How-to guide
How to pin a tab in Chrome
In Chrome, right-click a tab and choose Pin. With TabCmdr, press ⌘K and run Pin Tab, pin any tab from its row, or type :p to see only your pinned tabs.
Quick answer
Pin the tab you're on in three steps
- ⌘K
Step 1
Open the palette
Ctrl+K on Windows and Linux. Works on any page.
- pin tab
Step 2
Type pin tab
Pin Tab shows under Commands.
- ↵
Step 3
Press Enter
The tab moves to the start of the tab bar.
Chrome's way
Chrome’s way to pin a tab
Right-click the tab and choose Pin. A pinned tab shrinks to the site’s icon. To undo it, right-click the tab and choose Unpin.
To pin several tabs at once, highlight them first. On Windows and Linux, press Ctrl and click each tab, or click the first, press Shift and click the last. Then right-click one of them and choose Pin.
Source: Google’s tabs help page, checked in October 2026.
TabCmdr's way
Pin the tab you’re on
TabCmdr is a keyboard launcher that lives in your browser. 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.
Step 2: Type pin tab
Pin Tab shows up under Commands.
pin tab finds the Pin Tab command.Step 3: Press Enter
Pin Tab pins the tab you’re on and closes the palette, and Tab pinned shows at the bottom of the page. Chrome moves the tab to the start of the tab bar. To undo it, type unpin and run Unpin Tab, which confirms with Tab unpinned.
Pin a tab without switching to it
Type part of the tab’s title or address so it’s the highlighted row, then click the pin button on that row.
You see Tab pinned and stay on the page you’re on. The button works on tabs in every window.
See only your pinned tabs
Type :p to list your pinned tabs and nothing else. Each one has a crossed-out pin badge: click it to unpin that tab.
:p lists only your pinned tabs.In a normal search, pinned tabs that match show under their own Pinned heading, below your other tabs.
Pinned tabs also stay put when you tidy up. Close Other Tabs and Close Tabs to the Left or Right leave them open, and Suspend Inactive Tabs leaves them loaded when you free up memory.
Try it on your own tabs
Works in Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, Vivaldi and Opera.
Install for Chrome