Updated on android brave browser to latest available version 1.77.95
Openned app and notification popped up with inactive tabs option, but after that i cannot access any inactive tabs, how to do it? Or is that intentional or unintentional?
In order to provide info in one location, and anticipating some searching by Brave Community members who have an issue regarding “inactive tabs”, I am adding, here, 2 other issues about inactive tabs:
Anyway to disable inactive tabs? posted by @kwebber321 on 03/17/2025 (post still open but with no resolution)
Lastest update regarding inactive tabs problem posted by @CDubbs on 10/01/2024 (post automatically closed without resolution)
Reposting here, from the Brave Support - Brave Help Center . . . the following article date: February 05, 2025
How do I use the Memory and Energy Saver features in Brave?
To save your computer’s memory and help active tabs run smoothly, Brave deactivates tabs that you aren’t currently using. When you access an inactive tab, it automatically reloads.
Enable or disable Memory Saver
To enable or disable the Memory Saver
feature:
- Launch Brave
- Navigate to
Menu --> Settings --> System --> Performance
- Toggle the
Memory Saver
option on/off:
Keep specific sites active
You may elect to add exceptions to the feature in order to keep specific sites active. Note The URL format for site exclusion is as follows:
[scheme://][.]host[:port][/path][@query]
To add a site to the exclusion list:
- Next to
Always keep these sites active
, clickAdd
- Enter the web address
- If you want to create an exception for:
- Entire domains and subdomains: Exclude the URL scheme. For example, entering
brave.com
matches and prevents deactivation of of subdomains likeaccount.brave.com
ortalk.brave.com
- A specific subdirectory: Include a dot (
.
) before the URL host. For example, www.brave.com/blog matches and prevents deactivation of all Blog pages, but will not prevent deactivation of the main www.brave.com pages. - URL host and query components: Asterisks (
*
) can be used as wildcards that match any character(s). For example,https://*
matches and prevents deactivation of all https sites andyoutube.com/watch?v=*
matches and prevents deactivation of YouTube videos.
Note that Wildcards for prefix, suffix, or substring matches of the URL host component aren’t supported. For example,*oogle.com
orgoogle.com/*
won’t match and prevent deactivation.
- Entire domains and subdomains: Exclude the URL scheme. For example, entering
- Click
Add
Change inactive tabs appearance
When using the Memory Saver feature, tabs that are inactive will display a “dotted circle” surrounding the favicon of the website on that tab:
For users who may not want inactive tabs to display this way, you can disable this feature by going to Settings --> Appearance --> Tabs
and toggle the Inactive tabs
option “off”:
How do I use the Energy Saver Feature?
To extend your device’s battery, Brave reduces its image capture rate and other background tasks.
When Energy Saver is on, it works automatically whenever your device is unplugged, or when your battery is low. Energy Saver doesn’t turn on when your device is plugged in.
To enable or disable Energy Saver:
- Launch Brave
- Navigate to
Menu --> Settings --> System --> Power
- Toggle the
Energy Saver
option on/off:
@vv_o2 , @kwebber321 , and @CDubbs
Is that guidance from Brave Support - Brave Help Center, not working for you?
well this isn’t helpfull because on android there are no options available like provided above
for example there is no system tab under settings
and i was asking about possibilitty to check which tabs are inactive, because right now there is not possibility like that, i cannot pick any inactive tab and drag it to active if i need them
I was able to do that only once, when i installed new version of brave on android, after that i’m not able to jump to inactive tabs TAB
and in android brave options there is nowhere to be found any inactive tab management beside after what period od days tab should be flagged as inactive