Summary

Google Chrome allows you to group your tabs and it's very practical to be well organized on the browser. Here's how to take advantage of this feature on your PC, but also on your Android smartphone.

How to properly organize your tabs on Google Chrome // Source: Frandroid

The feature was talked about for a long time in beta before being officially available on the stable version of Google Chrome. The famous browser indeed offers all its users to group their tabs for better organization.

So instead of piling them up by the dozen and getting lost in them — a particularly frustrating thing during workdays — you can classify your Google Chrome tabs by theme, both on computers and on smartphones. Here we explain how to have peace of mind during your sessions on the web.

How to group Chrome tabs on computer

On computer, you will obviously need to open the Google Chrome browser. Then, just right click on the tab of your choice. In the menu that appears, you will have to select the option " Add the tab to a group ".

The option " Add the tab to a group " is displayed after a right click // Source: Frandroid

A new insert is then displayed under the relevant tab. Google Chrome prompts you to enter the name you want to assign to the group you are creating. Write what you want there: " social networks ", " administrative ", " news ", ​​" urgent "… What matters is that the wording helps you find more easily the open web pages that interest you in your browser on PC.

Assign a name and a color to the group of tabs on Google Chrome // Source: Frandroid

Then choose one of the eight colored dots offered. The group of tabs created will be highlighted with the same color as the selected pad, as will the label of said group which is also displayed in the tab bar.

In the screenshot below you can see what Google Chrome looks like when multiple groups have been created in the desktop version of the browser.

Click on the label of a group of tabs to collapse or expand it // Source: Frandroid

Note that afterwards, the browser will add a step in which you can choose to drag the tab into an already existing group, or to create a new one.

How to group Chrome tabs on Android

Now let's look at the method on Android smartphones. Not everyone may yet have access to this feature on mobile as of this writing, but it has manifested itself to quite a few users according to our observations. Forget however the categorization by colors or the possibility of naming the groups in question.

It's still handy in some situations. On the Google Chrome application, go to the interface displaying the various open tabs. To do this, tap on the square-shaped icon with a number in the middle — towards the upper right corner of the screen. If you have multiple tabs open, the tabs are displayed as tiles.

To group two tabs, press and hold one of them before dragging it to another. Wait a fraction of a second for the animation to start and thus be sure that you have successfully completed the maneuver before releasing your finger. There you go, your two tabs are together!

Since pictures are worth a thousand words, we have prepared the short video below to show you the process.

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That's not all, once you have two or more tabs in the same group, you can quickly switch between them using a bar at the bottom of the screen. The latter indeed displays small bubbles. By clicking on it, you open the corresponding tab, but you can also press the small cross to close it.

If the bottom bar does not appear, you will have to scroll from top to bottom on the page consulted to make these small bubbles reappear.

Whether to better protect your privacy, or for very specific functions, it may be interesting to install an alternative browser to Google Chrome on Android. It exists on the Google Play Store…Read More

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