Dotted Cricle Around Chrome Site Icons? Here Is What That Means

Do you see dotted circles around Chrome tabs you left open for a long time? Here is what that means how to disable them.

Dotted Circle = Inactive Tabs

If you see a dotted circle around the site icon on a Chrome tab, that means the tab is “inactive”. Google Chrome has suspended the tab to save memory usage on your browser.

You can keep the performance mode enabled, but remove the dotted circle, if you want.

1. Click the three-dots settings menu.
2. Choose Settings.
   
3. Select Performance from the left pane.
   
4. In the General section, disable the Inactive tabs appearance toggle.

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