Safari tab grouping guide

How to group Safari tabs by website

Group open Safari tabs by website or domain for a clearer cross-window overview, while keeping Safari Tab Groups for named projects.

Short answer

How to group Safari tabs by website

Safari Tab Groups are best for named collections you intentionally create. If you want an automatic overview by website, TabCaptain can display open tabs grouped by domain across Safari windows. This view is included free and does not require moving every tab into a permanent project group.

Step by step

Step by step

1

Open the full tab list

Open TabCaptain from Safari to collect the accessible open tabs into one view.

2

Choose the grouped view

Switch to the domain-grouped layout so pages from the same website appear together.

3

Expand the website you need

Open a domain group to inspect its individual pages and tab count.

4

Act on a tab or group

Open or close an individual tab for free; Premium adds actions that operate on a whole site group.

Safari Tab Groups and domain groups solve different problems

Safari lets you create a Tab Group from the tabs in the current window or start with an empty group. A named group is useful for a stable project, trip or recurring area of work. You decide which tabs belong and can move tabs between groups.

A domain-grouped view answers a different question: which websites are using the current tab set? It is generated from the open tabs, so it is useful for auditing clutter without first designing a filing system.

Use website groups as a cleanup map

TabCaptain shows a website group with its tabs together. Expand the busiest domains, search within the overall list and open the page you need. Viewing tabs by domain, opening a tab and closing a single tab are included free.

Lifetime Premium adds group actions such as closing or reloading a site group. Use these only after reviewing the pages inside the group; pages from one domain can still represent unrelated tasks.

Choose the right kind of group

Use Safari Tab Groups when membership should persist as a named collection. Use domain grouping when you need an immediate structural view of what is open. Use a TabCaptain custom work group when you want an app-managed work collection; custom work groups are Premium.

  • Named project: Safari Tab Group.
  • Current website inventory: TabCaptain domain view.
  • Temporary saved collection: TabCaptain session.
  • App-managed work collection: custom work group.

Sources used on this page

Safari controls are documented by Apple. TabCaptain capabilities and system requirements are described on its official Mac App Store listing.

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