How to save all your open tabs in Chrome

Updated 12 October 2026

Chrome can bookmark every open tab in one go, and an extension can also close them for you and keep them organized. Here are both, and how to get the tabs back later.

1. Bookmark all tabs (built into Chrome)

1. Press Ctrl+Shift+D (Cmd+Shift+D on a Mac). You can also right-click any tab and choose Bookmark all tabs, or use the three-dot menu, then Bookmarks and lists.
2. Name the new folder and pick where it goes, such as the bookmarks bar.
3. Click Save. Your tabs stay open, so close the window yourself when you’re ready.

To reopen them: right-click the folder in your bookmarks bar or the Bookmark Manager and choose Open all or Open all in new window.

This is quick, but each save makes another folder, and a month later the bookmarks bar is full of folders named after dates.

2. Stash the window in one click

A stash saves the tabs and closes them in the same step. With Stackboard:

1. Press Alt+Shift+S, or click the Stackboard icon and choose Stash this window.
2. Every tab becomes a bookmark in a Stash space, with one stack per tab group, and the window clears.
3. Open a new tab to see them. Rename a stack, drag links into other stacks, or press / to search.

To reopen them: click a stack’s open button and its tabs come back as a named tab group.

3. Save only the tabs you pick

Ctrl+click (Cmd+click on a Mac) or Shift+click tabs in the tab strip to select a few, then open the Stackboard popup. It offers Save N selected tabs, and one tap on a stack saves all of them.

Every window at once: tab bankruptcy

Forty tabs in four windows? Declare tab bankruptcy in the Stackboard popup stashes every tab in every window, closes them all and gives you a certificate you can save as an image.

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