Free4 min read· Updated 2026-05-09

Session Snapshots

Capture every open tab as a single restorable session.

A Session is a frozen capture of related browser state — every tab in a window, plus its title and scroll context. You save one when you want to clear your desktop without losing the thread you were pulling.

What is a Session?

Imagine you have 23 tabs open across two windows researching a client project. A Session captures all of them as a single named object. You can close the windows, work on something else for two weeks, and restore everything in one click — every tab back in place.

Each Session contains an ordered list of Bookmarks. The Bookmarks get the usual AI treatment in the background, so the saved Session is also searchable by content.

When to save a Session

  • You finished a research push and want to bank the context before starting the next one.
  • You are switching machines and need every tab to come with you.
  • You are a few hours from a deep-work block and want to get the previous context out of your way.
  • You are working on something you might come back to in a month and want a single click to pick it up.

The 30-tab rule

If you have more than 30 tabs open, you do not have a workspace — you have anxiety. Save the Session and close them all. They will be there when you need them.

Creating a Session

  1. 1

    Open the extension on the active window

    Click the LinkVolv toolbar icon and choose Save Session.

  2. 2

    Name it for the project, not the day

    A Session name should describe the work (“Postgres performance research”), not the date. Future-you will not remember what “Tuesday” meant.

  3. 3

    Pick what to capture

    You can capture all open tabs, just the current window, or hand-pick from a list. Each tab becomes a Bookmark inside the Session.

Restoring a Session

Open the Session from your dashboard and click Restore. LinkVolv opens every tab in a new window in the original order. Restoring does not delete the Session — you can restore the same one as many times as you like.

Partial restores

Sometimes you do not want all 30 tabs back. Open the Session, select a subset of Bookmarks, and choose Restore selected. The rest stay safe in the Session.

Managing large Sessions

  • Sessions can be merged — pick two and combine them into one.
  • Sessions can be split — move a subset of Bookmarks into a new Session.
  • Bookmarks inside a Session can also live outside it; deleting a Session does not delete its Bookmarks.

Limits

On Free, you can store up to 50 Sessions with up to 50 tabs each. Pro and Lifetime Plus remove the per-Session and per-account cap (fair use applies).

Session Snapshots — Documentation | LinkVolv