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
Open a new or inactive tab
Open a new tab- On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome
.
- Tap More
New tab
.
Open an inactive tab
If you have tabs that haven't been used in a while, they'll move to the Inactive Tabs section.
To manage your inactive tabs:
- On your iPhone, open Chrome
.
- Tap Switch Tabs
Inactive Tabs.
- The Inactive Tabs section is only available if you have inactive tabs to view.
- Select the tab you want to open.
Tips:
- Inactive tabs are sorted newest to oldest.
- Once a tab becomes active again, the active tab count will be updated.
- You can’t reorder tabs in the inactive tab section.
- Inactive tabs are located at the top of the Tab Switcher.
Close a tab
Close tabs on iPhoneClose a tab
- On your iPhone, open Chrome
.
- At the bottom, tap Switch tabs
.
- At the top right of the tab you want to close, tap Close
.
Close all tabs
- On your iPhone, open Chrome
.
- At the bottom, tap Switch tabs
.
- At the bottom left, tap Close All.
- On your iPad, open Chrome
.
- On any tab you want to close, in the upper right corner, tap Close
.
Close all inactive tabs
Close inactive tabs
- On your iPhone, open Chrome
.
- Tap Switch Tabs
Inactive Tabs.
- At the bottom of your screen, tap Close All Inactive
Close All.
- To reopen the tabs that you’ve closed, at the bottom left, tap Undo.
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.
- On your iPhone, open Chrome
.
- Tap Switch Tabs
.
- At the bottom of the screen, find the currently pinned tabs.
- To select the tab you want to close, press and hold on the tab.
- Select Close Tab
.
Manage your tabs
Hide or unhide inactive tabs
- On your iPhone, open Chrome
.
- Tap More
Settings
.
- Tap Tabs
Hide Inactive Tabs.
- Select the time period when you want to hide inactive tabs.
- To turn off this feature, select Don’t Hide.
You can pin your favorite sites for easy access later. To pin sites that you browse on Chrome:
- On your iPhone, open Chrome
.
- Tap Switch Tabs
.
- To select the tab you want to pin, press and hold on the tab.
- Select Pin Tab
.
- When you open the Tab Switcher, find your pinned tab at the bottom of the screen.
Drag to pin a tab
You can drag to pin tabs from selectable tabs in the Tab Switcher.
- On your iPhone, open Chrome
.
- Tap Switch Tabs
.
- Press and hold to select the tab you want to drag.
- Drag the tab towards the bottom of the screen.
- 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.
- On your iPhone, open Chrome
.
- Tap Switch Tabs
.
- At the bottom of the screen, find the pinned tabs.
- Press and hold to select the tab you want to unpin.
- Select Unpin Tab
.
Tip: Your unpinned tabs appear in the group of selectable tabs in the Tab Switcher.
Drag to unpin tabs
- On your iPhone, open Chrome
.
- Tap Switch Tabs
.
- Press and hold to select the tab you want to drag.
- Drag the tab towards the top of the screen.
- Drop the tab next to an existing tab.
- On your iPhone, open Chrome
.
- At the bottom, tap Switch tabs
.
- Tap the tab you want to switch to.
- On your iPad, open Chrome
.
- Tap the tab you want to switch to.
You can also:
- Swipe left or right at the top to switch tabs.
- Select the Tab switcher
to find all tabs and switch between them.
Reorder tabs
- On your iPad, open Chrome
.
- Touch and hold the tab you want to move.
- Drag the tab to a different position.
- On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome
.
- At the bottom, tap Switch tabs
.
- At the top left, tap Search
.
- To find the tab you want, enter related keywords.
- On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome
.
- At the bottom of the screen, tap Switch tabs
.
- To find the menu, press and hold the tab you want to use.
- In the menu, tap your preferred option.
- Add to bookmarks
.
- Add to reading lists
.
- Share tab
.
- Close tab
.
- Add to bookmarks
- On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome
.
- Tap Switch tabs
.
- To create a tab group:
- Touch and hold a tab.
- Tap Add Tab to New Group.
- Enter a name for your tab group.
- You can also assign a color for a group.
- Tap Create Group.
- To add a tab to an existing group:
- Touch and hold a tab.
- Tap Add Tab to Group.
- Select the group you want to add your tab to.
- To add multiple tabs in a group:
- At the bottom, tap Edit
Select Tabs.
- Select the tabs you want to add in a group.
- At the bottom, tap Add To…
Add Tabs to New Group or Add Tabs to Group.
- At the top right, tap Done.
- At the bottom, tap Edit
- To rename a tab group:
- Touch and hold the tab group.
- Tap Rename Group.
- Edit the group name.
- Tap Done.
- To remove tabs from group:
- Tap the tab group.
- Touch and hold the tab you want to remove.
- Tap Move to Tab Group
Remove from Group.
- To delete a group:
- Touch and hold the tab group.
- Tap Delete Group.
- To create a tab group:
- On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome
.
- Tap Switch tabs
.
- Open a tab group that you want to ungroup.
- Touch and hold any tab.
- Select Ungroup.
- On your iPad, open Chrome
.
- At the bottom, tap Switch tabs
.
- 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.
- On your iPhone, open Chrome
.
- Tap More
Reload
.
- On your iPad, open Chrome
.
- At the top left, tap Reload
.
Use windows in Chrome on iPad
Open new windows- On your iPad, open Chrome
.
- 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.
- On your iPad, touch and hold Chrome
.
- Select Show All Windows.
- To close each window, touch the window and swipe up.