Use tabs & suggested articles

You can open as many tabs as you want in Chrome. You can also view all your tabs and switch among them.

Open a new tab

  1. On your iPhone, open the Chrome app Chrome.
  2. At the bottom right, tap More More.
  3. Tap New tab New tab.

Open a new tab on iPad

  1. On your iPad, open the Chrome app Chrome.
  2. At the top, next to your open tabs, tap New tab New tab.

Turn off suggested articles for you

When you open a new tab, you can scroll to find suggested content like articles and unread items from your reading list. If you're signed in to Chrome, suggestions are based on your Web & App activity. 

To turn off suggested articles:

  1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Chrome app Chrome.
  2. At the bottom right, tap More More and then Settings Settings.
  3. Turn “Article suggestions” off. 

Manage suggested articles

  • Swipe left or right to remove an article.
  • To read articles offline:
    1. Touch and hold the article
    2. Tap Read later. 
Learn how to read pages offline.

Customize your new tab page

When you open a new tab, under the search box, you'll see icons of the websites you visit often. If you haven’t used Chrome before, you'll see some popular sites.

  • To visit a site, tap its icon.
  • To remove a site, touch and hold its icon. Then, tap Remove.

Close a tab

  1. On your iPhone, open the Chrome app Chrome.
  2. At the bottom, tap Switch tabs Switch tabs. You'll see your open Chrome tabs.
  3. At the top right of the tab you want to close, tap Close Close.
Close all tabs
  1. On your iPhone, open the Chrome app Chrome.
  2. At the bottom, tap Switch tabs Switch tabs. You'll see your open Chrome tabs.
  3. At the bottom left, tap Close All.

Close tabs on iPad

  1. On your iPad, open the Chrome app Chrome.
  2. On any tab you want to close, in the upper right corner, tap Close Close.

Switch to a new tab

  1. On your iPhone, open the Chrome app Chrome.
  2. At the bottom, tap Switch tabs Switch tabs. You'll see your open Chrome tabs.
  3. Tap the tab you want to switch to.

Switch tabs on iPad

  1. On your iPad, open the Chrome app Chrome.
  2. Tap the tab you want to switch to.

You can also swipe left or right at the top to switch tabs.

Reorder tabs

  1. On your iPad, open the Chrome app Chrome.
  2. Touch and hold the tab you want to move.
  3. Drag the tab to a different position.

Refresh tabs

  1. On your iPhone, open the Chrome app Chrome.
  2. At the bottom right, tap More More.
  3. Tap Reload Reload.

Refresh tabs on iPad

  1. On your iPad, open the Chrome app Chrome.
  2. At the top left, tap Reload Reload.

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