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VIDEO: How to Move Chrome Tabs to the Side in 5 Steps

David Adubiina1:17

Tired of a crowded Chrome tab bar? Here's how to move your tabs to the side and make it easier to find and manage open pages.

Steps in this video

  1. Open Chrome on your computer
  2. Type chrome://flags into the address bar and press Enter
  3. Use the search box to look for vertical tabs
  4. Find the relevant setting and change it from Default to Enabled
  5. Click Relaunch to restart Chrome

About this video

Having too many tabs open in Google Chrome can be quite intimidating, to say the least, and if you're using it for work, it can be much more of a hassle having to figure out which tab is which

However, with Chrome's vertical tabs feature, you don't have to keep your tabs lined up across the top of the browser; you move them to the side instead.

With your tabs stacked vertically, you get more room to see their names and can move through a long list of open pages without hunting through a cramped tab bar.

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