How to search your open tabs in Chrome

Updated 18 October 2026

Press Ctrl+Shift+A (Cmd+Shift+A on a Mac) to open Tab Search, then type a word from the tab's title or site address. It searches the open tabs in every Chrome window, and clicking a result takes you straight to that tab.

1. Tab Search

1. Press Ctrl+Shift+A, or click the Tab Search button on the tab strip.
2. Type a word from the page title, the site's address (such as github.com) or the name of the tab group it's in.
3. Click a result to switch to it, even if it's in another window. To close a tab without leaving the list, use the close button at the right of its row.

Below your open tabs, the list also shows tabs you closed recently, so it doubles as a quick way to get one back.

Can't see the button? Recent versions of Chrome let you unpin it. Turn it back on with Show tab search button under Settings, Appearance, or use the shortcut.

2. Type @tabs in the address bar

1. Click the address bar and type @tabs.
2. Press Tab or Space, or choose Search tabs from the suggestions.
3. Type a word or two and pick the tab from the list.

3. Start typing the site's name

Type part of a site name or page title into the address bar as if you were going to visit it. If the page is already open, its suggestion shows a Switch to this tab button, which takes you to the open tab and saves you a duplicate.

4. Tabs open on your other devices

Press Ctrl+H (Cmd+Y on a Mac) and choose Tabs from other devices on the left. You need to be signed in to Chrome on each device with History and tabs turned on in your sync settings.

On your phone

• Android: tap Switch tabs and type in the Search your tabs box. Results include open tabs, tab groups, recently closed tabs and tabs from your other devices.
• iPhone and iPad: tap Switch tabs at the bottom, then Search at the top left, and type a keyword. Tab group names are searchable too.

Make tabs easier to find

• Vertical tabs show full titles in a list you can scroll. Right-click an empty part of the tab strip and choose Show tabs vertically.
• Tab groups with clear names turn a long row of tabs into a few labels you can scan.
• Fewer open tabs. Anything you're keeping for later is easier to find as a bookmark. Stackboard puts your bookmarks on the new tab page and searches all of them when you press /. A dot marks links that are already open in another tab, and clicking one switches to that tab.

If finding tabs is a daily struggle, too many tabs open has a routine for cutting the count down.