The Google Chrome web browser is easy to use and offers many helpful features. Custom extensions for added functionality, securely storing passwords to your Google account, and managing multiple tabs for websites can expand Chrome’s capabilities beyond a basic browser.Modern Android phoneshave plenty of onboard memory and can handle a lot of open tabs, which can get out of hand fast. This guide shows all the ways to close Chrome tabs on your smartphone or desktop computer.
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How to close Chrome tabs on the mobile app
The mobile version of the Chrome browser has more than one way to close tabs. Let’s take a look at the easiest methods.
Quickly close every tab that is currently open
The first option in the mobile version of Chrome is the ability to close every tab that’s open at the same time. All those tabs that got out of hand are gone in an instant. If you leave active tabs open when you exit Chrome, they stay open until you manually close them. However, you can prevent them from piling up if you clear all your tabs at once.
To close all of your Chrome tabs, check out these steps:
Choose a handful of select tabs and close them all
If you’d rather not close all tabs, choosing which ones to close as a group is another option. This allows you to keep some tabs open while removing the ones you’re able to do without.
To close selected tabs at once, do the following:
How to close Chrome tabs on a desktop computer
Like the mobile version of Chrome, the desktop counterpart has more than one way to close Chrome tabs. The sections below show some of these methods.
Use a keyboard shortcut command
Using a shortcut is the fastest way to close Chrome tabs when you have a keyboard. For Windows or ChromeOS devices, pressCtrl+Shift+Wto close all tabs at once. Like the mobile browser, this closes all active tabs and shuts down the Chrome desktop browser. PressCommand+Shift+Wto do this on a Mac computer.
Right-click and close all other inactive tabs
If you want to avoid closing all tabs, there’s a separate option to keep one tab open and close everything else. This feature saves the most important tab while eliminating other tabs with minimal effort. It’s also a great way to get back in focus when you’ve been distracted by an internet rabbit hole.
To close all other inactive tabs except the one you’re on, use the right-click option and do the following:
Use theClose tabs to the rightoption belowClose other tabsto choose a specific tab, and close all the tabs to the right of it.
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There’s more than one way to close your Chrome tabs
Whether using thedesktop version of Chromeor the app on your mobile device, you have several methods to close your Chrome tabs. If you don’t stay on top of them, tabs can pile up. If you don’t want to close every tab one at a time, you can close specific ones or the tabs to the right of the one you choose. You could also consider closing all tabs when you exit Chrome to avoid unnecessary clutter in the future.
