How to Change Tabs View on Chrome Android

Google Chrome is an eternal monument to the desktop, but the mobile version has also received a lot of feature updates. Now, not only can you open multiple tabs, you can also group them together when using the browser on your phone. This wikiHow teaches you how to use Chrome’s tag view on Android.

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Open Google Chrome

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. The app has red, yellow, blue and green globe icons. You can find it on the Home screen, the app drawer, or by searching.

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Tap the card overview button. This button has a square icon with a number in the middle, located in the upper right corner of the address bar.

All tabs that you have open will display information as a grid.

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Click the tab you want to open (if you want to switch between tabs). Browser tabs will display as thumbnails containing the web page so you can choose the right tab to open.

You can also swipe left and right on the address bar to switch between open tabs.

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Long press on certain cards in grid view (to group them). A quick tap will open a tab, and a longer hold will be able to drag and drop a thumbnail preview of a certain tab onto another tab to group them together.

If you have multiple tabs open but not grouped, you can tap ⋮ > Group tabs and select the tabs to group.

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Tap the X next to the thumbnail to close the card. When you tap the X , the tab closes and disappears from grid view.

From the grid view, you can close all open tabs by clicking ⋮ > Close all tabs . ^{[1] X Research Source}

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