Add to Chrome — freeGroup Preservation
Names, colours, and tab order are stored with the group rather than flattened away.
Make Chrome Tab Groups Permanent
A tab group is a layout, not a save. Close the window and, by default, the grouping goes with it. Zen Tabz saves your groups, names and colours included, and restores them in one click whenever you come back.
Why your tab groups keep disappearing
Groups organise the window, not your library
Chrome tab groups are a genuinely good way to tame an open window: one colour per project, click to collapse the noise. The catch is what they are tied to. A group exists inside the open window. With Chrome’s default startup setting, closing that window drops the tabs and the grouping with them. If you enable Continue where you left off, Chrome restores the previous session’s groups on a clean shutdown, but only the most recent session, and a crash or forced quit can break the restore.
Saving keeps the group, not just the links
When you save a session with Zen Tabz, each tab group is stored as a group, with its name, colour, and tab order intact. Restoring the collection recreates the groups rather than flattening them into a list of links. That is the difference between bookmarking all your tabs and actually keeping the arrangement you built.
- Group names and colours are preserved, not discarded.
- Tab order inside each group is kept.
- Multiple groups in one session are restored together.
- Groups survive browser restarts, updates, and crashes once saved.
Save once, restore whenever
Because the groups are saved by name in a collection, returning to a project is one action, whether that is tomorrow morning or next month. If your browser has already closed and the groups are gone, start with the recovery steps in our guide to restoring tabs in Chrome, then save the next set so it does not happen again.
Step-by-Step Guide
How to Save Chrome Tab Groups
Turn an open arrangement of tab groups into something permanent.
1
Build your groups
Right-click a tab, choose Add tab to new group, and give it a name and colour.
2
Install Zen Tabz
Add Zen Tabz to Chrome from the Chrome Web Store.
3
Save the session
Click the Zen Tabz icon and save your tabs. Every group is captured with its name, colour, and order.
4
Restore later
Pick the collection and your tab groups reopen exactly as arranged.
Tab Group Saving Features
Instant Restore
One click rebuilds every group in a saved session.
Multiple Groups
A single session can hold several groups, each restored independently.
Groups Plus Pinned Tabs
Pinned tabs are saved and restored alongside your groups in the same collection.
Optional Sync
With encrypted cloud sync on, the same groups restore on another Chrome computer.
Searchable
Find a saved collection by name or content when you have many.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How do I save tab groups in Chrome?
- Save a session with Zen Tabz and every tab group is captured automatically, with its name, colour, and tab order.
- Are group names and colours saved?
- Yes. Group names and colours are preserved, and restored exactly as you set them.
- Why do my tab groups disappear when I close Chrome?
- By default, groups are tied to the open window, so closing it drops them. Chrome can restore the previous session’s groups only on a clean shutdown and only for the most recent session. Saving makes them permanent.
- Can I restore a single group instead of a whole session?
- Collections restore as a set so the context comes back together. You can close any groups or tabs you do not need after restoring.
Save Your Tab Groups
Permanent tab groups that survive closing the browser. Free for Chrome and Firefox.
Works on Chrome 110+. No account required.