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How to use Safari Tab Groups

If you’re a safari user, tab groups can help you keep your life organized and your desktop clean..

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If you’re using Safari but you’re not using Tab Groups, well, it’s time to change that.

Tab Groups, as the name implies, allows you to group a selection of tabs together and essentially set them aside for future use. For example, if you have a bunch of tabs you use for work and a bunch of tabs you use after work, you can cordon these tabs off into batches so that they don’t get in each other’s way. You can use your work tabs at work and, when you’re finished, swap them for your “after work” tabs with just one click.

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You might also have different Tab Groups for different assignments at work or different school projects. Folks who share a computer might have different Tab Groups for each user. The possibilities are endless.

Here’s how to create a tab group in Safari.

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There are a couple of ways to do this. The easiest method is to make a group out of whatever tabs you currently have open. If you’re about to close Safari but think you might need to pick up where you left off when you open it later, throwing your tabs into a group can give you some peace of mind.

You can also create a tab group from scratch if there is a batch of tabs you think you might want to use later. This is a bit more time-consuming but will allow you to be more selective about which tabs to include.

To create a tab group from existing tabs

• In Safari, click the down arrow in the toolbar. (It’s on the left side, next to the button that opens the sidebar.)
• Pick New Tab Group With [X] Tabs .
• In the left column, look for the Tab Group subhead. Name your tab group, then press Enter.

To create a tab group from scratch

• Click the down arrow in the toolbar. (It’s next to the button that opens the sidebar.)
• Pick New Empty Tab Group .
• Name your tab group, then press enter.
• Right-click a tab you want to add to the group, click Move to Tab Group , and select the tab group you want. Alternatively, you can click and drag the tab to your group on the left side.

To open your new tab group

• Click on that down arrow again.
• Click on the tab group you want.

Once you’ve got a group up and running, it’s not set in stone. You can adjust the makeup of a given tab group by clicking the arrow to its right in the sidebar’s tab group list. Right-click any tab that comes up, and you’ll have the option to remove it from the group, remove all tabs that aren’t it from the group, or move it to a different group,

You can also click the three dots just next to the arrow if you want to rename, delete, or share the group, along with other options.

How to create Safari Tab Groups on iOS

Tab Groups can sync between iOS and macOS devices, so if you create one on your Mac computer, you can still access it on your iPhone. Nevertheless, if it’s more convenient for you to create these from the Safari app on iOS, you can certainly do so.

• In the Safari app, click the tabs button on the bottom right. (It’s the one with two squares.)
• Press and hold a tab you want to add, then pick Move to Tab Group .
• Select New Tab Group .
• Name your new group.

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How to use tab groups in Safari

With MacOS Monterey , Apple has updated Safari’s tab management system with a new look, more customization options, and the ability to form tab groups for managing especially busy online sessions.

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We’re big fans of these changes, as they make work and research easier to manage over the long term, but the extra features will take some practice to get comfortable using. Here’s how to get started with tab groups so you can make the most of them.

What You Need

Mac computer, Safari browser

First, make sure everything is updated and you are using the latest version of Safari.

Step 1: Collect the sites you want to save.

Open Safari and start opening new tabs to visit the websites you want to collect in a group. If you are doing research on Einstein, for example, you would want to collect a number of tabs including biographies, common Einstein myths, a list of his major theories and works, and so on.

Don’t leave any blank tabs when you are finished. There doesn’t appear to be a limit to how many tabs you can put in a group, but at a certain point, too many browser tabs can become cumbersome — you may want to keep it under 20 or so.

Step 2: Turn your tabs into a tab group.

When ready, select File from Safari’s upper-left menu, then look for the option that says New Tab Group With X Tabs , where X is the number of tabs you currently have open. Select it.

Now you can name your tab — something like “Einstein,” for example — and it will automatically be saved. Any work you do in this Safari window will still count as the tab group, and the group will be updated accordingly. Close your Safari window to save your tab group for later.

When you want to access the tab group again, pop open Safari and select the Sidebar icon, just to the left of the Favorites menu. This drop-down menu will include all the groups you have created under Tab Groups. When you select the group you want, Safari will open all tabs in a single window for you to use and change Favorites to the name of your tab group.

Note the Small Grid icon to the right when you hover over a tab group — this opens up all tabs in a grid view that makes it easier to scan for the webpage you had in mind.

Alternative: Create a new tab group from scratch

You don’t have to collect your tabs first before turning them into a tab group. If you prefer to set up and name your tab group ahead of time, this is easy to do as well.

Open Safari, select File in the upper-left corner, and select New Empty Tab Group . Now, any tabs that you create while you work will be automatically added to the tab group you have made.

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Step 3: Rename or delete your tabs.

Don’t let your tab groups get cluttered over time! Instead, reuse them by renaming them, or delete them when you are finished with that particular project or plan. Open Safari, then select the Sidebar icon right next to the Favorites menu.

Hover over the Tab Group , then right-click to open a menu with several choices. Here, you will see an option to Rename the group or to Delete it entirely when you are finished. Keep these options handy when your tab groups start to pile up.

Step 4: Share tab groups as needed.

In the Sidebar menu, when you right-click on a Tab Group , you’ll notice another option that says Copy Links . Choose this, and it will allow you to paste an outline-like section with the tab group as the title and a bulleted list of the web links. This makes it easy to share or email the tab group as needed.

We’ve been talking about the MacOS version of tab groups, but there’s good news: With iOS 15 updates, iPhones and iPads have very similar capabilities. Safari’s syncing capabilities will also stay in place, allowing you to access tabs you created on your Mac on other devices.

If you want to create tab groups on iOS, long-press the Tab button on Safari and select the arrow for Move to Tab Group to open the option for Tab Groups.

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How to use Tab Groups in iOS 15 Safari

Tab Groups are a big change introduced in iOS 15 Safari

iOS 15 Safari sees some big changes, though the biggest change of all — the tab bar has moved to the bottom of the browser — can be reset if you prefer. (We can show you how to move the tab back to the top of Safari .) But another change in Safari is here to stay — Tab Groups.

Tab Groups allow you to collect several tabs into a set. For example, if you're researching buying a new TV, you might create a set called "TV research" that contains reviews, product pages, online retail listings, and so on.

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Tab Groups don't just live on your iPhone. They're synced between any device running iOS 15 , iPadOS 15 or macOS 12 Monterey . Make a change on one device, and it's reflected across all those other places.

It figures to be a powerful organizational tool that takes the limited screen space of iPhones into account. Here's how to get started using Tab Groups in iOS 15 Safari.

How to create a Tab Group in iOS 15 Safari

1. Tap the tab button in the right corner of the location bar. 

2. Tap the middle of the bar , where it lists the number of open tabs. 

3. Tap New Empty Tab Group to create a new blank tab group or, if you want to group all the tabs you currently have open, tap New Tab Group from X Tabs (where X is the number of tabs you currently have open). In this instance, we'll create a new tab group. 

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4. Alternatively, when you're viewing the tab bar, tap and hold on the number of open tabs and choose New Empty Tab Group or New Tab Group from X Tabs from the pop-up menu that appears. 

5. Enter the name you'd like to use for the Tab Group and tap OK. 

How to add a tab to a Tab Group in iOS 15 Safari

2. Tap and hold the tab you'd like to add. 

3. Tap Move to Tab Group. 

4. Tap the name of the tab group you'd like to add it to. 

5. Alternatively, while viewing the tab, tap and hold the location bar, then tap Move to Tab Group from the pop-up menu. From there tap the name of the tab group you'd like to add to. 

How to switch Tab Groups in iOS 15 Safari

2. Tap the middle of the bar, where it lists the name of the current Tab Group or the number of open tabs. 

3. Tap the name of the Tab Group you'd like to switch to. 

4. Alternatively, when you're viewing the tab bar, tap and hold on the name of the Tab Group/number of open tabs and choose the name of the tab group you'd like to switch to.

How to reorder your Tab Groups in iOS 15 Safari

1. Tap the tab button in the right corner of the location bar.  

2. Tap the middle of the bar, where it lists the current Tab Group. 

3. Tap the Edit button in the top right corner of the pop-up. 

4. Tap and hold on the drag handles to the far right of the Tab Group , and drag it into the position you'd like it in.

5. Tap Done. 

How to rename a Tab Group in iOS 15 Safari

3. Tap the Edit button in the top left corner of the pop-up. 

4. Tap the More button (the three dots in a circle) next to the Tab Group you want to rename.

5. Tap Rename.

6. Enter the new name you'd like to use and tap Save. Then tap Done. 

7. Alternatively, instead of tapping the Edit button, simply swipe left on the tab group you'd like to rename, then tap the gray rename button where you can enter your new name.

How to delete a tab group in iOS 15 Safari

2. Tap the middle of the bar, where it lists the number of open tabs or the name of the Tab Group. 

4. Tap the More button (the three dots in a circle) next to the Tab Group you want to delete.

5. Tap Delete and confirm.

6. Alternatively, instead of tapping the Edit button, simply swipe left on the Tab Group you'd like to delete, then tap the red delete button. 

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How to Use Safari Tab Groups in macOS

In macOS Monterey, Tab Groups are a new Safari feature that aim to make organizing and preserving your open browser tabs more manageable without having to have those tabs active and taking up space.

If you're planning a trip, for example, you can save all of your tabs into a "Vacation" group, accessing them when needed and leaving your device free for other content when you're not doing active planning. Or if you have a set of websites you always open up for work, you can save these in a dedicated Tab Group.

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Any Tab Groups you create are listed in the sidebar for easy switching. You can also select groups by clicking the down arrow next to the Show Sidebar icon. Any tabs that are opened when a Tab Group is selected will automatically be included in that group.

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You can get an overview of all the tabs in a group by following these steps.

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You can copy a list of links for all the websites in a Tab Group to the clipboard for sharing with someone or pasting elsewhere.

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When you no longer need a Tab Group, it's easy to delete it.

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How to use tab groups in safari on iphone and ipad.

There's no such thing as too many tabs with this feature.

Are you overwhelming yourself with the number of tabs you have open in Safari? Using the "Tab Groups" that arrived with  iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 , you can organize them so your browser stays nice and tidy.

Similar to how tab groups work in Google Chrome  and Microsoft Edge , you can group several tabs together and give them a label. This allows you to easily find and pull up your tabs again when you need them without cluttering up your view.

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First, you'll need to open a few tabs in Safari to use the tabs group feature. After that, tap the "Tabs" button in the bottom-left corner.

The tab count of open tabs will appear on the bottom bar. Tap on the tab count to open the "Tab Groups" menu.

In the "Tabs Group" menu, you'll get two options. The "New Empty Tab Group" means you'll get to make a tab group first and then add the tabs to it. If you want to create a group from the open tabs, you'll need to choose the "New Tab Group from X Tabs" (X is a number) option.

Add a name for your new tab group and hit the "Save" button.

Safari will switch you to a new tab group and show you the grid of open tabs. The name of the tab group will appear on the bottom bar. Tap "Done" to save the changes.

After creating a tab group in Safari, there are a few things you can do.

Tap the "+" (plus) button to add a new tab to a tab group.

Hit the "x" cross sign in the top-right of the tab preview card to remove it from the group.

Tap on an open tab and drag it around to reorder it.

Hard-press on a tab, select "Arrange Tabs By" from the long-press menu and choose "Arrange Tabs By Title" or "Arrange Tabs By Websites."

You can always copy the links from the open tabs in a tab group to save them before closing all the tabs at once .

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What to Know

• In Safari, tap the two-square icon > New Empty Tab Group to create a tab group.
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• Rename a tab group by tapping the two-square icon > tap the middle of the address bar > long-press the tab group name > Rename . 

This article teaches you how to use tab groups in Safari with iOS 15. It also looks at how you can stack tabs and organize your browser more efficiently. 

How Do I Organize My iPhone Safari Tabs?

Safari on iOS 15 initially looks very different from previous versions of Safari but using it to organize your tabs is still quite simple. Here's how to do so.

Open Safari and tap the two-square icon on the right-hand corner.

You can also swipe up from the address bar.

Tap 1 Tab .

Tap New Empty Tab Group from 1 Tab to create a tab group using your currently open Safari tabs. 

You can also tap New Empty Tab Group to create a tab group with a single empty tab. 

Enter a name for the new tab group.

Tap the tab group name to view all your tab groups.

How Do I Open Multiple Tabs in Safari on iPhone?

If you want to open multiple tabs in Safari on iPhone, the process is the same in iOS 15 as with other versions of iOS. However, it's also possible to move those tabs to another tab group. Here's how to do it. 

Open Safari on your iPhone.

Tap the two-square icon on the right-hand corner.

Tap the plus icon to open a new tab.

To add the tab to your tab group, tap the two-square icon.

Long-press the thumbnail.

Tap Move to Tab Group .

Tap the group you wish to move it to.

How Do I Stack Tabs in Safari? 

If you have many different tabs open, it can be helpful to 'stack' them and arrange them in a set order. Here's how to do so in iOS 15.

In Safari, tap the two-square icon on the right-hand corner.

Long-press any tab thumbnail.

Tap Arrange Tabs By .

Tap Arrange Tabs by Title or Arrange Tabs by Website .

How to Close All Tabs of a Tab Group

If you want to close all the tabs of a tab group in one quick movement, it's straightforward to do once you know where to look. Here's how to do it.

In Safari, long-press the two-square icon.

Tap Close All Tabs .

Tap Close All Tabs a second time.

How to Rename a Safari Tab Group

If you've assigned a name to the Safari tab group and you wish to change it, it's possible to do so. Here's how to change the name of an existing Safari tab group.

In Safari, tap the two-square icon.

Tap the middle of the address bar.

Long-press the tab group name you wish to change.

Tap Rename .

You can also delete tab groups here.

Enter the new name.

You will lose all of your Safari tabs if you close the browser window or session. Tabs are not saved when browsing in iOS private mode .

To see recently closed tabs, tap the Tabs button, then tap and hold the Plus ( + ) button at the bottom of the screen. Tap an item to open it in a new tab.

Go to a website and tap the Bookmark icon (the box with an upward-pointing arrow), then tap Add to Home Screen . Choose a name for the shortcut, then tap Add to save the Safari shortcut to your iOS home screen .

On a web page, tap Share (the box with the arrow coming out of it), then tap Find on Page and enter your search term. Use the arrow keys above the keyboard to move forward and backward through every instance of your search term on the page.

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How to make Tab Groups in Safari on your iPhone with iOS 15 or Mac with Safari 15, and keep your tabs organized

• You can make Tab Groups in Safari on both your iPhone and Mac computer.
• Tab Groups are like folders, and let you better organize all of your Safari tabs.
• You can give your Safari Tab Groups custom names, and make them "Private" as well.

Most internet browsers let you make Tab Groups. These are like folders for your tabs — they let you keep a set of tabs in one location, and another set of tabs in a different location. This is a great way to keep all your saved sites separated and organized.

Tab Groups are now available in Safari, too. With Safari's new updates, you can create and manage Tab Groups on both your iPhone and Mac computer.

Here's how to do it on either device.

How to make Tab Groups in Safari on your iPhone

Before anything, make sure that you've updated your iPhone to at least iOS 15. If you're not sure how to update your iPhone or check its version, see our article on how to do just that .

1. Open Safari and open the tab screen. You can do this by tapping the icon in the bottom-right corner that looks like two squares.

2. On the tab screen, tap the option that tells you how many tabs you currently have open in the bottom-middle of the screen. This will open the Tab Groups page .

3. Select New Empty Tab Group to start a Tab Group with nothing in it, or New Tab Group from X Tabs to put all your currently open tabs into a new Group.

4. Give your Tab Group a name, and then press Save .

5. The new Group will appear. You can switch between your Tab Groups by tapping the Group's name at the bottom of the screen again.

To delete a Tab Group or edit its name, open the Tab Groups page and swipe left on the Group you want to change.

How to make Tab Groups in Safari on your Mac

Just like on your iPhone, you'll need to make sure that your Mac is updated to at least Big Sur 11.6 , and Safari is updated to at least Version 15.0 . You can check Safari's current version by opening it, clicking Safari in the top-left corner of your screen, and then selecting About Safari .

1. Open Safari and click the downward-pointing arrow in the top-left corner of the page.

2. In the drop-down menu, select either New Empty Tab Group or New Tab Group with X Tabs .

3. The sidebar will open, and give you the chance to name your new Tab Group. 

You can open or close the sidebar by clicking the sidebar icon at the top-left of the page. This menu is where you can delete or edit the Tab Groups, or start a new one by clicking the square plus sign icon .

Alternatively, you can start Tab Groups by clicking the Safari option in the menu bar at the top of the screen.

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How to use Tab Groups in Safari on macOS Monterey

Once you've tried Tab Groups, you're never going back

It may be the most visible difference when you start macOS Monterey — Safari has changed. Opinions differ over the new design for tabs, but enough people on the beta didn't like it that Apple walked back those changes before the official release.

But only tabs were unpopular. Not Tab Groups.

What's been more undeniably popular right through the beta with testers and now onto the final release, is this new Tab Groups feature. It lets you open all the websites that you need for one particular job, then immediately switch to all the different sites you want for something else.

So you could have a Tab Group called Work that has all of your office intranet sites, your company's official pages, and perhaps a job search site. It's handy enough that you can click to have all your regular pages open, but there is more.

It's lunchtime, it's Friday afternoon, it's whenever you need a moment. Choose a different Tab Group and all your work sites appear to have gone. In their place, you've got Facebook, TV Guide, ESPN, or anything else you just enjoy.

Relax with those for a minute, then with a click, they appear to have gone and you're back in work, exactly where you left off.

It is as if you have different copies of Safari open are swapping between them. It's similar to how Spaces on macOS give you different desktops that you switch between as you need.

Using the Tab Group controls

The steps for using Tab Groups will become automatic and you will rapidly abhor going back to the prehistoric days before they existed. However, describing the steps is complicated by how Safari changes its appearance.

Tab Groups live in Safari's Bookmarks sidebar, which you open and close by clicking on a Bookmarks icon next to the traffic lights at top left. That icon also has a small arrow to the right, showing that there's a dropdown menu.

If you just click on the icon and open the Bookmarks sidebar, any groups are shown in a list. And you also get a new button for creating a new group.

Then once you have created any Tab Groups and then closed this Bookmarks sidebar, you get one extra tool. Next to that Bookmarks icon, you get the name of the current Tab Group, and you'll be able to click on it to switch quickly between different groups.

The small down arrow that was next to the Bookmarks icon, now moves to being next to the name of the current Tab Group.

Note that even if you've created a hundred Tab Groups, if you're not currently in any of them, no name appears next to the Bookmarks icon. And that small down arrow moves back to it.

How to set up a Tab Group in Safari from scratch

• In Safari, click on the small dropdown arrow next to the Bookmarks icon
• Choose New Empty Tab Group
• Type a name for your new group
• Navigate to any site

To change between different Tab Groups, you can click on a name in the list, or click on the dropdown next to the group name and bookmarks sidebar icon.

How to set up a Tab Group in Safari from all your current tabs

If you didn't regularly have the same tabs open to do your work, you wouldn't have any use for Tab Groups. So the odds are that you've already got open the ones you want.

Close any you don't want to add into a group, or move them to a new window. To move them, press Command-N, drag the new window to one side. Then drag the unwanted tab over to that window.

Click back on the window with the tabs you want to save. Now click on the Bookmarks icon to open the sidebar.

At the very top, there will be a line saying something like 3 Tabs , or however many tabs you have open. Right click on that, and you'll see New Tab Group with 3 Tabs .

When you click on that, those tabs are put into a group and you'll be prompted to name it.

Many ways to set up Tab Groups in Safari

This is one feature where there are a lot of different ways to achieve things, and you'll use all of them. But the first time you use it, the simplest straight line through is to do those steps above.

Then when you've navigated to a site, that site is now in your new Tab Group. Open another tab, navigate somewhere else, and now you've added a second site to the group.

You can keep on navigating, and it will keep on adding. If you open a new tab, and go to a new site, that site will be added to the group — until you close it.

So you don't have to keep thinking about what you're adding, you just need to think about whether to close a tab or not. It's slightly frustrating to realise you've automatically closed a tab because you're being organized, and that's removed it from the group.

Of course, the entire point of all of this is help you be organized and get to what you want faster. So that would be destroyed if you just added every single web page to your group, and it stayed there.

It helps to be a little disciplined, though. Certainly, when you first try this, plan what tabs you're going to include in groups.

How to add just the sites you want to a Tab Group in safari, and not everything

• The first time you create a group, add all the sites you want in it
• Navigate to each one in a new tab, and it's added
• Click on the bookmarks sidebar icon, not the name of the group
• Choose the very top item, which may be called Start Page

If the very top item is not called Start Page , it will be something like 1 Tab , 3 Tabs , or so on. Really it's that Safari has created a group of all the tabs not in a group, and named it after how many there are.

Regardless of what it's called, though, this is still the correct one to click when you know you're done adding to a Tab Group.

How to add one site to a Tab Group in Safari

• Choose a Tab Group from the list, or dropdown menu
• Open a new tab
• Navigate to the site you want

That's now added. You're going to forget which group you've got open, and you're going to add tabs to the wrong one.

But Safari's Tab Groups also come with ways of fixing that, and of managing your Tab Groups.

How to move a site to another Tab Group in Safari

• If you've made a mistake and want a tab in a different group, open that tab
• Then right-click or control-click on its name
• Choose Move to Tab Group
• Select the name of the group you want to move it to

That tab is now in the group you want. There is more you can do here, you can right click on a tab, choose Move to Tab Group , and then instead pick New Tab Group .

This same option is now available in any tab, whether it's already in a group or not. So you have another way to start making groups.

How to see all the tabs in a group at once

The newly redesigned Tabs button is a square icon with four boxes. Clicking on it does exactly what the old Tabs button did, but there is one new thing.

Now that same Tabs button is also present in Tab Groups. Click on the Bookmarks icon to open the sidebar, and then click to select any Tab Group.

As soon as you do, you'll see the new Tabs icon next to that group's name. Click on it, and Safari shows you a large thumbnail of all the tabs in that Tab Group.

From there, you can:

• Click to go into any tab
• Click on the + sign to add a new tab
• Search for a tab

To search, click on the magnifying glass to the top right of all the tab thumbnails. Type a search term, and as you type, Safari will show just those tabs that contain what you're looking for.

Tab Groups are here to stay

They're just bookmarks, but they're fast to open many sites at once. And they are even faster to switch between sets of tabs.

It does take getting used to, but the complexity comes from how many different way there are to add, rearrange, remove and use Tab Groups.

Maybe you do need to think ahead and plan what you'll put in a particular group. But once you've got two groups and you're flying back and forth between them, you know this is how browsing on the Mac is supposed to be done.

Then you'll turn to your iPhone , or iPad , and find that your Tab Groups are automatically there too .

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How to use tab groups in Safari on iPhone and iPad

How to create a new tab group in Safari

• How to rename a tab group in Safari
• How to reorder tab groups in Safari
• How to view all tabs in a tab group in Safari
• How to delete a tab group in Safari

When you're browsing the web on your current iPhone, do you end up with hundreds of tabs open? I mean, did you even know that the limit of tabs you can open is actually capped at 500? I've come about halfway to that, but I know others have reached that outrageous limit thanks to social media. But an iOS 15 feature can help you organize that chaos into something a little more manageable, at least, if you're disciplined enough to keep up with it.

Apple added Safari tab groups in iOS 15 , iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey . With tab groups, you can sort and group together your open tabs, such as websites for work, shopping, entertainment, and more.

Here's how to use tab groups in Safari on the best iPhone and iPad, like the iPhone 13 Pro . And if you're wondering about it for your Mac, here's how to use tab groups in Safari in macOS Monterey .

The moment you launch Safari on iPhone and iPad, you've already created a new tab group by default. Any tabs that you open will go into this default tab group. However, you can create a new group at any time if you so choose.

• Launch Safari on your iPhone or iPad.
• Tap the tab button on the bottom toolbar . It looks like two cascading squares.
• Tap where it says X Tabs ("X" being the number of tabs open in this group), with an arrow pointing down . This will bring up the Tab Groups menu .

• Tap New Empty Tab Group .
• Give your new tab group a name .

Now, any new tab that you open will be in this new tab group until you switch groups. And tab groups are synced across all of your devices via iCloud, so you can pick up easily where you left off across your iPhone, iPad , and Mac.

How to rename a tab group in Safari on iOS and iPadOS 15

If you have multiple tab groups, you'll want to make sure that they are named so you can easily recognize what they are for at a glance. Thankfully, you can rename a tab group at any time.

• Make sure you are in the Tab Groups menu by following steps 1-3 above .

• Long press on a tab group that you have already given a name .
• Select Rename in the contextual popup menu.
• Type in the new name .

How to reorder tab groups in Safari on iOS and iPadOS 15

• Make sure you are in the Tab Groups menu .

• Touch and drag one of your groups into your desired spot on the list.

You should make sure that you are quick to drag it because if you long-press the tab group, it will just bring up the menu to rename or delete it.

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How to view all tabs in a tab group in Safari on iOS and iPadOS 15

When you can't remember all of the tabs that are open in a tab group, you can view everything that is in a certain tab group just by viewing that group.

• While you're on a webpage , tap the tab button on the toolbar .
• To see what other tabs are open in other tab groups, select the tab group you want to view tabs for.
• You'll get to see a thumbnail of each tab in a tab group once it's selected.

How to delete a tab group in Safari on iOS and iPadOS 15

• Select Delete in the contextual popup menu.
• Confirm that you want to delete by tapping Delete .

Deleting a tab group will close out all tabs that are in the tab group. You cannot undo this action.

Tab groups are useful, but for the disciplined

As you can see, tab groups can definitely be helpful if you tend to end up with hundreds of open tabs in Safari over time, thought the feature can be a little hidden for most people. But as useful as the feature is, it's definitely for those who are disicplined enough to keep up with it. As you can tell from the screenshots, I'm a little lazy to maintain the upkeep. iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 brought many changes to Safari, and despite some early controversies, it seems to have quieted down a bit.

Updated May 2022: Added screenshots. These are still the current steps for tab groups in Safari in the latest version of iOS.

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How to manage your tabs in macOS Monterey Safari

No more tab hunting in Safari

With Safari 15 on macOS Monterey , you can now organize your tabs with Tab Groups. For those of us who regularly open up one too many tabs, it can be a bit of a chore finding the one you need. Tab Groups can make your life easier by allowing you to organize specific tabs into neat groups.

Incorporating Tab Groups into your browsing flow helps you find information faster. When you open a Tab Group, you open all the tabs within it - and hide everything else. You can then switch between Tab Groups, if need be. Here’s what you need to know about how to manage Tab Groups in Safari. 

Creating a New Tab Group

There are a few different ways you can create a Tab Group on Safari. Let’s start with the sidebar options:

• Click the down arrow next to the sidebar icon (marked Tab group picker). Then click on ‘New tab group’ with x tabs. You can then enter a name for this Tab Group, and press Return.
• If the sidebar is already open, then you can complete the same process outlined above by clicking on the icon at the top marked ‘New tab group’.

You can also create a new tab group by clicking on File > New Tab Group with x tabs . This will automatically add all your open tabs into that Tab Group.

Finally, you can also create an empty Tab Group. To do this:

• Follow the steps we outlined above, but instead of selecting ‘New Tab Group’, choose ‘New Empty Tab Group’.
• Give your Tab Group a name, then press Return.
• You can then drag the tabs you want from the tab bar into your Tab Group. Alternatively, control-click a tab, select Move to Tab Group, then choose the Tab Group you want to move it to.

Open an Existing Tab Group

Once you’ve created a Tab Group, it’s really simple to open it when you need it. There are two ways to do this:

• In Safari, you can click the down arrow that’s next to the Sidebar button on your toolbar. You can then choose the relevant Tab Group from the dropdown menu.
• Alternatively, if the sidebar is already open, you can choose a Tab Group from there.

It’s worth noting that if you are unsure which Tab Group you need, you can preview thumbnails of what’s in the group. To do this, click the Tab Group in the sidebar, then click the Tab Overview button. This will then present your tabs in an easy-to-view tile format, so you can quickly find what you are looking for.

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Switch Between Tab Groups

If the sidebar menu is closed, then click on the name of your current Tab Group, which you’ll see in the top left corner of the Safari window. If you click on it, you can then select a different Tab Group. There will also be a small down arrow next to your Tab Group name, which serves the same function.

If you need to switch between Tab Groups, this is also very straightforward. If you are using the sidebar, you’ll see all your Tab Groups listed under the Tab Groups header. Simply choose whichever one you wish to switch to by clicking on it. It will open the new Tab Group, and the previously open tabs will be hidden.

Editing Tab Groups

Tab Groups give you plenty of scope to edit, so you don’t need to worry that once you’ve created a group, it can’t be changed. Let’s run through the key things you need to know:

• Rename a Tab Group from the sidebar. Control-click the Tab Group you wish to change, choose Rename, type in a new name, and press Return.
• To rearrange the order in which your Tab Groups appear, again use your sidebar. Simply drag a Tab Group to the position you want it to be.
• If you want to rearrange the order of the tabs within a Tab Group, start by opening the tab group. Then in the tab bar, drag a tab before or after another tab, to put it in the desired spot.
• To delete a tab from a Tab Group, open the Tab Group. Find the tab you wish to delete in the tab bar, and click the Close button on the left side of that tab.
• And finally, if you want to delete a Tab Group altogether, go to your sidebar. Control-click the Tab Group you no longer want, and choose Delete. This will delete all the tabs that were included in that group. So if you want to retain any of them, make sure you move them to another Tab Group first.

Sync to Other Devices

If you are signed in with the same Apple ID to any other device - be it an iPad, iPhone, or Mac - then Tab Groups from your Mac will be shared with your other devices automatically. The same principle applies in reverse, so any Tab Groups you create on your iPhone for example, will be shared with your Mac.

You can also send the links in a Tab Group to others, simply by dragging the Tab Group from the sidebar of Safari and dropping it into a mail message. If you control-click the Tab Group, you can copy the links from your Tab Group, and then paste them into another app, such as a Notes or Pages document. It will automatically include the name of the Tab Group, followed by the list of links.

That’s everything you need to know about how to manage Tab Groups in Safari in macOS Monterey. It’s a great tool for keeping your tabs under control, instead of endlessly searching for what you need.

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Ever been in a situation where you’re working on multiple assignments simultaneously and keeping track of all the open tabs gets out of hand? It happens more often than you think, and most of us have difficulty keeping track of all the open tabs. The solution to this problem is to organize these tabs. You can do so by creating Tab Groups in Safari.

If you’re unaware of the method to group tabs in Safari, don’t worry, I’ve got you covered. Read along and learn how to group tabs and more tips and tricks for the same.

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If you’re just getting started with your work, I recommend you create an empty Tab Group. However, you can also create a Tab Group that will store all the open websites in one Tab Group. Mentioned below are steps both for creating an empty Tab Group and also creating a Tab Group by selecting all the active tabs.

Create an Empty Tab Group

• Open Safari on Mac.

• Select the New Empty Tab Group option.

And, Done. You’ve just created a new Empty Tab Group. You can create multiple such Tab Groups to streamline your work.  

Create Tab Groups of all active tabs

• Open Safari on Mac. 
• Select the New Tab Group with 4 Tabs option. 

And, Done. All your active tabs have been moved to a single Tab Group. If you’d like to send one tab to another Tab Group, read along.

Moving tabs from one Tab Group to another is as easy as ABC. Just follow the steps mentioned below, and I’m certain none of you will have any trouble moving an active tab from one Tab Group to another.

• Right Click/ Control-Click the tab you want to move to another Tab Group.
• Select the Move to Tab Group option.

And, Done. You’ve sent the active tab to be a part of another Tab Group. You can head to the Tab Group and continue your work there.  

So, you’ve just created Tab Groups but have no idea where to access all the created Tab Groups from? I’ve got you covered. Read along.  

There are two methods to Open Tab Groups. With the latter method, you can not only access the Tab Groups but also copy links, rearrange, rename, delete, etc., Tab Group.  

Method 1:  

• Click on the small dropdown icon at the top left corner of your screen just beside the Toolbar icon. The dropdown menu will have all the Tab Groups you’ve created.

Method 2: 

• Click on the Toolbar icon located beside the window control buttons.
• Under Tab Groups , you can find all the Tab Groups you created.
• Right Click/ Control-Click the Tab Group to rename or delete the Tab Group, or you can also copy links of tabs in the Tab Group.

All the tabs open on your Mac in Safari will sync across all your Apple devices like the iPhone, iPad, etc. To enable syncing of tabs across all your devices, follow the steps mentioned below,  

• Ensure you’ve signed in to all your Apple devices with the same Apple ID.  
• Turn on Safari in iCloud Preferences.
• Also, enable two-factor authentication on all your Apple devices.

Click the Toolbar icon → Right-click/ Control-click the Tab Group → Click Rename → Done.  

Click the Toolbar icon → Right-click/ Control-click Delete → Done.  

Click the Toolbar icon → Right-click/ Control-click Copy Links → Done. (A list consisting of all the links of the tabs in the group will be copied to your clipboard) 

And that’s all you need to create and navigate through Tab Groups in Safari. With iOS 16, you can now share Safari website settings from an iPhone to other Apple devices. If you have any other doubts regarding Tab Groups in Safari on Mac, leave a comment below, and I’ll try my best to help you find a solution.

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• To get going, launch the Safari app on your Mac.

2. Now, click the tiny downward arrow located next to the Sidebar icon at the top left corner of the screen.

Rename a Safari Tab Group in macOS Monterey

• Open Safari on your Mac.

4. Next up, enter a suitable name for your tab group in Safari on macOS Monterey.

Rearrange Tab Groups in Safari on macOS Monterey

• On your Mac, open Safari and click the Sidebar icon that appears at the top left corner of the screen.

Rearrange Tabs in a Safari Tab Group on macOS Monterey

• Open Safari on your Mac. After that, click and hold a tab and then drag it to the desired spot in the tab group.

2. There is also an option to arrange tabs by title and website. To do so, right-click on a tab and then choose the “ Arrange Tabs By ” option from the context menu. After that, select Title or Website .

View All Tabs of a Safari Tab Group in a Grid on macOS Monterey

• Open Safari on your macOS device and click on the Sidebar icon to access the tab groups.

Note : Alternately, you can right-click on a tab group and select “ Show Tab Overview ” for the grid view in Safari.

Move Tabs from One Safari Tab Group to Another on Mac

• Open Safari on your Mac and right-click on the tab that you want to move to another tab group. After that, select the “ Move to Tab Group ” option.

Close Tabs of a Tab Group in Safari on macOS Monterey

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• Launch Safari on your Mac and then click on the Sidebar icon to bring up all of your personal tab groups.

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How to Use Shared Tab Groups in Safari

Planning a trip or buying furniture and need to share a lot of links back and forth? Use the new shared tab groups feature in Safari instead.

Apple introduced major updates to Messages this year in iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura. Features like Edit or Undo sent messages and SharePlay in Messages have blown up.

But one feature that has gone rather under the radar is Collaboration using the Messages app. The new OS updates make collaborating in various apps like Keynote, Notes, Pages, Numbers, Finder, Reminders, etc. extremely easy. One of the key apps that Collaboration has come to is Safari.

Collaboration in Safari builds upon a feature introduced last year that became an instant hit – Tab Groups. Safari now lets you share these grouped tabs with your friends, family, colleagues, etc., and collaborate on them. Let’s decipher what it all means and how you can use it.

What are Shared Tab Groups in Safari?

Before diving into what Shared Tab Groups mean, let’s have a crash course on Tab Groups to jog your memory if you haven’t been using them prominently until now. Introduced in iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey, tab groups do exactly what it sounds like.

The feature allows you to group certain tabs together so you can manage the clutter of open tabs in Safari. Simply put, using these groups, you can manage different tabs, say work and personal, and put them in neat, little boxes, metaphorically speaking.

So, instead of managing different open tabs in different windows of Safari – which isn’t even an option on the iPhone – you can organize them in different groups. Switching between these tabs is then a matter of clicking a tab group.

Now, with iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura, you can even share these tab groups with other people. You know how sometimes when you’re planning a vacation with friends, remodeling your home, or shopping for furniture with your partner, you’re always sharing links back and forth? Shared Tab Groups save that hassle of always having to send links.

You can simply add the link to the tab group you’re sharing with someone, and they can easily check it out. And if they come across a link that they’d like to share with you? They can do the same – add it to the tab group you shared with them. They can also remove a tab from the group.

The shared tab groups will sync across your Apple devices using the same Apple ID.

Using the latest collaboration controls, you can also chat in messages or start a FaceTime call right in Safari. And if someone adds something to the tab group, you’ll get updates in the Messages app, as well.

You also get live updates and see which tabs the other people are looking at. Let’s dive right in and see how to use it.

How to Share a Tab Group?

You can share a tab group from either your iPhone using iOS 16 or Mac using macOS Ventura. And the people you’re sharing the tab group with also need to be on the latest iOS or macOS version on their Apple devices to be able to join.

Sharing a Tab Group from iPhone

On your iPhone, open Safari. Then, tap the ‘Tabs’ icon from the bottom-right corner of the screen.

The tabs will open in a grid view. Tap the downward arrow next to ‘N Tabs’ from the toolbar.

From the overlay menu that appears, tap the tab group you want to share to open it.

If you don’t know how to create a tab group, you can check out our dedicated article on the same.

When the tab group is in the grid view, tap the ‘Share’ icon in the top-right corner of the screen.

The Share Sheet will open. You’ll see that it has the option ‘Collaborate’ written there. And unlike other apps like Notes, where you can switch to ‘Send a Copy’, that option isn’t available here. Also, Messages is the only app available in the Share Sheet for shared tab groups. Select ‘Messages’ from the Share Sheet to share the invitation to the tab group.

The ‘New Message’ screen will open in an overlay window and the invitation to collaborate on the tab group will load in the message box. Enter the name of the recipient(s) you want to invite in the ‘To:’ field and tap the ‘Send’ button to send the invitation.

To view the collaboration pop-up, tap the ‘Collaboration’ icon in the top-right corner when the tabs are in the grid view.

Sharing a Tab Group from Mac

The process for sharing a tab group is the same for the Mac. The only difference is in how you access the tab group.

Open Safari on your Mac, and click the ‘Sidebar button’ from the left of the address bar if it isn’t already open.

Then, click the tab group you want to share.

Click the ‘Share’ icon at the right of the address bar.

From the pop-up menu, either click the conversation from Siri suggestions if it is available there or click the ‘Messages’ icon to share the tab group.

The Messages app will open and the invitation for the tab group will automatically load in the message box. Enter the names of the contacts in the ‘To:’ field and send the message to begin the collaboration.

You can view the collaboration pop-over from the ‘Collaboration’ icon in the right corner of the address bar.

Using the Shared Tab Groups

Once you’ve sent the invitation using Messages, the collaboration will kick off immediately at your end. When the other person taps the invite, you’ll get a notification telling you that they joined.

Using the shared tab groups is then a walk in the park. All collaboration controls will be available from the collaboration pop-over. You can see the tab(s) other participants are currently viewing as their contact photo will appear on the tab they’re viewing.

All of you can add and remove tabs from the shared tab group as you would normally do from a tab group.

You can also start a chat or FaceTime call in Safari. Open the Collaboration pop-over and click the ‘Message’ icon to chat while viewing the tabs. Messages will open in an overlay window over Safari so it’s easy to get back to Safari after you’re done chatting. To start a FaceTime call, click the ‘Audio’ or ‘Video’ options. You can also share your screen in the FaceTime video call to collaborate more closely on the shared tabs.

To manage access for the shared tab group, like removing someone, or stop sharing it altogether, click the option for ‘Manage Shared Tab Group’ from the collaboration pop-over.

Shared tab groups are a fresh breath of air and something that utilizes the potential of tab groups. You’ll do well to note that you can only share tab groups for collaboration. If you go on to share a simple tab, it’ll send that person the link the old-fashioned way.

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• iPad (6th generation)
• iPad (7th generation)
• iPad (8th generation)
• iPad (9th generation)
• iPad (10th generation)
• iPad Air (3rd generation)
• iPad Air (4th generation)
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• iPad Pro 10.5-inch
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• iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation)
• iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation)
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• iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation)
• iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation)
• iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation)
• iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation)
• iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation)
• Setup basics
• Make your iPad your own
• Keep in touch with friends and family
• Customize your workspace
• Do more with Apple Pencil
• Customize iPad for your child
• What’s new in iPadOS 17
• Turn on and set up iPad
• Wake and unlock
• Set up cellular service
• Connect to the internet
• Sign in with Apple ID
• Subscribe to iCloud+
• Find settings
• Set up mail, contacts, and calendar accounts
• Learn the meaning of the status icons
• Charge the battery
• Show the battery percentage
• Check battery usage
• Use Low Power Mode to save battery life
• Read and bookmark the user guide
• Learn basic gestures
• Learn advanced gestures
• Adjust the volume
• Find your apps in App Library
• Switch between apps
• Zoom an app to fill the screen
• Quit and reopen an app
• Drag and drop
• Open two items in Split View
• Switch an app window to Slide Over
• View an app’s windows and workspaces
• Multitask with Picture in Picture
• Move, resize, and organize windows
• Access features from the Lock Screen
• Perform quick actions
• Search on iPad
• Get information about your iPad
• View or change cellular data settings
• Travel with iPad
• Change or turn off sounds
• Create a custom Lock Screen
• Change the wallpaper
• Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
• Customize the text size and zoom setting
• Change the name of your iPad
• Change the date and time
• Change the language and region
• Organize your apps in folders
• Add, edit, and remove widgets
• Move apps and widgets on the Home Screen
• Remove apps
• Use and customize Control Center
• Change or lock the screen orientation
• View and respond to notifications
• Change notification settings
• Set up a focus
• Allow or silence notifications for a Focus
• Turn a Focus on or off
• Customize sharing options
• Type with the onscreen keyboard
• Dictate text
• Move the onscreen keyboard
• Select and edit text
• Use predictive text
• Use text replacements
• Add or change keyboards
• Add emoji and stickers
• Take a screenshot
• Take a screen recording
• Write and draw in documents
• Add text, shapes, signatures, and more
• Fill out forms and sign documents
• Use Live Text to interact with content in a photo or video
• Use Visual Look Up to identify objects in your photos and videos
• Lift a subject from the photo background
• Subscribe to Apple Arcade
• Play with friends in Game Center
• Connect a game controller
• Use App Clips
• Update apps
• View or cancel subscriptions
• Manage purchases, settings, and restrictions
• Install and manage fonts
• Buy books and audiobooks
• Annotate books
• Access books on other Apple devices
• Listen to audiobooks
• Set reading goals
• Organize books
• Create and edit events in Calendar
• Send invitations
• Reply to invitations
• Change how you view events
• Search for events
• Change calendar and event settings
• Schedule or display events in a different time zone
• Keep track of events
• Use multiple calendars
• Use the Holidays calendar
• Share iCloud calendars
• Take photos
• Take a selfie
• Take a Portrait mode selfie
• Take videos
• Change advanced camera settings
• Adjust HDR camera settings
• View, share, and print photos
• Use Live Text
• Scan a QR code
• See the world clock
• Set an alarm
• Use the stopwatch
• Use multiple timers
• Add and use contact information
• Edit contacts
• Add your contact info
• Send Contacts on iPad
• Use other contact accounts
• Hide duplicate contacts
• Export contacts
• Get started with FaceTime
• Make FaceTime calls
• Receive FaceTime calls
• Create a FaceTime link
• Take a Live Photo
• Turn on Live Captions
• Use other apps during a call
• Make a Group FaceTime call
• View participants in a grid
• Use SharePlay to watch, listen, and play together
• Share your screen in a FaceTime call
• Collaborate on a document in a FaceTime call
• Use video conferencing features
• Hand off a FaceTime call to another Apple device
• Change the FaceTime video settings
• Change the FaceTime audio settings
• Change your appearance
• Leave a call or switch to Messages
• Block unwanted callers
• Report a call as spam
• Connect external devices or servers
• Modify files, folders, and downloads
• Search for files and folders
• Organize files and folders
• Set up iCloud Drive
• Share files and folders in iCloud Drive
• Share your location
• Add or remove a friend
• Locate a friend
• Get notified when friends change their location
• Notify a friend when your location changes
• Add your iPad
• Get notified if you leave a device behind
• Locate a device
• Mark a device as lost
• Erase a device
• Remove a device
• Add an AirTag
• Share an AirTag or other item in Find My on iPad
• Add a third-party item
• Get notified if you leave an item behind
• Locate an item
• Mark an item as lost
• Remove an item
• Adjust map settings
• Get started with Freeform
• Create a Freeform board
• Draw or handwrite
• Apply consistent styles
• Position items on a board
• Search Freeform boards
• Share and collaborate
• Delete and recover boards
• Get started with Health
• Fill out your Health Details
• Intro to Health data
• View your health data
• Share your health data
• View health data shared by others
• Download health records
• View health records
• Log menstrual cycle information
• View menstrual cycle predictions and history
• Track your medications
• Learn more about your medications
• Log your state of mind
• Take a mental health assessment
• Customize your Sleep Focus
• Turn Sleep Focus on or off
• View your sleep history
• Check your headphone audio levels
• Use audiogram data
• Back up your Health data
• Intro to Home
• Upgrade to the new Home architecture
• Set up accessories
• Control accessories
• Control your home using Siri
• Use Grid Forecast to plan your energy usage
• Set up HomePod
• Control your home remotely
• Create and use scenes
• Use automations
• Set up security cameras
• Use Face Recognition
• Configure a router
• Invite others to control accessories
• Add more homes
• Get music, movies, and TV shows
• Get ringtones
• Manage purchases and settings
• Magnify nearby objects
• Change settings
• Detect people around you
• Detect doors around you
• Receive image descriptions of your surroundings
• Read aloud text and labels around you
• Set up shortcuts for Detection Mode
• Add and remove email accounts
• Set up a custom email domain
• Check your email
• Unsend email with Undo send
• Reply to and forward emails
• Save an email draft
• Add email attachments
• Download email attachments
• Annotate email attachments
• Set email notifications
• Search for email
• Organize your email in mailboxes
• Flag or block emails
• Filter emails
• Use Hide My Email
• Use Mail Privacy Protection
• Change email settings
• Delete and recover emails
• Add a Mail widget to your Home Screen
• Print emails
• Use keyboard shortcuts
• Get travel directions
• Select other route options
• Find stops along your route
• View a route overview or a list of turns
• Change settings for spoken directions
• Get driving directions
• Report traffic incidents
• Get cycling directions
• Get walking directions
• Get transit directions
• Delete recent directions
• Get traffic and weather info
• Predict travel time and ETA
• Download offline maps
• Search for places
• Find nearby attractions, restaurants, and services
• Get information about places
• Mark places
• Share places
• Rate places
• Save favorite places
• Explore new places with Guides
• Organize places in My Guides
• Delete significant locations
• Look around places
• Take Flyover tours
• Find your Maps settings
• Measure dimensions
• View and save measurements
• Measure a person’s height
• Set up Messages
• About iMessage
• Send and reply to messages
• Unsend and edit messages
• Keep track of messages
• Forward and share messages
• Group conversations
• Watch, listen, or play together using SharePlay
• Collaborate on projects
• Use iMessage apps
• Take and edit photos or videos
• Share photos, links, and more
• Send stickers
• Request, send, and receive payments
• Send and receive audio messages
• Animate messages
• Change notifications
• Block, filter, and report messages
• Delete messages and attachments
• Recover deleted messages
• View albums, playlists, and more
• Show song credits and lyrics
• Queue up your music
• Listen to broadcast radio
• Subscribe to Apple Music
• Listen to lossless music
• Listen to Dolby Atmos music
• Apple Music Sing
• Find new music
• Add music and listen offline
• Get personalized recommendations
• Listen to radio
• Search for music
• Create playlists
• See what your friends are listening to
• Use Siri to play music
• Change the way music sounds
• Get started with News
• Use News widgets
• See news stories chosen just for you
• Read stories
• Follow your favorite teams with My Sports
• Subscribe to Apple News+
• Browse and read Apple News+ stories and issues
• Download Apple News+ issues
• Solve crossword puzzles
• Search for news stories
• Save stories in News for later
• Subscribe to individual news channels
• Get started with Notes
• Add or remove accounts
• Create and format notes
• Draw or write
• Add photos, videos, and more
• Scan text and documents
• Work with PDFs
• Create Quick Notes
• Search notes
• Organize in folders
• Organize with tags
• Use Smart Folders
• Export or print notes
• Change Notes settings
• Delete, share, or copy a photo
• View and edit Photo Booth photos in the Photos app
• View photos and videos
• Play videos and slideshows
• Delete or hide photos and videos
• Edit photos and videos
• Trim video length and adjust slow motion
• Edit Live Photos
• Edit Cinematic videos
• Edit portraits
• Use photo albums
• Edit, share, and organize albums
• Filter and sort photos and videos in albums
• Make stickers from your photos
• Duplicate and copy photos and videos
• Merge duplicate photos
• Search for photos
• Identify people and pets
• Browse photos by location
• Share photos and videos
• Share long videos
• View photos and videos shared with you
• Watch memories
• Personalize your memories
• Manage memories and featured photos
• Use iCloud Photos
• Create shared albums
• Add and remove people in a shared album
• Add and delete photos and videos in a shared album
• Set up or join an iCloud Shared Photo Library
• Add content to an iCloud Shared Photo Library
• Use iCloud Shared Photo Library
• Import and export photos and videos
• Print photos
• Find podcasts
• Listen to podcasts
• Follow your favorite podcasts
• Use the Podcasts widget
• Organize your podcast library
• Download, save, and share podcasts
• Subscribe to podcasts
• Listen to subscriber-only content
• Change download settings
• Make a grocery list
• Add items to a list
• Edit and manage a list
• Search and organize lists
• Work with templates
• Use Smart Lists
• Print reminders
• Use the Reminders widget
• Change Reminders settings
• Browse the web
• Search for websites
• Customize your Safari settings
• Change the layout
• Use Safari profiles
• Open and close tabs
• Organize your tabs with Tab Groups
• View your tabs from another device
• Share Tab Groups
• Use Siri to listen to a webpage
• Bookmark a website
• Bookmark a website as a favorite
• Save pages to a Reading List
• Find links shared with you
• Annotate and save a webpage as a PDF
• Automatically fill in forms
• Get extensions
• Hide ads and distractions
• Clear your cache
• Browse the web privately
• Use passkeys in Safari
• Check stocks
• Manage multiple watchlists
• Read business news
• Add earnings reports to your calendar
• Use a Stocks widget
• Translate text, voice, and conversations
• Translate text in apps
• Translate with the camera view
• Subscribe to Apple TV+, MLS Season Pass, or an Apple TV channel
• Add your TV provider
• Get shows, movies, and more
• Watch sports
• Watch Major League Soccer with MLS Season Pass
• Watch multiple live sports streams
• Control playback
• Manage your library
• Change the settings
• Make a recording
• Play it back
• Edit or delete a recording
• Keep recordings up to date
• Organize recordings
• Search for or rename a recording
• Share a recording
• Duplicate a recording
• Check the weather
• Check the weather in other locations
• View weather maps
• Manage weather notifications
• Use Weather widgets
• Learn the weather icons
• Find out what Siri can do
• Tell Siri about yourself
• Have Siri announce calls and notifications
• Add Siri Shortcuts
• About Siri Suggestions
• Change Siri settings
• Set up Family Sharing
• Add Family Sharing members
• Remove Family Sharing members
• Share subscriptions
• Share purchases
• Share locations with family and locate lost devices
• Set up Apple Cash Family and Apple Card Family
• Set up parental controls
• Set up a child’s device
• Get started with Screen Time
• Protect your vision health with Screen Distance
• Set up Screen Time for yourself
• Set communication and safety limits and block inappropriate content
• Set up Screen Time for a family member
• Set up Apple Pay
• Use Apple Pay in apps and on the web
• Track your orders
• Use Apple Cash
• Use Apple Card
• Use Savings
• Manage payment cards and activity
• Power adapter and charge cable
• Use AirPods
• Use EarPods
• Use headphone audio-level features
• Apple Pencil compatibility
• Pair and charge Apple Pencil (1st generation)
• Pair and charge Apple Pencil (2nd generation)
• Pair and charge Apple Pencil (USB-C)
• Enter text with Scribble
• Draw with Apple Pencil
• Take and mark up a screenshot with Apple Pencil
• Quickly write notes
• Preview tools and controls with Apple Pencil hover
• Wirelessly stream videos and photos to Apple TV or a smart TV
• Connect to a display with a cable
• HomePod and other wireless speakers
• iPad keyboards
• Switch between keyboards
• Enter characters with diacritical marks
• Use shortcuts
• Choose an alternative keyboard layout
• Change typing assistance options
• Connect Magic Trackpad
• Trackpad gestures
• Change trackpad settings
• Connect a mouse
• Mouse actions and gestures
• Change mouse settings
• External storage devices
• Bluetooth accessories
• Apple Watch with Fitness+
• Share your internet connection
• Make and receive phone calls
• Use iPad as a second display for Mac
• Use iPad as a webcam
• Use a keyboard and mouse or trackpad across your Mac and iPad
• Hand off tasks between devices
• Cut, copy, and paste between iPad and other devices
• Stream video or mirror the screen of your iPad
• Use AirDrop to send items
• Connect iPad and your computer with a cable
• Transfer files between devices
• Transfer files with email, messages, or AirDrop
• Transfer files or sync content with the Finder or iTunes
• Automatically keep files up to date with iCloud
• Use an external storage device, a file server, or a cloud storage service
• Get started with accessibility features
• Turn on accessibility features for setup
• Change Siri accessibility settings
• Open features with Accessibility Shortcut
• Enlarge text by hovering
• Change color and brightness
• Make text easier to read
• Reduce onscreen motion
• Customize per-app visual settings
• Hear what’s on the screen or typed
• Hear audio descriptions
• Turn on and practice VoiceOver
• Change your VoiceOver settings
• Use VoiceOver gestures
• Operate iPad when VoiceOver is on
• Control VoiceOver using the rotor
• Use the onscreen keyboard
• Write with your finger
• Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
• Use a braille display
• Type braille on the screen
• Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
• Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
• Use VoiceOver for images and videos
• Use VoiceOver in apps
• Use AssistiveTouch
• Use an eye-tracking device
• Adjust how iPad responds to your touch
• Auto-answer calls
• Change Face ID and attention settings
• Use Voice Control
• Adjust the top or Home button
• Use Apple TV Remote buttons
• Adjust pointer settings
• Adjust keyboard settings
• Adjust AirPods settings
• Adjust Apple Pencil settings
• Control a nearby Apple device
• Intro to Switch Control
• Set up and turn on Switch Control
• Select items, perform actions, and more
• Control several devices with one switch
• Use hearing devices
• Use Live Listen
• Use sound recognition
• Set up and use RTT
• Flash the LED for alerts
• Adjust audio settings
• Play background sounds
• Display subtitles and captions
• Show transcriptions for Intercom messages
• Get Live Captions (beta)
• Type to speak
• Record a Personal Voice
• Use Guided Access
• Use built-in privacy and security protections
• Set a passcode
• Set up Face ID
• Set up Touch ID
• Control access to information on the Lock Screen
• Keep your Apple ID secure
• Use passkeys to sign in to apps and websites
• Sign in with Apple
• Share passwords
• Automatically fill in strong passwords
• Change weak or compromised passwords
• View your passwords and related information
• Share passkeys and passwords securely with AirDrop
• Make your passkeys and passwords available on all your devices
• Automatically fill in verification codes
• Sign in with fewer CAPTCHA challenges
• Two-factor authentication
• Use security keys
• Control app tracking permissions
• Control the location information you share
• Control access to information in apps
• Control how Apple delivers advertising to you
• Control access to hardware features
• Create and manage Hide My Email addresses
• Protect your web browsing with iCloud Private Relay
• Use a private network address
• Use Advanced Data Protection
• Use Lockdown Mode
• Receive warnings about sensitive content
• Use Contact Key Verification
• Turn iPad on or off
• Force restart iPad
• Update iPadOS
• Back up iPad
• Return iPad settings to their defaults
• Restore all content from a backup
• Restore purchased and deleted items
• Sell, give away, or trade in your iPad
• Install or remove configuration profiles
• Important safety information
• Important handling information
• Find more resources for software and service
• FCC compliance statement
• ISED Canada compliance statement
• Apple and the environment
• Class 1 Laser information
• Disposal and recycling information
• Unauthorized modification of iPadOS
• ENERGY STAR compliance statement

Organize your tabs with Tab Groups in Safari on iPad

Create a new Tab Group

Tap New Empty Tab Group, enter a name, then tap Save.

Rename a Tab Group

Tap Rename.

Reorder tabs in a Tab Group

Touch and hold any tab.

In the menu that appears, tap Arrange Tabs By, then choose an option.

Or touch and hold the tab, then drag it where you want it.

Pin a tab at the front of a Tab Group

You can customize your Tab Groups with pinned tabs in each group. The pinned tab stays pinned to the left side of the tab bar.

Touch and hold the tab you want to pin.

In the menu that appears, tap Pin Tab.

To unpin the tab, touch and hold it, then tap Unpin Tab.

Move a tab to another Tab Group

Touch and hold in the tab bar, then tap Move to Tab Group.

Choose one of the Tab Groups you created previously, or tap New Tab Group create a new one.

How to Group Tabs in Chrome, Edge, Safari, and Firefox

Quick links, how to group tabs in google chrome, how to group tabs in edge, how to group tabs in firefox, how to group tabs in safari.

• Group tabs in Chrome by right-clicking any tab, selecting Add tab to new group , and naming/color-coding it for easy management.
• Edge allows tab grouping by right-clicking a tab or using the Tab actions menu for suggested groups.
• Firefox lacks built-in tab grouping, but the Simple Tab Groups add-on helps create, hide, and manage tab groups efficiently.
• Safari keeps it simple with a dropdown menu, followed by creating a new group.

If you're a tab hoarder, tab groups are the best way to organize your browsing experience, so it's time to learn how to group tabs in the most popular browsers: Chrome, Safari, Edge, and Firefox.

Grouping tabs in Google Chrome is quite easy. To do so, right-click on any tab you want to add to a tab group. Select Add tab to new group and then name and color code your tab group. This helps you manage tab groups when you have multiple groups open.

To add more tabs to an existing group, drag and drop them near the tab group. Alternatively, right-click the tab you want to add to the group, click on Add tab to group , hover your mouse over it, and select the tab group where you want to add it.

If you use the same set of tabs frequently (perhaps for work), you can save the tab group in Chrome by right-clicking the tab group name in the tab bar and turning Save group on. Essentially, it is a bookmark of different tabs that you can access with a single click, and the saved tab group appears on your bookmark bar.

Like Chrome, Edge also lets you group tabs by right-clicking any tab and selecting Add tab to new group . In the same way, you can drag and drop tabs (once you've created a group) to add or remove them from the group.

However, Edge also offers another simpler way to group tabs. Click on the Tab actions menu icon (in the top-left corner) and select Organize Tabs . Edge then shows suggested tab groups, giving each of them a suitable name. If you need to change the tab groups, you can drag them into/out of the group. Then, click Group tabs , and voilà, your tabs are organized.

If you can't see the Tab actions menu, go to edge://settings/appearance, scroll down to Customize Toolbar, and turn on the Show tab actions menu .

Unfortunately, Firefox does not have a built-in feature for grouping tabs, so you'll have to resort to add-ons to manage multiple tabs in Firefox . Though there are several add-ons you can try, Simple Tab Groups is quite a popular and handy one.

Download: Simple Tab Groups for Firefox (Free)

Once you've downloaded the add-on, right-click any tab, select Move tab to the group , and then Create new group . Name the tab group and move all related tabs to the group.

Simple Tab Groups hides the grouped tabs from your window to declutter the screen. To access tab groups, click the extension icon and select Simple Tab Groups . From here, you can create new tab groups or click any existing tab group to open it. Right-clicking the group name shows more options, like discarding, exporting, or opening tabs in a new window.

You can also create a new group by clicking the extension icon , selecting Simple Tab Groups , and choosing Create new group .

Pin the extension to the toolbar to open tab groups quickly.

To create a tab group in Safari , follow these steps.

• Click the down icon (next to the sidebar icon) and select New Empty Tab Group if you don't want to add any tab to the group for now.
• If you already have tabs open, you can select New Tab Group with X Tabs to add all the open tabs to the newly-created group.
• Once you've created a tab group, Safari lets you rename it to your liking.
• You can also access the option to create a tab group by clicking on File .

Once you've organized all the tabs into groups, click the down arrow (beside the sidebar icon) to see all the different tab groups and select the one you want to open.

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How to Create & Use Tab Groups in Safari (Sonoma, iOS 17)

Have any Questions about Safari Tab Groups on Mac & iPhone? Like, Create a New Tab Groups , Switch Between Tab Groups , Copy Tab Groups Liks & Save, Rename or Delete Tab Groups on Mac & iPhone [Access tab groups anywhere] Feature. Follow this tutorial on how to manage and use Tab Groups in MacOS and iOS.

Once again, Apple’s Safari received a huge update since macOS and recent relesed iOS, the next major update for Apple users. Not to mention, Safari is light compared to other web browsers, especially for Apple folks; it doesn’t consume excessive processor and memory, and as a result, the system runs flawlessly. Continuing the performance, Apple introduced several more features to Safari to reduce the clutter of Tabs, maintain Privacy while surfing, Safari user interface changes, and much more.

IN THIS ARTICLE

It’ll take much more digging to get familiar with changes and apply them to personalize the Safari browser. Today, we’ll start with one of the greatest add-ons, which is creating Group Tabs on Safari iPhone, MacBook, and Mac.

Guide to Take Advantage of Safari Tab Groups

What is tab groups in safari.

The name itself suggests what Group Tabs means. It’s never easy to open more than 15-20 Tabs in Safari Window and organize them appropriately. To overcome this problem, Apple has added a Tab Groups feature allowing you to group the number of tabs in a single Group.

For instance, if you’re exploring blogs about Cooking, and after searching the whole internet, you’ve got a few blogs to follow. In that case, you can create a separate Tab Group with any name, like Cooking Blogs and add all those cooking-related websites into a single group. That will make navigating easy the next time you come looking for new recipes.

You can create multiple Tab Groups in Safari App on Mac, viewing, deleting, and more.

1. Create a Tab Groups in Safari

Step 1: Open the websites into multiple  Tabs  for which you wish to create a new Group.

Step 2: Click on the Side Bar icon > Right-click on N Tabs > Select ‘ New Tab Group with 3 Tabs ‘.

Step 3: Give a Tab name to Save into Tab Groups.

Here, we can rename before saving as well.

Likewise, you can open multiple tabs and create Tab Groups in Safari. Let’s see how to Rename Group Tabs in Safari.

 2. Delete Tabs Group in Safari

Anytime the Safari Group Tabs can be removed from the app. Here’s how.

Step 1: Open the  Safari  App. Step 2: Select the  tiny box (Sidebar) icon.

Step 3: Find the  Group Tab  that you want to delete. Step 4: Right-click on the Group Tab .

Step 5: Select  Delete . If you are unable to Create a Tab group on Safari Mac browser because of stuck somethings, Then Try after deleting all Tabs, or Reset Safari on Mac to Default .

3. Quickly Show and Hide Tab Groups In Safari

here’s the sidebar pane icon to see and hide anytime we want to access Created Tab Groups, Received Links [Shared with you], Collected Links [Bookmarks, Reading List].

Open the safari Browser and Click on Side Panel window to See and Hide from the Left side of the window.

That’s it.

4. Switch Between Tab Groups in Safari Mac

Suppose you saved Too many Group Tabs according to Scholle, Office, Social, or many other categories. Then you can switch Between Those Group Tab from the Safari Top Switching tool.

Open Safari on Mac and Click on the Down arrow to see the list of all Tab Groups name, Choose your Group Tabs and open it. If you wish to move into another Tab Groups then Again click on Tab Groups name and Switch Quickly and Easily .

If you are not comfortable with such Tab Groups then Rename according to easily understand.

5. Rename Tab Groups in Safari

Again there should be no chaos between the Group Tabs; if you’re going to create more Group Tabs, then renaming it is necessary to identify them.

Step 1: Open  Safari  App. Step 2: Click on a  small boxed icon  as shown in the picture.

Step 3: Locate the  Tab Group  that you want to rename under Tab Group. Right-click on the  Group Tabs . Select  Rename .

6. View All Tabs in Preview in Safari

You can also see the Preview of Tabs to find the website instead of visiting each website. Here’s how.

Step 1: Go to the  Safari  browser on your Mac. Step 2: When you  click on the small box   icon , it will take you to the list of Group Tabs you’ve created.

When selecting the Tab Group, again, a box icon will appear; click on it to see the Preview on the main screen.

7. Copy Safari Tab Groups on Mac

If you are looking for Copy all URLs Saved in Tab Groups. and Want to Share with Others or Save on Notes, in Reminders for any Purpose. then you can do it, here are the steps.

• Open Tab Groups from the Sidebar of Safari on Mac. Click on the Show Sidebar icon .
• Right Click on Tab Groups name and Choose Copy Links .

• Now, Paste it on your Notes or Share URLs with Others.

8. Other Settings

Also, we can Delete Tab, Move and Arrange Tabs from Group , By Right-click on Tab in Safari Browser, and See the option for Close Tab, Move to Tab Group > Select Another Group and move, Arrange Tabs by Title and Website.

9. Change Tab Layout On Mac

Change Tab Layout of Safari on Mac from Compact and Separate. Move to Old Safari Tab layout on Safari in MacOS Update. Follow the below steps to change Tab Layout on Safari Mac.

Step 1: Open Safari On Mac. From the top mac menu Safari > Preferences.

Step 2: Under the “Tabs” Tab > Select Tab Layout and See the Preview of Tab Layout.

Step 3: That’s it.

Manage Tab Groups in Safari on iPhone

Like Mac Safari Browser, we can also manage Tab Groups on iPhone Safari. Creating New Tab Groups is easy on your iOS and iPadOS device. Also, we can Rename, Delete Tab Groups from Safari Browser. Follow this tutorial for Manage Safari Groups Tab settings.

1. Create a New Tab Groups in Safari on iPhone

Step 1: Open the Safari Browser on your iPhone. Also, you have opened multiple Tabs or Windows on your Safari Browser and Want to save into one Tab Group to Quickly open it next time or On your other apple device. Tap on the Multiple Tab Preview Option.

Step 2: Tap on Number of Tabs, Scroll the option, and Tap on New Tab Group from Tabs.

Step 3: Give Tab Groups name and Click on OK to save. Tap on Done to Save.

Next, Your Created Tab Groups are Saved on your Browser and can be accessible on your other Apple device that’s signed in with the same Apple ID. let’s see how to re-open Tab Groups on iPhone Safari.

2. Open & Quickly Switch Tab Groups in Safari on iPhone

Step 1: Open Safari Browser on iPhone. Tap on the Multi Windows icon .

Step 2: Tap on Group name . to see other saved Groups.

Step 3: Here’s the list of all Saved Tab Group . Tap on the name to open.

That’s it. Next is How we can Rename or Delete Created Tab Group on Safari iPhone, iPad.

3. Rename or Delete Tab Groups in Safari iPhone

Step 1: Open Safari Browser on iPhone. Tap on the Multi windows icon . Step 2: Touch and Hold on the Tab Groups name to See more options, and Rename or Delete the Tab Groups name.

4. Copy All Tab Groups Links on iPhone Safari

iPhone users can also Copy all Links from Tab Groups URLs and Save them in the App or Share with Others. Follow the below steps.

Step 1: Open safari browser on iPhone > Tap on Multiple Window Preview option.

Step 2: Tap on Tab name > See the List of Tabs > Touch and Hold on Tabs name and see copy Links option.

Now, on your iPhone, you can save all the links in the list. And use any time.

That’s all about the new Tab Groups Feature in Latest macOS and iOS compatible Mac and iPhone, respectively.

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Cannot Manage Safari Tab Groups

Options to manage Safari Tab Groups have suddenly disappeared. Clicking on a tab group within the side bar changes the direction of chevron, but does not list contents. Ctrl clicking does not open edit menu. I cannot delete nor manage Tab Groups. I will gladly remove them, but I am stuck with them.

iMac 27″, macOS 14.2

Posted on Apr 27, 2024 12:15 AM

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Apr 27, 2024 10:32 AM in response to OkiPapa

OkiPapa wrote:

I'd try restarting your computer and/or updating Safari, if applicable.

Apr 27, 2024 12:23 AM in response to OkiPapa

I'd suggest checking for and disabling any extensions that may be installed as they could be causing unexpected issues with Safari

Save time when organizing your tabs in Microsoft Edge. Automatically create Tab groups based on tab similarity with the assistance of AI. 

Organize tabs

Select the Tab Action Menu located next to your tabs and then select Organize tabs to let Microsoft Edge group your tabs by relevance and assign them a name and a color. 

Yes, tab groups can be used in classic tabs and vertical tabs too. 

Tips and Tricks

Yes! Add Tabs to Collections by opening Tab groups actions, then select Add tab group to new a collection .

• * Feature availability and functionality may vary by device type, market, and browser version.