How to Organize Too Many Tabs in Chrome, Edge and Brave

To organize too many tabs, don't sort them by topic. Decide which tabs you need today, save each paused project as a named set, and close the rest in batches. This is the process for a window that has crept past 100 tabs, with the built-in controls for Chrome, Edge and Brave.

What should you rescue before closing anything?

Anything a URL cannot hold: unsent replies, half-filled forms, unsaved document edits and one-time download links. Finish or save that work in its own app first.

Unsure about a tab? Leave it open and clean up the other 90.

How to organize too many tabs with built-in tools

Start with tab search, then sort by what you need next. Sorting 200 tabs into topic folders takes an afternoon; sorting by next action takes minutes.

1. Press Ctrl + Shift + A (Windows, Linux) or Command + Shift + A (Mac) to search every open tab (Google's tab help).
2. Sort each tab with this table, one window at a time:

3. Group today's tabs: right-click a tab, Add tab to group, then New group. Ctrl-click (Command-click on Mac) selects several. In Chrome, Close group keeps it under More, then Tab groups.
4. Bookmark a whole window: Ctrl + Shift + D (Command + Shift + D) saves every tab to a new folder in all three browsers. See how to save all tabs in Chrome.
5. Show titles: right-click the tab strip and choose Show Tabs Vertically; Edge and Brave also have vertical tabs.

Memory Saver (Settings, Performance) unloads idle tabs and reloads them on click (Google help). Chrome's Organize tabs AI option is restricted by country, age and sync settings, so don't count on it.

How do I save paused projects as named sets?

Save each one as a SuperCommands link collection, then close its tabs. Hundreds of tabs usually means the same pages open three times across four windows, so clean those up first (commands docs):

1. Press Alt + S on any web page and run c merge (Merge All Windows) to pull every window into the current one.
2. Run c duplicate (Close Duplicate Tabs) to keep one copy of each URL.
3. Press Alt + S, type c link, choose Current Tabs and tick one project's pages. Put the starting page first.
4. Name it invoice export bug, add the Text Shortcut invoice in Properties, and save.
5. Close those tabs. To reopen, type c, Space, invoice in the address bar.

Add a note (c note) with the next step, such as "Find an export that keeps the invoice date", and keep both in one workspace (workspace collections). Tag related sets #q4 and type the tag in Alt + S to see them together.

Which one should you pick?

• Pick tab search plus a few tab groups if you have one messy window.
• Pick Ctrl + Shift + D for a one-off snapshot before a restart.
• Pick a SuperCommands link collection if paused projects keep tabs open; it is free and open source, and the local version is 100% free, forever.
• Pick a session manager if you want everything remembered without decisions. See the best tab manager extensions.

FAQ

Is it bad to have hundreds of tabs open?

It costs memory and makes the right tab hard to find. Memory Saver cuts the memory cost, but finding things still slows as the count grows.

How do I see all my open tabs in Chrome?

Press Ctrl + Shift + A (Command + Shift + A on Mac) to open tab search and filter by title.

How do I close duplicate tabs in Chrome?

Chrome has no built-in command. Close them by hand from tab search, or run SuperCommands' c duplicate.

Do tab groups save after closing Chrome?

Yes. Groups closed with Close group stay in the bookmarks bar or under More, then Tab groups.