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AwakeTab for Chrome

Keeps your screen awake from the toolbar, even when the tab is hidden or the window is minimised.

  • Keeps going with the tab hidden
  • Screen, or only the computer
  • No ads, no site access by default
Search the Chrome Web Store Search Edge Add-ons
Free. Works in Chrome and Edge (version 116 or later). The listing is waiting for store review, so for now these buttons open a store search.
Open AwakeTab Why there is no extension for this browser

Tab or extension

The web app can hold a wake lock only while its tab is visible. The extension asks Chrome itself to keep the display awake, or just the computer, so it keeps working when the tab is hidden or the window is minimised.

  • The web app With the tab hidden Paused — tab hidden
  • AwakeTab for Chrome With the tab hidden Screen awake
Feature The web app AwakeTab for Chrome
With the tab hidden or the window minimised Pauses until you come back Keeps going while Chrome is running
What stays awake The screen The screen, or only the computer
Timers Presets, custom lengths and until a time 15 minutes to 4 hours, until a time, or until you stop
Status at a glance The pill in the tab The popup pill and a toolbar badge: ON, SYS or minutes left
Shortcut Space, while the tab is in front Alt+Shift+A from any tab
Schedules and auto-start No With Pro
Install Nothing to install Chrome or Edge
With the tab hidden or the window minimised
ExtensionKeeps going while Chrome is running
Web appPauses until you come back
What stays awake
ExtensionThe screen, or only the computer
Web appThe screen
Timers
Extension15 minutes to 4 hours, until a time, or until you stop
Web appPresets, custom lengths and until a time
Status at a glance
ExtensionThe popup pill and a toolbar badge: ON, SYS or minutes left
Web appThe pill in the tab
Shortcut
ExtensionAlt+Shift+A from any tab
Web appSpace, while the tab is in front
Schedules and auto-start
ExtensionWith Pro
Web appNo
Install
ExtensionChrome or Edge
Web appNothing to install

Screen or System

Keep the display on, or keep only the computer awake and let the screen dim.

Keeps the screen on and the computer awake. Keeps the computer awake. The screen may still dim or turn off.

Screen awakeSystem awake Screen may dim or lock
Toolbar badge ONSYS

Ready in three steps

  1. Install

    Add it from the Chrome Web Store, or from Edge Add-ons in Edge.

  2. Pin it

    Open the Extensions menu (the puzzle piece) and pin AwakeTab, so its badge stays in view.

  3. Press the shortcut

    Alt+Shift+A

    From any tab, it starts your usual length. Press it again to stop. On a Mac, Alt is the Option key.

With Pro

Schedules and auto-start

With Pro: weekly schedules, and auto-start when Chrome opens or when you visit a site you choose. Your Pro key activates it as one of your five devices.

See what's in Pro
SchedulesPro
MTWTFSS
From 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM · Screen
Auto-startPro
Keep awake whenever Chrome starts
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Permissions, and why

Three it needs to work, two you can turn on. It gets no site access unless you pick a site.

power
Hold the display or system keep-awake.
storage
Save your settings and the current session.
alarms
Run timers and schedules while the background worker sleeps.
notificationsOptional
Tell you when a timer ends.
optional_host_permissionsOptional, one site at a time
Site access, so it can start automatically on sites you pick. None by default.

Privacy

Anonymous usage statistics are off by default. The extension never sends URLs, tab titles or site names, and it shows no ads.

Privacy policy

Honest limits

  • It works only while Chrome is running.
  • It can’t stop sleep when you close a laptop lid.
  • It doesn’t keep Teams or Slack showing you as available: presence follows your keyboard and mouse, and AwakeTab never fakes input.

Using Firefox or Safari?

Firefox and Safari don’t give extensions a power API, so there is no AwakeTab extension for them. The web app keeps the screen awake while its tab is visible.

AwakeTab on Firefox

Questions

Is it free?

Yes. Timers, Screen or System, the toolbar badge and the shortcut are free. Pro adds weekly schedules and auto-start.

Can it see the sites I visit?

No. It has no site access by default and never sends URLs, tab titles or site names. Auto-start on a site, a Pro feature, asks for access to that one site.

Why not just use the web app?

The web app keeps the screen awake only while its tab is visible. The extension keeps going while you work in other tabs or with the window minimised, as long as Chrome is running.

Does the extension have the clock faces, sounds and notes?

No, those live in the web app. The extension keeps the screen, or only the computer, awake from the toolbar. Open AwakeTab from its pop-up for the twelve clock faces, colour themes, focus sounds, the notepad and the focus tools.

Can I change the shortcut?

Yes. Open chrome://extensions/shortcuts in Chrome, or edge://extensions/shortcuts in Edge, and set your own. Do that too if another extension already uses Alt+Shift+A.

Keep the screen on while you work in other tabs

Search the Chrome Web Store Search Edge Add-ons

Free. Works in Chrome and Edge (version 116 or later).

Rather not install anything? The web app keeps the screen awake while its tab is visible.

Open AwakeTab