Edit and customize Tab Groups in Safari on Mac
You can choose the tabs to include in each Tab Group, arrange the tabs, choose a background for the start page of each Tab Group, and share Tab Groups across your Apple devices.
Edit a Tab Group
Go to the Safari app
on your Mac.Do any of the following:
Delete a tab from a Tab Group: Open the Tab Group, hold the pointer over the tab in the tab bar, then click
on the left side of the tab.Arrange the tabs in a Tab Group: In the tab bar, drag a tab and place it before or after another tab.
Arrange Tab Groups: In the sidebar, drag a Tab Group and place it before or after another Tab Group.
Delete a Tab Group: In the sidebar, Control-click a Tab Group, then choose Delete.
Rename a Tab Group: In the sidebar, Control-click a Tab Group, choose Rename, enter a name, then press Return.
Show a Tab Group overview: To see thumbnails of all the open tabs in a Tab Group, Control-click the Tab Group in the sidebar, then choose Show Tab Overview. To view one of the pages full size, click its thumbnail. To delete a tab from the Tab Group, click
in the upper-left corner of the thumbnail.
Choose a background for the start page of a Tab Group
Go to the Safari app
on your Mac.Click a Tab Group in the sidebar.
If the sidebar is closed, click
in the toolbar to open it.Choose Bookmarks > Show Start Page.
Click Edit in the bottom-right corner of the window, then select Background Image.
Choose a background for the start page of the Tab Group.
You can choose a provided image, or choose one of your photos (the first option on the left). If the first option shows
, click it to choose one of your photos. If the first option shows a previously chosen photo, click to choose a different photo.You can also drag a photo onto the start page.
Click in the Safari window.
You can choose a different background for the start page of each Tab Group.
Note: You can keep your Tab Groups the same on all your devices. See Set up iCloud for Safari on all your devices in the iCloud User Guide.