Change Tabs settings in Safari on Mac
In the Safari app on your Mac, use Tabs settings to choose how web pages, links and tabs work in Safari windows.
To change these settings, choose Safari > Settings, then click Tabs.
Option | Description | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open pages in tabs instead of windows | Choose one of the following:
| ||||||||||
Automatically close tabs | Choose how long to keep tabs open before they’re closed automatically — one day, one week or one month. Choose Manually if you want tabs to stay open until you close them. | ||||||||||
Show colour in tab bar | Use the background from the active web page as the background colour of the tab bar. | ||||||||||
Always show website titles in tabs | Show website icons and titles instead of only icons, even when many tabs are in the tab bar. | ||||||||||
⌘-click opens a link in a new tab | Change what the listed shortcuts for opening links do. | ||||||||||
When a new tab or window opens, make it active | Make new tabs or windows open in front of the one you’re currently viewing. | ||||||||||
Use ⌘-1 through ⌘-9 to switch tabs | Use keyboard shortcuts to select one of the first nine tabs in the tab bar. | ||||||||||