How can I manage tabs in Chrome on iPhone and iPad?

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome .
2. Tap More   New 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:

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome .
2. Tap Switch tabs   Inactive tabs.
   • The inactive tabs section is only available if you have inactive tabs to view.
3. Select the tab that you want to open.

Tips:

• Inactive tabs are sorted from newest to oldest.
• Once a tab becomes active again, the active tab count will be updated.
• You can't reorder tabs in the inactive tabs section.
• Inactive tabs are located at the top of the Tab Switcher.

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 favourite 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 that 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 that 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 that you want, enter related keywords.

1. On your iPhone or iPad, 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 colour 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 that 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 that 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 merge tab groups:
     1. Touch and hold, then drag a tab into a group that you want to merge it with.
        • This action deletes the dragged tab group across devices.
   • To search for a tab group:
     1. At the top left, tap Search .
     2. Enter the name of the tab group that you want to find.
   • 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 that you want to remove.
     3. Tap Move to tab group  Remove from group.
   • To close a tab group: At the top right of the tab group, tap Close .
   • To delete a group:
     1. Touch and hold the tab group.
     2. Tap Delete group.
   • To close all tab groups:
     1. Touch and hold a tab group.
     2. At the top right of the tab group, tap Close .
     3. At the bottom of the screen, tap Close all tabs and groups.
   • To open or re-open a closed tab group:
     1. Tap Grid .
     2. Under 'Tab groups', select the tab group name that you want to open or reopen.

Tips:

• To keep tab groups from automatically syncing across your devices, tap Settings  Tabs and then turn off Automatically open tab groups from other devices.
• On your iPad, to manage your tab groups, you can also touch and hold a tab or tab group in your tab strip.

Important: When you delete a tab group, it'll be removed on your device and other devices that use the same Google Account.

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome .
2. Tap Switch tabs   Grid .
3. Select the tab group name that you want to delete.
4. Tap Delete Group.
5. To confirm, tap Delete Group.

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome .
2. Tap Switch tabs .
3. Open a tab group that you want to ungroup.
4. Tap Ungroup.
5. To confirm, tap 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.