How to save tab groups in Chrome and open them later

Updated 18 October 2026

Recent versions of Chrome save every tab group automatically, so there's nothing to switch on. Close a group and it waits in the three-dot menu under Tab groups, and on the bookmarks bar if you show it there. When you're signed in with tab sync on, your groups also show up on your other devices.

Make a tab group

1. Right-click a tab and choose Add tab to new group. If you already have groups, the menu says Add tab to group; pick New group from it. To start with several tabs, Ctrl+click them first (Cmd+click on a Mac), then right-click one of them.
2. Type a name and pick a color. A collapsed group shows only its name, so keep it short. Emoji work too.
3. Add more tabs later by dragging them into the group.

Click the group's name to collapse or expand it.

Where your saved groups are

• The Chrome menu. Open the three-dot menu and choose Tab groups to see every saved group. Click one to open it.
• The bookmarks bar. The Tab groups button, a small grid icon at the left end of the bar, lists them too, and pinned groups sit beside it. If the bar is hidden, press Ctrl+Shift+B (Cmd+Shift+B on a Mac; more in how to show the bookmarks bar). If the groups are missing from it, turn on Show tab groups in bookmarks bar in Settings, Appearance.
• Pinning. Right-click a group in the Tab groups list and choose Pin group to bookmarks bar. Another setting under Appearance pins every new group automatically, including groups you create on your other devices.

Close, delete and ungroup are different

Chrome asks you to confirm before it deletes or ungroups. If you only want the tabs out of the way, Close group is the safe choice.

Sync tab groups across devices

1. Sign in to Chrome with the same Google Account on each device.
2. On your computer, open Settings, then You and Google, select your account name and turn on History and tabs.

With that on, Google says changes to tab groups are saved and synced across your devices. Chrome on Android, iPhone and iPad has tab groups too, in the tab switcher's Tab groups view. On Android you can stop groups from other devices opening by themselves: go to Settings, Tabs and tab groups and turn off Automatically open tab groups from other devices.

Keep a copy as bookmarks

A saved group can still be deleted from any of your devices. For a group you can't afford to lose, save it as bookmarks as well:

1. Right-click the group's name and choose Move group to new window. Skip this if the group is the only thing in its window.
2. In that window, press Ctrl+Shift+D (Cmd+Shift+D on a Mac) and click Save. Chrome saves the tabs in a new folder, with the group as a subfolder under its own name.
3. To get the group back later, right-click that subfolder and choose Open all in new tab group.

The full walkthrough, and when to use groups or bookmarks, is in Chrome tab groups to bookmarks.

With Stackboard

Stackboard keeps groups as ordinary Chrome bookmarks. Stash this window (Alt+Shift+S) saves every tab in the window, one stack per tab group plus one for loose tabs, then closes them. Each stack reopens as a named tab group in one click, and because the stacks are bookmarks, deleting a tab group in Chrome leaves them alone.

Tab groups work differently in other browsers: see Firefox tab groups, Edge tab groups and Safari Tab Groups.