Make room
to focus.

Add your first website

Open Pause from Chrome’s extensions menu or toolbar. Enter a website and choose +, then allow the requested website access. Open that website to begin a breathing pause.

Change a website’s limits

Click its row in the popup to expand settings. Choose the breathing duration and maximum visit length. After each breath, the slider lets you choose from one minute up to that maximum.

When does the next pause appear?

After Continue, your selected visit length starts a timer for that tab. If the tab remains on an eligible website when time expires, Pause returns it to the breathing screen. Chrome may delay timers, particularly after device sleep. Navigating to an unrelated website does not pull you back.

A site redirects somewhere else

Pause can recognize automatic redirects from a protected visit and show their exact destination hosts under Redirects covered. You can remove a learned destination. Some redirects are only recognized after navigation begins. If a destination is not learned, add its final domain directly to give it its own settings.

Settings are locked

Finish the open breathing pause, then choose Continue or Step away. The settings lock lasts through the visit chooser. Chrome’s own extension and tab controls remain available.

Report a problem

Include your Chrome version, Pause version, the affected website’s domain and the steps to reproduce it. Do not include private page URLs or account information. GitHub issues are public.

Open a support issue ↗

Privacy questions

Read the privacy policy for details about local data and permissions. You can also ask the project maintainer through the support link above.