Is there a way to move multiple tabs to a new browser window, in Chrome?

I know this may seem like a silly question but it is certainly a minor feature that I would love to use, if it exists. Is there a way to quickly select multiple browser-tabs in Chrome, and move them all to a new browser window?

I know that you can take one tab, and pull it off of the current Chrome session to create new window. Then, you can drag-and-drop other tabs from any Chrome session to the new window.

At times, I'll often have 20+ tabs open in a browser. To cut down on clutter, I'll create a new Chrome window and move 3-5 page to the new session. Currently, this means that I have to drag-drop... drag-drop... drag-drop... and so on.

It would be nice to be able to select the tabs I want to move and just pull them all off at once. Can this be done?

RLH

Posted 2013-09-05T14:05:46.880

Reputation: 3 525

Answers

This feature is currently supported like this:

Select the first tab
Hold Ctrl
Click on additional tabs you wish to move.
Release Ctrl
Drag the tabs to a new window or outside of the current window and a new window will automatically be created.

Use ⌘ instead of Ctrl on Mac.

Joel Taylor

Posted 2013-09-05T14:05:46.880

Reputation: 943

3@cdeszaq Just use ⌘ instaed of Ctrl – tig – 2015-07-07T18:52:11.037

@tig Yes, Chrome for Mac has been updated since I left my comment almost 2 years ago. Thanks for pointing out that it works now :-) – cdeszaq – 2015-07-07T19:26:33.717

@nerdwaller Firefox does support the that, too! – Monsignor – 2019-10-01T07:46:26.520

19You can also select ranges of tabs with Shift. – gronostaj – 2013-09-05T14:17:30.727

Sadly, Firefox doesn't seem to yet. Very rarely do I do this - but it would be a nice feature for that sometimes. +1, great tips. – nerdwaller – 2013-09-05T14:22:55.393

Well, I feel like an idiot. I actually tried this, but since my tabs didn't appear to be highlighted, I assumed it wasn't working. Oh well. You already have 4 up-votes, I have 2 and someone commented that this "isn't possible". I guess this is a more common (failure of) observation than I would have initially thought. – RLH – 2013-09-05T14:24:43.540

@RLH actually, tabs are slightly highlighted (at least in the default theme). Second tab is selected and fourth is active on this screenshot.

– gronostaj – 2013-09-05T14:29:21.920

I see. Yes, I've been using a darker-blue theme for years. I guess that's the problem. – RLH – 2013-09-05T14:32:45.847

1Note that this does not work in Chrome for Mac. – cdeszaq – 2013-11-26T21:48:16.487

You can also select tabs by domain/by opener by enabling experimental feature on

chrome://flags/#tab-groups-context-menu

this adds these options on the context menu when right clicking the tab

avi

Posted 2013-09-05T14:05:46.880

Reputation: 61

(Sadly) this option seems to have been removed – machineghost – 2018-04-09T19:05:46.677

Windows
Shift select all tabs in range
Ctrl select multiple tabs

Mac
Shift select all tabs in range
⌘ select multiple tabs

Namaste

Posted 2013-09-05T14:05:46.880

Reputation: 21