How to organize your tabs in Safari on iPad

To keep tabs organized and make them easier to find again later, you can have Safari organize tabs into related topics, or create your own Tab Groups.

With Apple Intelligence, your tabs are organized into suggested topics based on your browsing history. You can also rename a Tab Group, reorder tabs, pin a tab at the front of a group, and move a tab to another Tab Group whenever you like.

Use Apple Intelligence to organize tabs into topics

Apple Intelligence can automatically organize your tabs into suggested topics based on your browsing history.

Note: Apple Intelligence on iPadOS 27 or later is available on an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPad mini (A17 Pro) and iPad models with M1 or later. Apple Intelligence is not available in all languages or regions. Usage limits may apply.*

1. Go to the Safari app on your iPad.
2. To set whether Safari automatically organizes tabs, tap the Tabs button, tap the More button, tap Organize Tabs, and choose either of the following:
   • Automatically Create Topics: Safari groups related tabs into topics.
   • Show Related Tabs: Manually group related tabs into topics that Safari recommends.
3. Tap the Tabs button. Then tap the New Tab button to open new tabs as you browse multiple websites.

   When you have two or more tabs that can be organized together by topic (for example, news), a suggested topic appears in the tab row showing the number of related tabs.

4. To manage topics in the tab row, do any of the following:
   • Preview tabs in a topic: Tap a topic to see thumbnails of each tab. Tap a thumbnail to open it.
   • Open or close all tabs in a topic: Tap a topic to open all tabs within the topic. Tap the topic again to collapse the tabs back into the topic.
5. To manage topics on the Tab screen, tap the Tabs button. Do any of the following:
   • Preview tabs in a topic: Tap a topic to see thumbnails of each tab. Tap a thumbnail to open it.
   • Open or close all tabs in a topic: Tap a topic to view all tabs within the topic. Tap the Back button to close the topic.
   • See more options: Tap a topic to view all its tabs and tap the More button. Do any of the following:
     • Copy links: Tap Copy Links.
     • Move tabs to a Tab Group: Tap Move Tabs, then select a Tab Group to move them to.
     • Close all tabs in this topic: Tap Close Tabs.
     • Provide feedback on the suggested topic: Tap Looks Good or Something Isn’t Right.

To turn this feature off, tap the More button, tap Organize Tabs, then choose Never.

Create a new Tab Group

1. Open the Safari app on your iPad.
2. Tap the Show Sidebar button to open the sidebar and tap the New Tab Group button in the top-right corner of the sidebar.
3. Tap New Empty Tab Group and enter a name. Tap Save.

Rename a Tab Group

1. Open the Safari app on your iPad.
2. Tap the Show Sidebar button to open the sidebar. Touch and hold any Tab Group.
3. Tap Rename.

Reorder tabs

1. Open the Safari app on your iPad.
2. Tap the Show Sidebar button to open the sidebar and touch and hold any tab in the Tab Group.
3. In the menu that appears, tap Arrange Tabs By and then choose an option.

   Or touch and hold the tab, then drag it where you want it.

Pin a tab at the front of a Tab Group

You can customize each of your Tab Groups with its own pinned tabs, and a pinned tab stays on the left side of the tab bar.

1. Open the Safari app on your iPad.
2. Touch and hold the tab you want to pin.
3. In the menu that appears, tap Pin Tab.

   To unpin the tab, touch and hold it, then tap Unpin Tab.

Move a tab to another Tab Group

1. Open the Safari app on your iPad.
2. Touch and hold the tab in the tab bar and tap Move to Tab Group.
3. Choose one of the Tab Groups you created previously, or tap New Tab Group to create a new one.

*Apple Intelligence is available with Siri and device language set to Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, or Vietnamese. Some features may not be available in all regions or languages. Some devices may not be available in all regions. Siri AI is available in beta in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27 and requires an Apple Intelligence–enabled device set to a supported language. Available in English to start. Siri AI will not be initially available in the EU on iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS. Certain Apple Intelligence features that rely on server-side models are subject to daily usage limits, including but not limited to Siri AI, Intelligent Photo Editing Tools, Image Playground, and AFM 3 Cloud models in Shortcuts. Daily limits may vary by feature, request complexity, system demand, system policies, and other factors. Expanded access to such features will be available for a fee in the future. Use of these features is subject to the Apple Intelligence Terms and Conditions.

See also

• Open and close tabs in Safari on iPad
• View your Safari tabs from another Apple device on iPad
• Share Tab Groups and collaborate in Safari on iPad