To change tab width in the Chrome browser, you can use a hidden feature. That feature helps to set tabs to shrink to medium width, large width, pinned tab width, or don’t shrink at all (like it is visible in the screenshot above). Once you have enabled the tab-width option, it will also enable Tab Scrolling Buttons option automatically to help you easily move back and forth to access the opened tabs.
How to change Tab Width in Chrome browser on Windows 11/10
Here are the steps to change tab width in Google Chrome on a Windows 11/10 computer: This will set the tab width and it will keep that width no matter how many tabs are opened. You can also switch to any other width option for tabs using the above steps.
Keep Default Setting for Tab Width in Chrome browser
When you want to keep the default setting for tab width, then simply disable or turn off changing tab width in Chrome using these steps:
How do I shrink the tab size in Chrome?
The tab size or width in the Chrome browser starts shrinking automatically when you start opening more and more tabs. However, if you want to shrink specific tab(s), then what you can do is simply pin those tabs. To do that, just right-click on a tab, and use the Pin option. The pinned tabs will move to the left-most part of the Chrome browser and only the tab icon will visible for such tabs.
How do I change the tab size in Windows 10?
If you want to change the tab size or tab width for Google Chrome on a Windows 11/10 computer, then it can be done using the native feature of Google Chrome. You will be able to set the tab size or tab width to medium size, large size, or pinned tab size. You can also keep the original width for tabs using that built-in feature. For that, you need to access that feature (known as Tab Scrolling) using the Flags page of Chrome and then select any of the available options for tab width. This post above covers all the steps for changing tab size or tab width for Google Chrome. Just follow those steps carefully and set an option for tab width as per your needs. Read next: Enable or disable Smooth Scrolling in Windows, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or Opera.
