Manage tabs in Chrome

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:

• Different themes
• Your shortcuts

Learn how to customize your New Tab page.

Close a tab

Close all tabs

When you unpin a tab, it returns as a selectable tab in the Tab Switcher. If you want to remove the tab from the Tab Switcher, you can close the tab.

1. On your iPhone, open Chrome .
2. Tap Switch Tabs .
3. At the bottom of the screen, find the currently pinned tabs.
4. To select the tab you want to close, press and hold on the tab.
5. Select Close Tab .

You can pin your favorite sites for easy access later. To pin sites that you browse on Chrome:

1. On your iPhone, open Chrome .
2. Tap Switch Tabs .
3. To select the tab you want to pin, press and hold on the tab.
4. Select Pin Tab .
5. When you open the Tab Switcher, find your pinned tab at the bottom of the screen.

Tip: Once a tab is pinned, it won’t appear among selectable tabs in the Tab Switcher.

Drag to pin a tab

You can drag to pin tabs from selectable tabs in the Tab Switcher.

1. On your iPhone, open Chrome .
2. Tap Switch Tabs .
3. Press and hold to select the tab you want to drag.
4. Drag the tab towards the bottom of the screen.
5. Drop the tab:
   • Next to other pinned tabs in the blue field.
   • On top of the text, “Drag to Pin Tab.”

When you unpin a tab, it won’t appear among your pinned tabs in the Tab Switcher.

1. On your iPhone, open Chrome .
2. Tap Switch Tabs .
3. At the bottom of the screen, find the pinned tabs.
4. Press and hold to select the tab you want to unpin.
5. Select Unpin Tab .

Tip: Your unpinned tabs appear in the group of selectable tabs in the Tab Switcher.

Drag to unpin tabs

1. On your iPhone, open Chrome .
2. Tap Switch Tabs .
3. Press and hold to select the tab you want to drag.
4. Drag the tab towards the top of the screen.
5. Drop the tab next to an existing tab.

1. On your iPhone, open Chrome .
2. At the bottom, tap Switch tabs .
3. Tap the tab you want to switch to.

Reorder tabs

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome .
2. At the bottom, tap Switch tabs .
3. At the top left, tap Search .
4. To find the tab you want, enter related keywords.

1. On your iPhone, open Chrome .
2. Tap Switch tabs .
   • To create a tab group:
     1. Touch and hold a tab.
     2. Tap Add Tab to New Group.
     3. Enter a name for your tab group.
        • You can also assign a color for a group.
     4. Tap Create Group.
   • To add a tab to an existing group:
     1. Touch and hold a tab.
     2. Tap Add Tab to Group.
     3. Select the group you want to add your tab to.
   • To add multiple tabs in a group:
     1. At the bottom, tap Edit Select Tabs.
     2. Select the tabs you want to add in a group.
     3. At the bottom, tap Add To… Add Tabs to New Group or Add Tabs to Group.
     4. At the top right, tap Done.
   • To rename a tab group:
     1. Touch and hold the tab group.
     2. Tap Rename Group.
     3. Edit the group name.
     4. Tap Done.
   • To remove tabs from group:
     1. Tap the tab group.
     2. Touch and hold the tab you want to remove.
     3. Tap Move to Tab Group Remove from Group.
   • To delete a group:
     1. Touch and hold the tab group.
     2. Tap Delete Group.

1. On your iPhone, open Chrome .
2. Tap Switch tabs .
3. Open a tab group that you want to ungroup.
4. Touch and hold any tab.
5. Select Ungroup.

1. On your iPad, open Chrome .
2. At the bottom, tap Switch tabs .
3. Open another app in Split View.
   • To drag a tab’s URL to another app: Touch and hold a tab, then drag it to another app. When you let go, the URL is pasted into the other app.
   • To open a URL from another app in Chrome: Touch and hold the URL in the other app, then drag it to the Chrome window. When you let go, a new tab is created in Chrome.

1. On your iPhone, open Chrome .
2. Tap More   Reload .

1. On your iPad, open Chrome .
2. At the top left, tap Reload .

1. On your iPad, open Chrome .
2. Select More   New Window .
   • To open a link in a new window: Touch and hold the link.
   • To move windows around: Slide the divider between windows to the left or right.

1. On your iPad, touch and hold Chrome .
2. Select Show All Windows.
3. To close each window, touch the window and swipe up.

• Set your homepage and startup page
• Browse in Incognito mode
• Customize your New Tab page in Chrome