Daily, weekly, monthly and yearly

Many online tasks follow the calendar. Tab Scheduler can run a schedule every day at a set time, on the days of the week you pick, on one day each month, or on one date each year. It works for opening websites, closing tabs, or both, so your routine pages appear and disappear on time.

How daily, weekly, monthly and yearly schedules work

You choose one of four options in Select Frequency.

• Every Day runs at the same time every day.
• Every Week runs on the days you tick in Open on days. You can pick one day, several days, or the whole week with Check All. All the days you pick share the same time.
• Every Month runs on the day you choose in Open on Day, from 1 to 31. If a month has fewer days than the one you picked, the schedule runs on the last day of that month. A schedule set for the 31st runs on 30 April, for example.
• Every Year runs on the date you pick in Open Date. Choose the next date you want it to run, and after that the website opens on the same day every year.

Close schedules use matching fields such as Close Time, Close on days and Close on day. Times follow your computer's clock. For schedules that open a website, the Scheduled Tab List shows the Next run, so you can check the timing after you save.

How to set up a daily, weekly, monthly or yearly schedule

1. Click the Tab Scheduler icon in your browser toolbar and choose Settings.
2. Enter the address in Website Link and, if you like, a Title.
3. In Select Frequency, choose Every Day, Every Week, Every Month or Every Year.
4. In Schedule Type, choose Open a website, Close matching tabs or Open, then close.
5. Set the time in Open Time, or in Close Time for a close schedule.
6. Pick when it runs. For Every Week, open Choose days and tick the days. For Every Month, choose a day in Open on Day. For Every Year, pick a date in Open Date. Every Day needs only the time.
7. In More options, think about ticking Run on browser start if missed at scheduled time.
8. Click Save Schedule. If a required day or date is missing, Tab Scheduler tells you before it saves.

When to use daily, weekly, monthly and yearly schedules

• Every Day. Open your team dashboard at dashboard.example.com at 8:30, so it is the first thing you see each morning.
• Every Week. Tick Monday, Wednesday and Friday and set 7:00 to open a workout playlist on youtube.com before you exercise.
• Every Month and Every Year. Open a billing page such as billing.example.com on day 1 at 10:00 to pay a monthly bill, or open a renewal page on 15 March each year so a yearly subscription never slips past you.

Good to know about daily, weekly, monthly and yearly schedules

• Your computer must be awake and the browser must be running at the scheduled time. Turn on Power Mode to stop the computer from going to sleep.
• With Run on browser start if missed at scheduled time ticked, a tab that was missed because the computer was off or the browser was closed opens when the browser starts again. This only works on the same day, it still runs only once that day, and it applies to opening, not closing.
• Need different times on different weekdays? Create a second schedule, because one weekly schedule uses one time for all its days.
• When closing tabs with these frequencies, you can tick Warn me 60 seconds before closing to get a notification with Keep open and Snooze 10 min.
• The free plan includes up to 5 schedules. Premium allows unlimited schedules.