Tab overload is real, like my pressure Edge and Chrome browser bars can testify. But what about … window overload? If you are the kind of person who tries to organize their browser by assigning different windows to each window tab or group tabs, Google now allows you to rename those windows so that you can jump between them more easily
The caveat? When you are done browsing for that day, make sure to always close Chrome with the three dot menu> Exit. This will zap all your open windows at once, but oneas long as you have turned on Pick up where you left off within Chrome’s Settings> Privacy and Security, they will all reappear – custom names and everything – when you restart the browser.
Setting a custom name for each of your Chrome browser windows is easy. First, make sure you’re using the latest version of Chrome (via the three dot menu> Help> About Google ChromeAfter that, all you have to do is right-click in a free space in your tab bar to display it a context menu with the new “Name window …” choice.
Click on that and you can assign a custom name to the window:
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I am currently using Windows 10, which means that name in both my Alt + Tab vision:
As well as the window previews in the Windows 10 taskbar when I hover my mouse over the Chrome icon:
Closing the specific Chrome browser window for good brands your custom name away. T.hat makes sense, since you essentially eliminated that “instance” of the browser. If you want to keep permanent, separate browser windows, you really just have to set this up separate Chrome profiles on your desktop or laptop, that gives you completely independent versions of Chrome that you can access with just a few mouse clicks.
For example, I have a ‘personal’ Chrome that I use by default for most of my browsing, and a separate “work” Chrome configured to work with all my Lifehacker stuff. It contains all the tabs I use for work, including my email, stories I write, and stories that I research, and it’s not clogged with my many open tabs for mastering, for example Stardew Valley(T.slanggame tabs are also in no way associated with my work account, which my bosses and I probably prefer.)
If you are having a hard time opening the appropriate context menu by right-clicking on your tab bar, you can also access that same “Name window …” by hovering your mouse over the Chrome icon in the Windows 10 taskbar and right click on one of your open Chrome windows. On macOS, click Window> Name Window if you want a super easy way to rename your current Chrome instance.