# Automatic refresh when clicking the the browser tab

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatic-refresh-when-clicking-the-the-browser-tab/84567>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 4, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatic-refresh-when-clicking-the-the-browser-tab/84567 "2017-05-04T13:34:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mr\_chang7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@mr\_chang7](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mr_chang7)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatic-refresh-when-clicking-the-the-browser-tab/84567/1 "2017-05-04T13:34:05Z")

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When I turn to a tab on my Chrome, how can I set the kibana to refresh the page automatically? I guess this functionality is disabled with kibana pages.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![jbudz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jbudz/32/45922_2.png) [@jbudz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbudz)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatic-refresh-when-clicking-the-the-browser-tab/84567/2 "2017-05-04T16:56:43Z")

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When you expand the timepicker, an auto refresh button will appear next to the timepicker button:

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/6/76c6328f38fbbadfecd19d1a3d8d2e2a20e605af.png)

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**Author:** ![mr\_chang7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@mr\_chang7](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mr_chang7)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatic-refresh-when-clicking-the-the-browser-tab/84567/3 "2017-05-04T18:23:12Z")

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Thanks for the reply but my question was not for that.

Sometimes, you see the kibana page stopped showing nothing (just saying a warning: Aw, Snap! Google Chrome ran out of memory while trying to display this web page." when you tab the page on a browser. You have to refresh it manually to see the page.

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**Author:** ![jbudz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jbudz/32/45922_2.png) [@jbudz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbudz)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatic-refresh-when-clicking-the-the-browser-tab/84567/4 "2017-05-05T15:53:29Z")

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Ah, that sounds like a memory leak in Kibana. Which version are you on?

There's nothing in Kibana that will do a full page refresh on an interval. There may be some chrome extensions that will do it on a timer.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatic-refresh-when-clicking-the-the-browser-tab/84567/5 "2017-06-02T16:01:53Z")

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