Tabs
Turbo adds closing, restore, open, and layout enhancements for tabs. Most toggles live under Settings → Appearance. Available on Windows and macOS.
Features with their own full guides:
- Vertical tabs — side layout, tab layout toggle; Expand on hover option; click-to-mute disabled when fully collapsed
- Incognito tabs (Beta) — isolated Incognito sessions inside a normal window; shortcut and link context menu
Close tabs
In Settings → Appearance you can toggle separately:
| Option | Behavior |
|---|---|
| Double-click to close tab | Double-click a tab to close it — faster than clicking × |
| Right-click to close tab | Right-click a tab to close it; hold Shift to still open the context menu |
Works in both horizontal and vertical tab layouts.
Last tab stays open
Closing the last tab in a window keeps the window and opens a new tab, so the whole window does not disappear by accident.
Confirm before closing multi-tab windows
Closing a normal window that has multiple tabs shows a confirmation dialog; supports “Don’t ask again.” Related options are under Settings → Appearance.
Tab mute
Click 🔊 on a tab that is playing audio to mute / unmute that tab (available by default), without using in-page controls.
Closed-tab restore
The toolbar Restore pages button brings back tabs you closed by mistake:
- Left-click — restore the most recently closed tab
- Long-press or right-click — open the full restore list and pick a page

Closed-tab restore: quickly bring back pages from the recently opened tabs list
Paste and open
Right-click the tab strip New tab button to read the clipboard and open a new tab:
- URL — navigate directly
- Plain text — search with your default engine (same as the address bar)
Works in horizontal and vertical tab layouts. Toggle in Settings → Appearance (Paste and open clipboard URL when right-clicking +, on by default). When off, right-clicking + opens an Incognito tab instead.
Vertical tabs
Tabs along the side of the window are easier to manage when many are open. Switch with Tab layout toggle or Settings → Appearance → Tab position.
Full guide: Vertical tabs.
Incognito tabs
Open isolated Incognito tabs inside a normal window (Beta); menu or Ctrl+M / ⌃⌘M, and from webpage link context menus.
Full guide: Incognito tabs.
Related
- Split view — side-by-side panes
- Immersive mode — auto-hide tab strip and toolbar (temporarily switches back to horizontal tabs)
- Mouse gestures — close / switch / duplicate tabs, open Incognito tabs, and more
See also
- Vertical tabs — side layout details
- Incognito tabs — isolated Incognito sessions
- Built-in productivity — screenshots, split view, themes, and more
- Practical tips — more everyday shortcuts
- Features — full capability list