How to Bookmark Multiple Tabs in One Chrome Folder

A research session leaves you with a dozen tabs and no tidy way to keep them. Chrome can save every one of them into a single bookmark folder, so the set stays together instead of piling up on the bar.

Use Bookmark all tabs from the Chrome menu, the tab strip right-click menu, or Ctrl+Shift+D (Cmd+Shift+D on macOS), then name the folder or pick one you already have.

In this guide, I have covered:

Bookmark all open tabs in one folder

You have a pile of tabs open for one project and you want them saved together, not scattered across the bookmarks bar. Chrome does it in one move with Bookmark all tabs.

Google’s Chrome tips page describes the feature under that name. You can reach it from the Chrome menu or with a keyboard shortcut, and both routes open the same folder dialog.

The pages have to be open before you start. If you are still lining them up, our guide to opening new tabs and incognito windows in Chrome on the computer covers that part.

1. Open the tabs you want to save in Chrome.
2. Click the menu in the top-right corner.
3. Select Bookmarks. On macOS, the menu may be labeled Bookmarks & Lists.
4. Select Bookmark all tabs.
5. Enter a name for the new folder in the dialog.
6. Choose the folder location where you want the new folder to appear.
7. Click Save.

You’ll know it worked when the folder appears in the spot you picked, holding one bookmark per tab. Nothing closes: the tabs stay open until you close them yourself.

Bookmark all tabs with a keyboard shortcut

If your hands are already on the keyboard, skip the menu. Press Ctrl+Shift+D on Windows, Linux, or ChromeOS, or Cmd+Shift+D on macOS.

That is the same dialog, not a different feature. It is also not the same as Ctrl+D (Cmd+D on macOS), which saves only the page showing in the active tab.

1. Make sure the tabs you want to keep are open.
2. Press Ctrl+Shift+D on Windows, Linux, or ChromeOS, or Cmd+Shift+D on macOS.
3. Type a folder name in the dialog.
4. Select the location for the folder, such as Bookmarks bar or another existing folder.
5. Click Save.

After saving, the folder should appear in the location you chose and hold the bookmarks from every open tab.

Right-click the tab strip to bookmark all tabs

Your cursor is already up by the tabs, so use them instead of the menu. Right-click an empty stretch of the tab strip, or any tab, and you get the same Bookmark all tabs entry.

1. Open all the tabs you want to bookmark.
2. Right-click an empty area of the tab strip, or right-click one of the open tabs.
3. Select Bookmark all tabs.
4. Name the new folder and choose its location in the dialog.
5. Click Save.

You’ll know it worked when the new folder holds a bookmark for every tab that was open when you ran the command.

Add the saved tabs to an existing bookmark folder

Not every batch needs a new folder. If you already keep one for a project, a client, or a course, reuse it: the same dialog drops the open tabs straight inside.

1. Open the tabs you want to add.
2. Press Ctrl+Shift+D on Windows, Linux, or ChromeOS, or Cmd+Shift+D on macOS.
3. Select an existing folder in the location list.
4. Click Save.

Chrome adds the open pages to that folder and leaves the tabs running. You’ll know it worked when the folder’s contents grow by the number of tabs you had open.

TIP: Cannot see the folder you want in the list? Check whether the Bookmarks bar is hidden. Show it with Ctrl+Shift+B, or Cmd+Shift+B on macOS.

Find and verify the bookmark folder

Before you close twenty tabs, spend ten seconds proving the set actually saved. Bookmark Manager is where you check the batch, rename the folder, move it, or delete bookmarks that came along by mistake.

1. Press Ctrl+Shift+O on Windows, Linux, or ChromeOS, or Cmd+Shift+O on macOS.
2. Locate the folder you just created or selected.
3. Open it and check that each tab you wanted to save has a bookmark.

You’ll know it worked when every page you meant to keep is listed inside that folder.

Chrome keeps bookmarks separately for each profile. A folder saved in one profile will not appear in another, so switch profiles before you conclude the batch is lost.

Troubleshooting when the tabs are not saved

Sometimes the command is not where you expect it, or the shortcut does nothing at all. Work through these in order; the first one covers most cases.

If Bookmark all tabs is missing, check that you are in the Chrome menu and not an extension menu or another browser window. The command lives in the top-right Chrome menu and in the tab strip right-click menu.

If the shortcut does nothing, make sure the Chrome window has focus and that no other app has claimed that key combination. Then use the menu method instead.

If the bookmarks turn up in the wrong place, open Bookmark Manager, find the new folder, and move it under the parent you wanted. You can also show or hide the Bookmarks bar with Ctrl+Shift+B, or Cmd+Shift+B on macOS.

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