You can open as many tabs as you want in Chrome. You can also view all your tabs and switch between them. When you open a new tab, a personalized New Tab page based on your browsing history appears.
Some of the ways you can customize your New Tab page content are with:
- Different themes
- Your cart
- Your shortcuts
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Open a new tab or window
Open a new tab- Windows & Linux: Ctrl + t
- Mac: ⌘ + t
Click and drag the tab outside the Google Chrome window.
To open a new window, use a keyboard shortcut:
- Windows & Linux: Ctrl + n
- Mac: ⌘ + n
Browse and select the file from your computer. Open a new tab, then use a keyboard shortcut:
- Windows & Linux: Ctrl + o
- Mac: ⌘ + o
- Windows & Linux: Ctrl + click a link
- Mac: ⌘ + click a link
Organize your tabs & windows
Arrange tabsPin a tab: Right-click the tab and select Pin. Pinned tabs are smaller and only show the site's icon.
Unpin a tab: Right-click the tab and select Unpin.
Move a tab to a different window:
- Make sure both windows are signed in to the same profile.
- Right-click the tab you want to move.
- Scroll to "Move tab to another window."
- Select the window you want to move the tab to.
- On your computer, open Chrome
.
- Click New tab
.
- Right-click a tab and then select Add to new group.
- To edit your tab group: Right-click the colored circle or name to the left. You can:
- Name your group.
- Add more tabs to the group.
- Remove the group.
- To add a tab to an existing group: Drag the tab into the group.
- To remove a tab from a group: Right-click the tab, then select Remove from group.
- To edit your tab group: Right-click the colored circle or name to the left. You can:
You can collapse your tab groups so only the group's name or colored circle shows in your tab strip.
- Create a tab group.
- To expand or collapse the group, select its name or colored circle.
When you have multiple tabs open in Chrome, you can find the specific tab you want.
- Open Chrome
.
- On the right of your last open tab, click Tab search
.
- Enter keywords for the site you want to find.
- In the list of open tabs:
- To open a tab, find the tab you want and click it.
- To close a tab, find the tab you want and on the right, click Close
.
- Open Chrome
.
- In the address bar, enter
@tabs
. - Press tab or space. You can also click Search tabs
in the suggestions.
- Enter keywords for the tab you want to find.
- Select the tab from the list.
- Point to the minimized window with your cursor.
- Press Alt + Tab to move between windows.
- Right-click on a tab and select Move tab to another window.
To name a window:
- Go to the window you want to name or open a new window.
- At the top, right-click the empty space next to New Tab
, then select Name window.
- Alternatively, at the top right, select More
More tools
Name window.
- Alternatively, at the top right, select More
- Enter a name for your window.
Close a tab or window
Close a tabAt the top right of the tab, click Close . Or, use a keyboard shortcut:
- Windows & Linux: Ctrl + w
- Mac: ⌘ + w
- Close all tabs in the window.
- At the top corner of the window, click Close
.
- Windows & Linux: At the top right.
- Mac: At the top left.
You can also use the keyboard shortcuts to close a window:
- Windows & Linux: Alt + F4
- Mac: ⌘ + Shift + w
You can close Google Chrome entirely.
- Open the Chrome menu.
- Windows & Linux: On the top menu bar, click More
.
- Mac: On the top menu bar, click Chrome.
- Windows & Linux: On the top menu bar, click More
- Close Google Chrome.
- Windows & Linux: Click Exit.
- Mac: Click Quit Google Chrome.
You can also use the keyboard shortcut to close Google Chrome:
- Windows & Linux: Alt + f then x
- Mac: ⌘ + q
If you accidentally close a tab or window, you can open it again using a keyboard shortcut:
- Windows & Linux: Ctrl + Shift + t
- Mac: ⌘ + Shift + t
If a tab, window, or extension doesn't work, you can force it closed with Chrome's task manager.
- At the top right, click More
.
- Click More tools
Task manager.
- Select the page, extension, or app you'd like to close.
- Click End process.