# Question about using Tab Groups in Chrome. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 13, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-using-tab-groups-in-chrome/851720 "2020-04-13T19:54:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-using-tab-groups-in-chrome/851720/1 "2020-04-13T19:54:06Z")
I have five weather related tabs that I added to a tab group called “Weather”. The five tabs are still on the tab bar along with an extra tab called Weather. Didn’t reduce clutter like articles I have read said. Now, if my five tabs “collapsed” inside the Weather tab and I could “expand” them or somehow select them individually from the Weather tab I could see that being useful while reducing clutter. Am I doing something wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Saturn\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Saturn\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saturn_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-using-tab-groups-in-chrome/851720/2 "2020-04-14T01:15:32Z")
You’re not doing anything wrong. Chrome group tabs doesn’t consolidate several tabs into one tab. It just group them together so they’re easier to find and handle as one set. It’s still a work in progress so Google may add this function you’re looking for. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-using-tab-groups-in-chrome/851720/3 "2020-04-14T01:38:49Z")
I guess it saves you from dragging them together on the tab bar. Minus the extra tab. I’m not seeing the point. Maybe if you had a 100 tabs open and wanted to save a few. OK… it’s a work in progress. ---
**Author:** ![Chickenwrangler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chickenwrangler/32/91_2.png) [@Chickenwrangler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chickenwrangler)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-using-tab-groups-in-chrome/851720/4 "2020-04-14T10:44:47Z")
I have several yellow folders in my Google Chrome favorites bar with tabs inside those folders. So in your case a folder called “Weather” would have several tabs to various web pages inside of it. To get a tab into a folder just drag and drop it onto the folder, so when you click on the folder all the tabs inside that folder will be displayed. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-using-tab-groups-in-chrome/851720/5 "2020-04-14T11:01:36Z")
Try the [OneTab](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/onetab/chphlpgkkbolifaimnlloiipkdnihall) extension. You can neatly keep grouped links to all your most used sites in one tab. Uses virtually no memory. ---
**Author:** ![Chickenwrangler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chickenwrangler/32/91_2.png) [@Chickenwrangler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chickenwrangler)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-using-tab-groups-in-chrome/851720/6 "2020-04-14T11:36:52Z")
Just to clarify my previous post. The folder option comes with Google Chrome, you don’t need an additional program. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-using-tab-groups-in-chrome/851720/7 "2020-04-15T02:05:18Z")
I tried One Tab on my Android phone. Don’t see an icon in Chrome or anything in the menu. Apparently doesn’t work.