Settle your tabs! Use tab groups to organize your Google Chrome browser
- Marcin Kloc
- Feb 24, 2021
- 2 min read
If you work like me, you work like this... tabs as far as the eye can see. Multi-tasking means multi-tabbing. It's easy to get lost in sea of tabs. If you're drowning in tabs, you may want to consider using Chrome's newest feature, tab groups.
Why use tab groups in Google Chrome?
Tab groups allows you to gather related tabs into one labeled and color-coded group that allows you to hid these tabs when you're working on a different project or tab group. Tabs that you don't need immediately can be hidden away from sight until they are need. Then you only need to remember the color-coded group they are in to locate the tabs quickly.
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Update Chrome - First things first, ensure your Google Chrome is up-to-date. This feature is only present in the latest versions Chrome. If you don't see the groups feature that is referenced below, you should update your Chrome browser. For info on updating chrome, please go here.
Create a tab group - To create a tab group, find the first tab you'd like have in a group, right-click on it and Add Tab to a New Group. Provide a name and color code for the group. This will create a tab group and add this tab to it.
Add more tabs to the group - To add more tabs to an existing group, right click on the tab and click Add tab to group. Select the group you'd like this tab to be in.
Organize - That's pretty much it. You can now create groups based on your own unique criteria. You can hide or show the tabs within a group by clicking on the group name label.
Remove tab from a group or delete a group
To remove a tab from a group, right click on it and click Remove From Group
To remove a group all together, right click on the group label and click Ungroup. This does not close all tabs within the group. It only removes the group, returning at tabs within that group to a free, unassigned state. You are then free delete the tab or reassign it to a new group.
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