In this post we’ll be covering a few things. To make sure you can find what you need here and not waste your time, here is the list of what we’ll be covering:
Tabs
- How to Add a Tab & Delete One
- Shortcuts to Add & Delete Tabs
- Tab Overflowing
Tab Groups
- How to Create & Delete Tab Groups
- How to Add a Tab to a Tab Group
- How to Better Organize Tab Groups
Tabs
How to Add a Tab & Delete One
First, look to the top of Microsoft Edge’s app. Scan from the left to the right. If you only have one tab, it’s going to be easy to find what you’re looking for– a solid + sign.
Click on the + Sign to add a new tab.
To delete a tab, find the tab you want to delete then find the gray ×, usually to the right of the tab. Click it, and the tab will be deleted, unless you have unsaved work on the tab. However, if you have too many tabs then you won’t be able to see the × you’re looking for without clicking on the tab. If you have too many tabs, click on the tab first and then press the × that appears after.
Shortcuts to Add & Delete Tabs
It’s a pain to delete so many tabs by clicking on ×’s. So, there’s a keyboard shortcut to make it faster, easier, and more convenient! But we’ll talk about that after we show you the shortcut of adding a tab.
To add a tab, you know that you click on the + sign usually. However, there’s a better way! On the keyboard, click Ctrl + T while inside the web browser to add a tab.
To remove a tab if you have too many, click Ctrl + W and the tab you are currently on will be deleted.
Tab Overflowing
As mentioned earlier, it’s a pain to delete so many tabs by clicking on ×’s. To help yourself and save time, here’s how you can prevent Tab Overflowing:
- Every Day, Delete All Un-Needed Tabs. This can stop the buildup of useless tabs waiting to be deleted.
- When Done Using Un-Needed Tab, Close it. It may be hard to remember, but it’s still worth remembering.
- Don’t Keep New Tabs at the Ready. This may seem wrong, but it can stop one, two, or even three extra tabs waiting to be used.
Tab Groups
How to Create & Delete Tab Groups
Tab Groups help you organize your tabs, and they’re very useful when you want to block out necessary but distracting tabs. Here’s how to make one:
Create a tab. If you don’t know how to do this, refer to the section ‘How to Add a Tab & Delete One‘. Then, right-click on the tab. The second option will show ‘Add to Tab Group‘. Click this, and a selected name will pop up for you and a selected color. (Unless you already have one/more tab group, it’ll not work. So, hover above ‘Add to Tab Group’ and to the right/left click New Group.) To change this, click on the name edit & select a color (if you’re out of the editing tab group screen, right click on the tab group) and there you go! To open and close the tab group, click on the tab group (left-click) and it’ll close & open the tab group! To delete a tab group, right click on the tab group and click ‘Ungroup‘. The tabs inside the tab group will still exist, but the tab group will disappear.
How to Add a Tab to a Tab Group
There is more than one way to do this. I’m going to tell you two of them:
- Right click the tab you want to add to a tab group and click Add Tab to Group. Then, under ‘New Group’ select the tab group you want to add it to.
- Assure that the tab group you want to add the tab to is open, then drag the tab to the front of the tab group or in between two tabs inside the group.
How to Better Organize Tab Groups
Here are some steps to help you organize your tab groups better:
- Choose their color and their name. (Don’t make a name too long) This can help you find the tab group you need, instead of clicking on every single of the tab groups to find out which one you need.
- Don’t add too many Tab Groups. This can be annoying when you have a bunch of tab groups and it takes a lot of time to scan through all of them to find the tab group you are looking for.
- Don’t add the tabs you use most commonly to Tab Groups. At first, this may seem totally bogus, but when you are using a tab frequently you don’t want to open and close it again and again.
Conclusion
That’s all I have for today, people. See you next time!