 3 on Windows and Cmd-Shift-1, 2, or 3 on macOS letting users snooze a tab for later today, tomorrow, or next week.
A text box accepts a typed time for reopening the current tab. That field relies on natural language processing, so a phrase such as "Monday at 2 pm" can be understood by the extension without further input. By default, Tuck automatically closes any tab left idle for 24 hours. Those auto-closed tabs are gathered inside the extension so users can locate them and open them again.
The idle period can be adjusted to three hours, 12 hours, 24 hours, three days, or seven days, and the auto-close feature can be switched off entirely. Pinned tabs and tab groups are never closed automatically. Users can also stop tabs from a specific domain from closing, which the article describes as useful for keeping services such as Google Docs or Gmail open.
Tuck does not require an account and does not collect information about users. It can sync tabs between devices, but it relies on each browser's own syncing functions rather than its own system. According to the extension's changelog, Chrome syncs with Chrome through a Google account, Firefox with Firefox through Firefox Sync, and Safari across Macs through iCloud. Users can browse tucked tabs on other devices, though a tab tucked on one device will not pop up on another. There is no mobile app, so the extension only works on a computer.
The article frames Tuck as a way to manage tab overload rather than a cure for tab hoarding, noting that only users can change that habit. For US consumers who routinely run dozens of tabs across Chrome, Firefox, or Safari, the extension offers a free option that combines scheduled reopening with automatic cleanup.
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