Inventory before cleanup
A crowded tab bar hides titles and encourages opening the same page again. Start with an inventory: search for the immediate task, group by domain and note websites with unexpectedly high counts. This reveals structure without changing the live workspace.
TabCaptain combines viewing, searching, sorting, domain grouping and individual tab actions in one overview. Those tools are enough for a deliberate manual cleanup.
Separate references from workspaces
Bookmarks fit resources that should remain useful independent of today's tab state. Safari Tab Groups fit named ongoing collections. TabCaptain sessions fit snapshots you want to put away and restore later when you return to the task.
Do not save every piece of clutter as a session. Remove obvious duplicates and disposable navigation pages first so the restored workspace will remain understandable.
Close from narrow to broad
Begin with clearly disposable individual tabs. Next review duplicate URLs. Then inspect website groups. Broad actions are efficient only after the set is understood. TabCaptain provides Close duplicates and group actions; neither should replace the review step.
- Save unsaved web-app work.
- Search for the active task.
- Group by domain to reveal clusters.
- Review duplicates.
- Save a reusable session.
- Close the narrowest safe set first.