Practical tips

Everyday Turbo Browser tips to browse faster. Follow the links in each item for full details.

Get productive faster

• One-step import from Chrome or Edge — Use the first-run wizard for bookmarks, passwords, autofill, and extensions (per release). See Data Import.
• Pick Turbo or Google sign-in — Turbo account uses Turbo cloud sync; Google account uses Google sync. Switch from the avatar menu or Settings. See Sync.
• Built-in translate — Whole-page translation from the page context menu or the right side of the address bar; Settings → Translate can switch Microsoft Edge / Google. Install Immersive Translate when you need bilingual reading and more. See Extensions → Web translation.
• AdGuard blocks ads, Immersive Translate for bilingual reading — Use the install buttons on Extensions & translation.
• Install from Crx搜搜 — Open chrome://extensions and use the sidebar link to Crx搜搜, or install .crx packages from trusted sources in one click. See Extensions.

Tabs & windows

• Tab enhancements — Double-click / right-click close, close tabs to the left (Close tabs above in vertical tabs), activate on hover, scroll to switch tabs, restore, paste and open, mute, close last tab, close-window confirm, and more; most toggles under Settings → Tabs and bookmarks. See Tabs.
• Bookmark bar enhancements — Bookmark menu, auto-hide, icons only, multi-column menus, how bookmarks open, add page to a folder, replace with current page, and more; most toggles are under Settings → Tabs and bookmarks. See Bookmark bar.
• Vertical tabs for heavy tab users — Use the Tab layout toggle on the tab strip, or Settings → Tabs and bookmarks → Tab strip position; in vertical layout you can move the strip to the right. See Vertical tabs.
• Split view for side-by-side reading — The toolbar split button divides the window into left and right panes. See Built-in productivity → Split view.
• Small account tabs — Persistent identities in a normal window (cookies remember sign-in); closing a tab does not destroy the session. App menu Small account tabs to create / open / delete identities; shortcut Ctrl + M (Windows) / ⌃⌘M (macOS); bookmarks and links can open in the matching account. Use a real Incognito window when you need the session wiped on close. See Small account tabs.

Gestures & super drag

• Hold right button and drag — Defaults: ↑ scroll up, ↓ scroll down, ← back, → forward, with a live path preview. See Mouse gestures.
• Combo gestures save clicks — e.g. →← reopen last closed tab, ↓→ close current tab, ↑← / ↑→ previous/next tab; full list in Settings.
• Super drag — Drag links or images to a blank area to open or copy; drag selected text to search or copy; can map Search in current page. Toggle in Settings → Mouse gestures, and configure up / down / left / right independently; follow-cursor tip shows direction and action while dragging (can turn off); right-click during a drag to cancel.
• Boss key hides the window instantly — Default Ctrl + Q (Control on macOS, not Command); press again to restore. See Shortcuts or Boss key & gestures.

Address bar & sharing

• Hover for QR code — Scan on your phone to continue on mobile.
• One-click copy URL {#copy-link} — Hover the address bar icon to copy; in Settings → Appearance choose URL only or Title and URL (default URL only; does not affect menu / context-menu copy).
• Switch default search engine — When the address bar is empty or being edited, a dropdown arrow appears beside the search-engine icon; click to switch the default engine.
• Search with other search engines — Right-click selected webpage text; under the default search item, expand Search with other search engines.

Screenshots & export

• Right-click screenshot for full page — Left-click: full screen; right-click: save the page as image or PDF — handy for archiving long articles. See Screenshots.
• Region capture — Ctrl + Shift + X (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + X (macOS).

Look & feel

• Customize the toolbar — Click Customize on the right of the toolbar and use the Toolbar section in the side panel to show or hide Home, Forward, Split view, Restore, Incognito, Bookmarks, Password Manager, Settings, and more. You can also right-click any toolbar button to quickly toggle that control.
• How Home opens — Settings → Tabs and bookmarks: Current tab / Foreground tab / Background tab (default: current tab). See How Home opens below.
• New tab page — Chromium default NTP (Most visited can be toggled); Settings → On startup — default or a custom URL. See New tab page below.
• Paste on middle-click / Auto-copy selected text — Settings → Mouse gestures → Webpage extras (off by default). See Paste on middle-click and Auto-copy selected text below.
• Hide tab close buttons — Settings → Tabs and bookmarks (off by default). See Tabs → Hide close buttons.
• One-click theme on the title bar — Switch appearance without opening Settings; right-click to pin the skin button (also in Customize Toolbar). Edge theme store is also available from the title bar. See Built-in productivity → Themes.
• Follow system light/dark — Choose system theme under Settings → Appearance for comfortable night browsing.
• Smooth scrolling — Settings → Appearance (Windows / Linux, on by default); smooth animation when scrolling page content; restart required after changing.
• Darken websites in dark mode — When the browser is dark, sites without a dark theme can be darkened automatically. See Darken websites in dark mode below.
• Immersive mode for focus — Enable Immersive mode under Settings → Appearance, or press Ctrl + F11 (macOS: Cmd + F11); on macOS you can also use View → Enter Immersive Mode. Auto-hides the tab strip and toolbar; move the pointer to the top edge to reveal. See Immersive mode.

How Home opens

Settings → Tabs and bookmarks → How Home opens — three choices (default: Current tab):

Option	Behavior
Current tab	Toolbar Home replaces the current page
Foreground tab	Opens Home in a new foreground tab
Background tab	Opens Home in a new background tab

Applies to normal windows. If the current tab is already an NTP or blank page, Home still uses the current tab so you do not get an extra empty tab.

New tab page

No bundled NTP extension (install one from the store if you want). The default is the Chromium new tab page. Most visited can be shown or hidden.

Under Settings → On startup, New tab page:

• Default new tab page — Chromium NTP (Most visited can be toggled); up to 30 custom shortcuts, wrapping to the next row when the current row is full
• Custom URL — Ctrl+T, +, and other blank new tabs open that URL; closing the last tab still treats it as an NTP

If an extension declares a new-tab override, its details page shows Allow replacing the new tab page (on by default). Turn it off to keep the extension without replacing the NTP.

Paste on middle-click

Turn on Paste on middle-click in Settings → Mouse gestures → Webpage extras (off by default). Middle-click in a webpage text field then pastes the clipboard (that field no longer starts autoscroll on middle-click).

Auto-copy selected text

Turn on Auto-copy selected text in Settings → Mouse gestures → Webpage extras (off by default). Selecting webpage text with the mouse or keyboard copies it to the clipboard. Selections in text fields and other editable areas are not copied, so typing or filling forms does not overwrite the clipboard.

Darken websites in dark mode

In Settings → Appearance, under Mode, turn on Darken websites in dark mode (off by default). When the browser itself is dark, pages without a dark theme are darkened automatically; light browser appearance does not force pages dark.

Fine zoom

Two ways to use it:

• Turn on Fine-grained zoom in Settings → Appearance (off by default). The Page zoom dropdown then uses 5% steps as the default for all pages; normal Ctrl/Cmd + +/- also uses 5% steps on the current page.
• With the toggle off, hold Shift for 5% steps (tooltip: Hold Shift for 5% steps). The scroll wheel and zoom buttons still use the original presets. Shortcuts: Windows Ctrl + Shift + +/-, macOS Cmd + Shift + +/-.

Clear selected data on exit

When you close the browser, Turbo can automatically delete the local data types you checked in the Clear browsing data dialog (browsing history, cookies, cache, and so on — whatever the dialog lists). Off by default.

How to enable

1. Open Settings and go to Clear browsing data (or open chrome://settings/clearBrowserData in the address bar).
2. Check the data types you want cleared on exit.
3. Turn on Automatically delete selected data when you close the browser.

Clear browsing data: check the types you want, then enable automatic delete on exit

After that, each full quit clears the checked types. If a previous exit clear did not finish, the next startup finishes it.

Notes

• Only local data is removed. If sync is on, some items may return from your account after sign-in.
• Confirm the checked types before enabling, so you do not delete data you still need.

Network & downloads

• System proxy or custom proxy — Open Settings → System (or go to chrome://settings/system). With Use system proxy enabled, Turbo follows the OS proxy; click Open your computer's proxy settings to change the address and port in system settings. Turn it off to use Custom proxy and configure a server and bypass list for Turbo only, without affecting other apps. Handy for intranet, VPN, or sync issues. See Help Center.
• Custom startup command line — Settings → System can enable and fill startup command-line arguments; injected into the browser and child processes after restart.
• Parallel downloads, Xunlei / IDM, Alt quick-save images — See Download enhancements.

Performance

• Memory Saver on by default — Lower memory use with many tabs; adjust in performance settings if needed. If a page still crashes from low memory, see Page out of memory.

Custom cache location

In Settings → System, turn on Use a custom cache location and click Change to pick a folder (for example on a larger disk). Restart the browser for the change to take effect. Turning the toggle off restores the platform default path.

macOS tip

If the app won’t open because of quarantine:

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Turbo.app

More: macOS cannot open.

Further reading

Guide	When to use
Mouse gestures	Right-drag and super drag
Shortcuts	Default hotkeys and boss key
Tabs	Close, restore, paste and open, mute, and more
Bookmark bar	Bookmark menu, auto-hide, icons only, multi-column menus, and more
Vertical tabs	Side tab layout and how to switch
Built-in productivity	Deep dive on screenshots, split view
Download enhancements	Parallel downloads, Xunlei / IDM, quick-save
Quick Start	Recommended setup after install
Help Center	Troubleshooting and FAQ