How to create and save Chrome tab groups

I usually have at least half a dozen or more projects going at once: I can be writing or updating several short pieces, editing one or two others, getting ready for Apple or Google or some other company to announce their latest and greatest tech, or dealing with some other project. Each of these projects usually involves several tabs on my Chrome browser so my tab bar can get really crowded.

Once upon a time, I would have had to create bookmarks, and bookmark folders, for all of those tabs in order to make sure I didn't lose them when I stopped work at the end of the day. But these days, tab grouping is what keeps me sane. It lets me keep together the tabs that belong together, remove them if I don't need them for a while, and save them so I'll be sure to find them when I do need them.

And what's even better, since tab groups were introduced to Chrome in 2020, a number of new features have been added. If you also tend to collect tabs on your Chrome browser, here's how you can use tab groups to keep things in check - on your laptop and on your mobile device.

Using tab groups on a laptop

How to create a new tab group

Choose one of the tabs that you want to include in a group - any will do - and right-click on it.Select Add Tab to Group > New Group.Type in the name of the new group, choose a color (or go with the default), and hit Return. (Note: if you hit Return without typing in a group name, you'll get a group tab with just the color and no text.)

Click and drag any tabs you want toward the new group tab; they will now be underlined with the new color, indicating they're part of the group. You can also click on one tab and then use Ctrl + click or Shift + click to choose multiple tabs and move them into the group. (Thanks to farrellj in our comments section for the tip.)You can click and drag tabs out of the group as well.