Browser Extension
Tab Renamer v1.0
Rename any browser tab to whatever you like, and optionally give it a colour-coded favicon so it's easy to spot. Custom names are saved by URL and reapplied automatically every time you come back.
Rename any tab
Give any open tab a custom title from the right-click menu or the toolbar icon.
Colour-coded favicon
Pick from 8 colours to replace the tab's favicon with a coloured dot, or leave it unchanged.
Persists by URL
Custom names and colours are saved against the page's URL and reapplied automatically whenever you revisit it.
Locked in place
If a site tries to change its own title or favicon after you've renamed it, the extension puts it straight back.
Two ways to open it
Right-click anywhere on the page, or click the toolbar icon — handy on pages that block right-clicking.
Reset anytime
Clear a saved name to instantly restore the page's original title and favicon.
Install from the Chrome Web Store
Visit Tab Renamer on the Chrome Web Store and click Add to Chrome.
(Placeholder link — swap in the real listing URL once it's live.)
Confirm the permissions
Chrome will ask you to confirm the permissions. Click Add extension — Tab Renamer only uses these to read the current tab, save your renames, and show the rename dialog.
Pin it to your toolbar
Click the puzzle-piece icon in the Chrome toolbar, find Tab Renamer, and click the pin icon so it's always one click away.
Open the rename dialog
Either right-click anywhere on the page and choose Rename this tab, or click the Tab Renamer icon in the toolbar. Both open the same dialog.
Type a name
The current page title is pre-filled and selected, so you can just start typing to replace it. Leave it blank and save to close without making a change.
Pick a favicon colour (optional)
Choose one of the coloured swatches to replace the tab's icon with a plain coloured dot, or leave No change selected to keep the site's original favicon.
Save
Click Save or press Enter. The tab's title and favicon update immediately, and the name is stored against this page's URL so it comes back automatically next time.
Eight colours are available, plus a "No change" option that leaves the site's own favicon alone.
From the right-click menu
Right-click the page and choose Reset tab name. The saved name and colour are deleted and the tab reloads with its original title and favicon.
From the rename dialog
If a page already has a saved name, a Clear saved name link appears in the dialog. Click it to remove the saved rename for this URL.
Tab Renamer keys each saved name to the page's URL, with the #hash fragment and any trailing slash stripped off — so example.com/page/, example.com/page and example.com/page#section are all treated as the same tab. Every time that URL finishes loading in any tab, the saved title and favicon are reapplied automatically.
chrome.storage.local), not synced to your Google account, so renames are per-device. Different query strings (e.g. ?page=2) are treated as separate URLs and can have their own name.
Right-click menu doesn't show "Rename this tab"
Some pages block custom context menus, or the page hasn't finished loading yet. Click the toolbar icon instead — it opens the same dialog without needing a right-click.
Nothing happens when I click the icon
Chrome blocks extensions from running on internal pages such as chrome://, the Chrome Web Store, and the extensions page itself. Try renaming a regular website tab instead.
The title reverts back to the original
This shouldn't happen — Tab Renamer watches the page's title and puts your custom name straight back if a script changes it. If you still see the original title, try renaming the tab again after the page has fully loaded.
My rename didn't come back after reopening the tab
Check you're on the exact same URL — different query parameters are treated as different pages. If the site redirected you to a slightly different URL, you'll need to rename it again there.