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How to find and remove duplicate tabs in Chrome

Chrome’s tab search, Ctrl+Shift+A (⌘+Shift+A on a Mac), closes copies one at a time. TabCmdr closes every duplicate tab in every window with one command.

Quick answer

Close every duplicate in three steps

  1. ⌘K

    Step 1

    Open the palette

    Ctrl+K on Windows and Linux. Works on any page.

  2. dup

    Step 2

    Type dup

    Close Duplicate Tabs shows under Commands.

  3. ↵

    Step 3

    Press Enter

    Extra copies close in every window.

Chrome's way

Close copies with Chrome’s tab search

Press Ctrl+Shift+A on Windows and Linux, or ⌘+Shift+A on a Mac, to open tab search. Type part of the page’s name, and every open tab that matches is listed. Click the close button on the right of a row to close that copy without switching to it.

Source: Google’s tabs help page, checked in October 2026.

This works one page at a time. With several pages open twice, you repeat it for each one.

TabCmdr's way

Close every duplicate with TabCmdr

TabCmdr is a keyboard launcher that lives in your browser. Its Close Duplicate Tabs command checks every tab in every window and closes the extra copies in one go.

Before you start: add TabCmdr from the Chrome Web Store. It has a 7-day free trial and needs no account.

Step 1: Open the palette

Press ⌘+K on a Mac or Ctrl+K on Windows and Linux. To see your duplicates first, press → to switch to the Tabs filter, which lists the open tabs from every window.

TabCmdr palette on the Tabs filter, listing Inbox and Pull requests twice and Q4 planning three times
Before: Inbox and Pull requests are open twice, and Q4 planning is open in two windows.

Step 2: Type dup

Close Duplicate Tabs shows up under Commands, already highlighted. The row below it, Duplicate Tab, does the opposite: it opens another copy of the page you’re on.

TabCmdr palette with dup typed, showing Close Duplicate Tabs highlighted above Duplicate Tab
Typing dup finds Close Duplicate Tabs.

Step 3: Press Enter

The palette closes and the extra copies close with it. One copy of each page stays open, and a message at the bottom of the page says how many closed, such as Closed 3 duplicates. If there’s nothing to close, it says No duplicates found.

TabCmdr palette on the Tabs filter after closing duplicates, listing one copy of each page
After: one copy of each page is left. The Q4 planning tab ending in #heading=h.2 stays, because its address is different.

How TabCmdr decides what’s a duplicate

  • The address has to match exactly. A different part after # or ? makes it a different page, so two sections of the same document both stay open.
  • Every window is checked. A page open in two windows counts as a duplicate, and TabCmdr keeps the first copy it finds.
  • Any copy can close. That includes the tab you’re on, if another copy of it came first.
  • Closed copies can come back. Each one goes into Recently Closed. Type :r in the palette to list them, or see how to reopen closed tabs.

Try it on your own tabs

Works in Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, Vivaldi and Opera.

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FAQ

Questions about duplicate tabs

More in the documentation.

How do I close duplicate tabs in Chrome?

With TabCmdr, press ⌘K on a Mac or Ctrl+K on Windows and Linux, type dup and press Enter on Close Duplicate Tabs. Without it, open Chrome’s tab search with Ctrl+Shift+A (⌘+Shift+A on a Mac), type the page’s name and close the extra copies from the list one by one.

Which copy stays open?

TabCmdr keeps the first copy it finds as it goes through your windows and closes the rest. The tab you’re on can be one of the copies that closes.

Are pages with a different #section or ?query counted as duplicates?

No. Two tabs are duplicates only when their addresses match exactly, including everything after # or ?. Two sections of the same document both stay open.

Does it check tabs in other windows?

Yes. Close Duplicate Tabs looks at every open window, so a page open in two windows counts as a duplicate.

Can I get a closed copy back?

Yes. Each tab it closes goes into Recently Closed. Type :r to list them and press Enter on the one you want. Undo Close Tab brings back only the last one.

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