New Tab, New Window

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Status
Live on Store
Description from extension meta

Open every new tab in a new window.

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New Tab, New Window
Description from store

It's not perfect, but it's the best approach for disabling tabbed browsing.

When you open a new tab, that tab will automatically move into a new window.

Click the extension icon in the toolbar to temporarily disable new window behavior.

New in Version 3.5
- Added toggle button to disable new window behaviour.

Latest reviews

Anonymous 2025-07-11

Still using 12 years later and loving it! Never have an issue, I LOVE that it opens in a window not a tab. If I want a tab collection I drag it myself. This makes it easy to manage and maintain where my pages are.

sherpacurt 2025-05-26

Such a relief to find this. Its terrible how Chrome opens every click in a new tab and doesn't provide an option to change the behavior. On a Mac, it seems random which Chrome window it attaches the new tab to. This will save me so much time I spend looking for previously opened windows. I cant believe this is not a built-in option. Thanks for providing this plugin!!

Tiberiu Iepan 2025-03-07

It works great as of 03-06-2025 , I absolutely hate tabs, i lost so much work because of them. This is a life saver

Elena Smirnova 2025-03-02

The only extension i need in my browser!

Sajjad Haq 2024-12-08

unnessary... Ctrl + N = new window Ctrl + T = new tab

Tiger III 2024-09-19

Works flawlessly

dan Bdan 2024-09-19

awesomme! love it! ...have been looking for this feature for ages :) ....google should have added it as standard option imo

W Chau 2024-09-15

I had been looking at all the settings of Chrome to make it open a new window everytime I open a shortcut on my desktop but none of the settings worked. Finally I found this extension and it works perfectly! Thanks a lot!

Dean 2024-08-20

I love how you can choose to have every new tab open as a Maximized, New Window. However, sometimes, I want to just open a new tab, and not a whole new window. How do I do that without disabling the extension? Could there be a way to click on the extension and easily toggle the functionality? I would love to customize the extension to always open certain URL's in Maximized, New Windows. In other words, it would be great to be able to create a list of certain domains, and whenever those are opened, they will be opened in a new, Maximized window. Then all of the other tabs would still be opened in tabs. I know that there are certain web sites that I always want opened in maximized, new windows. If this extension could detect those URLs and always move those tabs to new, maximized windows, that would be amazing.

phil sendig 2024-08-20

I have loved this for years. But this latest chrome update has this not working. Is there going to be an update? Soon please!!! Thanks

A M 2024-04-07

Have been looking for this for so long! It´s great.

James Ritter 2024-03-20

perfect

operator 2024-02-16

This gives best one hierarchy level experience with Flow launcher. One feature request: if Ctrl is pressed - do not to switch immediately to new window.

Francesco Carlucci 2023-09-23

Great tool, thank you

Francesco Carlucci 2023-09-23

Great tool, thank you

Rob Romero 2023-03-20

tabbed browsing is not a good default choice for large 4K windows. this extension, along with sizer 4.0, makes a much better experience.

Rob Romero 2023-03-20

tabbed browsing is not a good default choice for large 4K windows. this extension, along with sizer 4.0, makes a much better experience.

Sergejus 2023-02-23

This is the first extension I always install on my computer after reinstalling the Windows. Thank you SO MUCH for it!

Sergejus 2023-02-23

This is the first extension I always install on my computer after reinstalling the Windows. Thank you SO MUCH for it!

Jon Anscombe 2022-05-27

Incredibly helpful extension, exactly what I was looking for - thank you! Extremely useful to be able to auto-open every link straight into a new window - I find it so much easier to quickly navigate between everything I have open that way (using Alt-Tab) as everything open is always visible in its own window (instead of tabs which can lurk almost invisibly within any single window).

Jon Anscombe 2022-05-27

Incredibly helpful extension, exactly what I was looking for - thank you! Extremely useful to be able to auto-open every link straight into a new window - I find it so much easier to quickly navigate between everything I have open that way (using Alt-Tab) as everything open is always visible in its own window (instead of tabs which can lurk almost invisibly within any single window).

zyxyz 2022-04-19

Seit einigen Tagen ist die App nach jedem "Windows"-Neustart praktisch ohne Funktion.

Aduke Thelwell 2021-10-20

This app would be perfect if you could toggle app off or pause the app using the menu options. I have to go into "Manage Extensions" in Chrome each time I want to pause this app, which happens occassionally

Aduke Thelwell 2021-10-20

This app would be perfect if you could toggle app off or pause the app using the menu options. I have to go into "Manage Extensions" in Chrome each time I want to pause this app, which happens occassionally

j g 2021-09-24

When I right click an icon or a link for a web page and select "Open In New Tab," it still opens in a new window. This is unacceptable as I sometimes do want to open links in new tabs (such as when opening search results). I am going to remove unless there is an option to fix this, or a new release that corrects this. It shouldn't behave this way because it's misleading and semantically incorrect.

j g 2021-09-24

When I right click an icon or a link for a web page and select "Open In New Tab," it still opens in a new window. This is unacceptable as I sometimes do want to open links in new tabs (such as when opening search results). I am going to remove unless there is an option to fix this, or a new release that corrects this. It shouldn't behave this way because it's misleading and semantically incorrect.

Stephen A 2021-08-14

I have been using this extension since 2014. It is simple and perfect.

Stephen A 2021-08-14

I have been using this extension since 2014. It is simple and perfect.

Justin Higgins 2021-08-13

This is my #1 most essential Chrome extension. It does what it says, and has done for years, I love it.

Justin Higgins 2021-08-13

This is my #1 most essential Chrome extension. It does what it says, and has done for years, I love it.

Mr. Win Stonechurch Hill 2021-05-30

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING TO SAVE ME FROM A LIFE OF FRUSTRATION! I! HATE! TABS! CAN'T ALT-SHIFT THRU THEM! ALWAYS HIDING FROM ME. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! (AND I'M USING OPERA BTW AND THIS WORKS JUST FINE)

Mr. Win Stonechurch Hill 2021-05-30

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING TO SAVE ME FROM A LIFE OF FRUSTRATION! I! HATE! TABS! CAN'T ALT-SHIFT THRU THEM! ALWAYS HIDING FROM ME. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! (AND I'M USING OPERA BTW AND THIS WORKS JUST FINE)

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Sharon Osborne (Sharon Osborne) 2021-01-21

I love this extension! SO simple, automatic and easy!

Andy panda (A. Panda) 2021-01-21

I love this extension! SO simple, automatic and easy!

Menandro DELA VEGA 2020-07-28

The one I've been looking for. Just make sure you keep track of all open sites because if you have a 900 sites, it means you have 900 chrome running because it really works as intended. Very easy to setup, just click and install, done. Works well in guest and incognito.

Allan Rosenlund 2020-01-07

Love it, hate tabs.

Allan Rosenlund 2020-01-07

Love it, hate tabs.

Etienne Vermeiren 2019-10-08

- "(New in Version 3.2) * Speed up window opening, at the cost of dropping feature to open a new tab in same window" Although, sometimes I'd like to open a new tab yet. - When cascading, the overlap might be a bit bigger, or even better: adjustable in options?

Etienne Vermeiren 2019-10-08

- "(New in Version 3.2) * Speed up window opening, at the cost of dropping feature to open a new tab in same window" Although, sometimes I'd like to open a new tab yet. - When cascading, the overlap might be a bit bigger, or even better: adjustable in options?

Matti Hjelm 2019-10-02

WONDERFUL! Finally I can see all the open pages in the Windows task switcher! Why Chrome hides them I dont understand, Firefox tabs are all visible in window task switcher.

Matti Hjelm 2019-10-02

WONDERFUL! Finally I can see all the open pages in the Windows task switcher! Why Chrome hides them I dont understand, Firefox tabs are all visible in window task switcher.

Eduardo 2019-06-24

Very useful. It is all I needed for now. No need for permissions. Very useful to alternate a determined page with other applications.

Eduardo 2019-06-24

Very useful. It is all I needed for now. No need for permissions. Very useful to alternate a determined page with other applications.

max money 2019-05-03

Fewer tabs, more focus. Great extension.

J F 2019-04-28

Fantastic. I never got on board with tabbed browsing and this brings back the good old days.

J F 2019-04-28

Fantastic. I never got on board with tabbed browsing and this brings back the good old days.

Anonymous 2019-03-22

One word, excellent! Five stars all the way. I should have reviewed this 5+ years ago, but I'm never signed into chrome when setting up the browsers. I hate tabs with a passion! Installed on standard chrome. Chrome Canary. 5. Chrome portables. Also have installed on other family members, PCs, and they all love it as well. There is nothing to dislike about it :-) K.I.S.S

Anonymous 2019-03-22

One word, excellent! Five stars all the way. I should have reviewed this 5+ years ago, but I'm never signed into chrome when setting up the browsers. I hate tabs with a passion! Installed on standard chrome. Chrome Canary. 5. Chrome portables. Also have installed on other family members, PCs, and they all love it as well. There is nothing to dislike about it :-) K.I.S.S

Radhakrishnan Mudliar 2019-01-15

Just works as expected, all new links open in a new window

Statistics

Installs
20,000
Market
Chrome Web Store
Rating
3.93 (135 votes)
Last update
2025-07-14
Version 3.5
Languages