Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (2024)

You can open multiple tabs in Chrome. You can also check and switch between all your tabs. When you open a new tab, Chrome opens a personalized New Tab page.

Some of the ways you can customize your New Tab page content are with:

Learn how to personalize your New Tab page.

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Common actions with tabs

Perform basic actions when you search the web on Chrome.

Open a new tab

  1. On your Android device, open Chrome Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (1).
  2. At the top right, tap More Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (2) Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (3) New tab Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (4).

Tip: At the top of your Chrome window, you can also open a new tab when you tap New tab Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (5) .

Close a tab

  1. On your Android device, open Chrome Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (6).
  2. To the right of the address bar, tap Switch tabs Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (7). Any open tabs will appear.
  3. At the top right of the tab you want to close, tap Close Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (8). You can also swipe to close the tab.

Close all tabs

  1. On your Android device, open Chrome Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (9).
  2. To the right of the address bar, tap Switch tabs Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (10). Any open tabs will appear.
  3. Tap More Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (11) Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (12) Close all tabs.

Switch to a new tab

  1. On your Android device, open Chrome Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (13).
  2. To the right of the address bar, tap Switch tabs Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (14). Any open tabs will appear.
  3. Swipe to the tab you want and tap it.

Reorder tabs

  1. On your Android device, open Chrome Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (15).
  2. To the right of the address bar, tap Switch tabs Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (16).
  3. Touch and hold the tab you want to move.
  4. Drag the tab to a different position.

Group your tabs

  1. On your Android device, open Chrome Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (17).
  2. Tap Switch tabs Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (18).
    • Create a tab group: Touch and hold a tab, then drag over another tab you want to group it with.
    • Add a tab to an existing group: Touch and hold the tab and drag it into the group.
    • View tabs in a group:
      1. Tap Switch tabs Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (19).
      2. Select a group.
    • To remove a tab from a group:
      1. Tap the tab group.
      2. Touch and hold the tab you want to remove.
      3. Drag the tab to the "Remove from group" area at the bottom of your screen.

Open a link in a tab group

  1. On your Android device, open Chrome Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (20).
  2. Navigate to a link you want to open.
  3. Touch and hold the link.
  4. Tap Open in new tab in group.

Reload tabs

  1. On your Android device, open Chrome Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (21).
  2. To the right of the address bar, tap More Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (22) Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (23) Reload Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (24).

Perform bulk actions on tabs

You can perform bulk actions when you tap More Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (25) or when you touch and hold tabs.

Close tabs

  1. On your Android device, open Chrome Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (26).
  2. To the right of the address bar, tap Switch tabs Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (27).
  3. Tap More Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (28) Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (29) Select tabs.
  4. Select the tabs you want to close.
  5. Tap More Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (30) Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (31) Close tabs.

Group tabs

  1. On your Android device, open Chrome Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (32).
  2. To the right of the address bar, tap Switch tabs Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (33).
  3. Touch and hold any tab or tap More Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (34).
  4. Tap Select tabs.
  5. Choose the tabs you want to group.
  6. Tap More Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (35) Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (36) Group tabs.

Ungroup tabs

  1. On your Android device, open Chrome Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (37).
  2. To the right of the address bar, tap Switch tabs Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (38).
  3. Open a tab group containing the tabs you want to ungroup.
  4. Touch and hold any tab, or tap More Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (39) Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (40) Select tabs.
  5. Choose the tabs you want to ungroup.
  6. Tap More Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (41) Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (42) Ungroup tabs.

Close tabs in a group

  1. On your Android device, open Chrome Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (43).
  2. To the right of the address bar, tap Switch tabs Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (44) .
  3. Open a tab group containing the tabs you want to close.
  4. Tap More Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (45) Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (46) Select tabs.
  5. Select the tabs you want to delete from the group.
  6. Tap More Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (47) Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (48) Close tabs.

Share tabs

  1. On your Android device, open Chrome Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (49).
  2. To the right of the address bar, tap Switch tabs Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (50).
  3. Touch and hold any tab, or tap More Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (51) Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (52) Select tabs.
  4. Choose the tabs you want to share.
  5. Tap More Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (53) Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (54) Share tabs.
  6. Choose where you want to share.

Share tabs in a group

  1. On your Android device, open Chrome Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (55).
  2. To the right of the address bar, tap Switch tabs Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (56) .
  3. Open a tab group containing the tabs you want.
  4. Tap Select tabs.
  5. Choose the tabs you want to share.
  6. Tap More Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (57) Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (58) Share tabs.

Bookmark tabs

  1. On your Android device, open Chrome Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (59).
  2. To the right of the address bar, tap Switch tabs Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (60).
  3. Touch and hold any tab, or tap More Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (61) Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (62) Select tabs.
  4. Choose the tabs you want to bookmark.
  5. Tap More Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (63) Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (64) Bookmark tabs.

Open new windows on your Android tablet in Chrome

You can open up to 5 windows at a time and move tabs from one window to another on your Android tablet.

Open a new window

  1. On your Android tablet, open Chrome Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (65).
  2. Tap More Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (66) Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (67) New window.

Move a tab to another window

  1. On your Android tablet, open Chrome Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (68).
  2. In the tab you want to move, tap More Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (69).
  3. Tap Move to other window.
  4. Select the window to move the tab to.
  5. Tap Move tab.

Switch windows

  1. On your Android tablet, open Chrome Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (70).
  2. Tap More Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (71) Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (72) Manage windows.
  3. Tap the window you'd like to open.

Close a window

  1. On your Android tablet, open Chrome Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (73).
  2. Tap More Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (74) Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (75) Manage windows.
  3. Next to the window you want to close, tap More Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (76) Manage tabs in Chrome - Android (77) Close window.
  4. To confirm, tap Close window.

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