Declutter Your Browser with Tab Groups

If your Chrome browser needs a little spring cleaning, Tab Groups may be your solution! Think of Tab Groups as a collection of bookmarks that all open and close with a single click. The feature lets you keep more tabs open and also makes them much easier to navigate by allowing more available space to see remaining tabs.

Potential Tab Group Use Cases:

• Class Period or Subject: You always open the same slides and lesson materials for 'Period 1' or 'English 1'.
• Daily Tools: You have a core set of tools you use daily, such as Classroom and PowerSchool, that you want to show and hide quickly.
• Project Work: You're building a new lesson and have several links cluttering your screen. You need them out of the way, but want to easily open them all later.
• Meeting Prep: You have a meeting immediately following your next class and will need multiple links open, but you know you'll be rushing so you would like to open everything early.

To Get Started:

1. Create: Right-click any open tab and select 'Add tab to new group'.
2. Customize: Type a name for the group and pick a color.
3. Add/Remove Tabs: Click and drag tabs in or out of the group's colored outline OR right click a tab to and add/remove.
4. Expand/Collapse: Click the group's name to show or hide all the tabs inside it -- this is where the magic happens!
5. Save for Later: Right click a group and select 'Close Group' to remove the browser tab and save it for later use.
6. Reopen Closed Tab Groups: Tab Groups are pinned to the left side of your Bookmarks Bar and also listed under the 4 Square Tab Group dropdown menu in the same location**. If your Bookmarks Bar is getting too full, right click any Tab Groups to 'unpin' them. If you do not enable the Bookmarks Bar feature**, you can access Tab Groups from the 3 dots menu in the upper right corner of Chrome.

**To enable Tab Groups in your Bookmarks Bar, go to the 3 dots menu in the upper right corner of Chrome, select Settings --> Appearance --> enable 'Show tab groups in bookmarks bar'.

Note: Closing a Tab Removes It From the Group:
1. If you close ('X') a tab, it removes it from the group. If you immediately realize you inadvertently closed a tab, use Shift +Ctrl+T to reopen the last tab (you can use this shortcut multiple times in a row).
2. If you close ('X') all tabs in a Tab Group, you will be warned the Tab Group will be deleted.