Facing a sea of tabs in Safari, about to — sigh — waste precious time closing them one by one? Find out here how to close multiple tabs without going to each one individually in Safari on a Mac ⤓.
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How to Close Multiple Tabs Fast in Safari on a Mac
Close Select Safari Tabs
Time needed: 1 minute
To close more than one tab in a single action in Safari for macOS on a Mac:
- Go to one of the tabs you want to close.
Here’s why: If you close select tabs, the currently visible one will always be one of them; you can also close other tabs, of course — see below.
- Hold Command while you click other tab titles to add them to the selection.
Tab bar: If you do not see the Safari tab bar in full screen view, move the mouse to the top of the screen until it appears.
Range: You can also hold Shift and click to select a range of tabs.
Negating: Press and highlighted tab while holding Command to remove it from the selection. - Click on one of the highlighted tabs with the right mouse button.
- Select Close Tabs from the context menu.
macOS keyboard shortcut: You can also press Command W.
Their word: Apple include information on closing tabs in the Mac User Guide.
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Close Other Tabs
To close (all) other tabs in a Safari window on a Mac:
- Click with the right mouse button on the title of the tab you want to keep.
- Select Close Other Tabs from the context menu that has appeared.
Safari keyboard shortcut: You can also go to the tab you want to keep and press Command Option W.
To close all but a select group of tabs (especially useful if you have opened a host of tabs from one source tab you’d like to keep):
- Assemble all tabs you want to keep to the left of the tab bar.
Drag and drop: You can rearrange tabs using dragging and dropping.
Sort: Select Window | Arrange Tabs By | Title or Window | Arrange Tabs By | Website to have Safari sort tabs in the current window by page title or domain respectively. - Now click on the rightmost tab you want to keep in the tab bar with the right mouse button.
- Select Close Tabs to the Right from the context menu that has shown.
Left: If you click on the rightmost tab, you can select Close Tabs to the Left instead to close all other tabs in the window.
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Close All Tabs
You can, of course, also close all tabs in one go with Mac Safari.
How to Close Multiple Tabs Fast in Safari on a Mac: FAQ
Can I also close multiple tabs from the tab overview?
No.
While the Safari tab overview lets you close individual tabs, you cannot select and close more than one at a time.
(Tested with Safari for Mac 17–26 on macOS Tahoe 26, Sequoia 15 and Sonoma 14; first published February 2024, last updated July 2026)