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To add new tabs to a group, just drag them in, or right-click on a tab and choose Add tab to group you can still create new groups too.

Drag tabs out of the group, and they're released. To close a group or release tabs from it, right-click on its label—note that you can bring back closed groups the same way you can bring back closed tabs, via the History and Recently Closed options on the Chrome menu. It's still a new feature, so there's room for improvement, but it can make a huge difference.

Say you have a bunch of tabs you don't need for a while. Instead of closing them and forgetting about them, you can put them together in a group and hide them with just a few clicks.

There's nothing quite as advanced in terms of tab management in the other major browsers at the moment. Right-click on a tab to see the options available to you, like being able to pin a tab to the left-hand side of the browser—this can help free up some space and keep the most important tabs close to hand, but they should be sparingly used—be wary of ending up with just as many pinned tabs as you have ordinary tabs.

Don't forget separate windows for different groups of tabs, as this can help you clear the decks in any browser. Another standard browser feature that you might not be making the most of is one of the oldest: bookmarks.

Every browser lets you create your own custom bookmark folders, so you can use these to save tabs for safekeeping: You could have one folder for each project you're working on, or one folder that acts as your read-it-later list, or separate folders for work and home. However you set it up, the aim is not to have so many tabs open together at once.

With Google Chrome only just rolling out something approaching advanced tab management, third-party developers have rushed in to fill the gap and give you better ways of keeping on top of your tabs, especially when it comes to Chrome and Firefox Chrome extensions will also run on Edge, as they share the same base code. You could leave the tab open, close the tab and then the following week search for it in your folders If you choose the latter, at your set date and time, your tab will be resurrected and you'll be ready to go with your meeting.

Tab Snooze offers a few default time settings, such as this evening or this weekend, but you could choose a specific date and time or set it to "someday" a random time or "periodically" every day, week, month, or year at a set time. You can also create a new to-do in Tab Snooze and then snooze it for whenever you want the reminder.

Additionally, Tab Snooze will gently remind you when some tabs you have open haven't been looked at for a while. Part of the problem with having too many tabs open is that the tabs and their page titles are laid out horizontally across your screen.

After a certain point, there's just not enough real estate to open all the tabs you want and easily tell at a glance what page each tab is referring to. Tabli to the rescue. Click the extension's button to see a list of your open tabs, grouped by window. From that list you can quickly jump to the tab, close it, or save all of the tabs for future reference.

Depending on how much memory your computer has and your other computer components, at some point, adding one more open tab could drag your system down.

That's where The Great Suspender comes in. The free, open-source extension automatically suspends tabs that haven't been used for a while, freeing up memory and CPU that those tabs were using. This is especially handy if you have a Chromebook or other computer with a small amount of RAM. For Firefox users: Auto Unload Tab , as the name suggests, automatically unloads tabs. Right-click on the tab to reload them. When just about nothing else will help, there's Tab Wrangler.

This is the nuclear option for your open-tab addiction. Tab Wrangler automatically closes inactive tabs at regular intervals you set the designated amount of time and then saves the tab links in the "Tab Corral" so you can still re-open the tabs in the future. You can lock tabs from being closed automatically, and the extension won't close pinned tabs. Also, if you use multiple computers, Tab Wrangler's settings and Tab Corral will be synced across your desktop Chrome browsers.

So instead of manually managing your tabs and thinking about which ones you need or don't need, Tab Wrangler will make the decision for you. For Firefox users: Dustman is a similar extension for Firefox. The add-on will automatically close tabs that haven't been used in a while--but not pinned tabs or ones that you have not yet read. But, as with most habits, the best solution for taming our tab habits is to be more mindful and deliberate with each tab we open--and then leave open or abandon.

Before you open a new tab or click on a link, ask yourself: Is this a page you really need to access in the next hour or so? If not, save the page or the link and open it when it's time. Every so often, take a look at your open tabs and see which ones you can close right-clicking on a tab and choosing "Close tabs to the right" or "Close other tabs" is an adrenaline rush. You can take it slow, too. Try " Tabless Thursdays "--one day a week dedicated to working with just one tab.

It'll force you to single-task although if you're a tab lover, it might drive you nuts. For those times when your tabs are too plentiful and your willpower too low, declare tabs bankruptcy.

Close all the browser windows. Open a new, blank tab, and start anew. Whether you currently have 10 tabs open or ten times that, it's all about managing the information you need at hand--so you can stay productive and sane. Title photo by Matthew Oliphant via Flickr.

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The Behavior: Clicking every link you see on all your various social media feeds. Nuzzel is a nifty little tool that aggregates the links being posted by people in your social media networks into a feed for your perusal.

The content is inherently curated by the people you already follow, so it has essentially been pre-vetted for clickbait. Plus, the interface provides you with the headline and brief snippet of the article, in addition to what your friends and influencers have already said about it.

Pro tip from time management expert Kevan Lee of Buffer: create a new Twitter account and only follow people who post on a specific subject, then link that account to Nuzzel. Instantly you have a relevant feed to one particular interest or work endeavor.

The bottom line is neither you, your brain, or your computer need all of those tabs open. Technology has created this problem, but technology can also solve it. Now get out there, and get mono-tabbing. Your productivity will thank you later. Find us on Twitter trello! Take the time to soak it all in with a sense of gratitude.

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