Organizing Tabs Like a Pro With Tab Groups and Workona Chrome Extension

How to Use Google Tab Groups and Workona Chrome Extension to organize tabs?

If you have ever wondered how to organize and manage multiple browser tabs in Chrome, you are asking the right question. The fact is that organization and productivity go hand-in-hand, so how do I organize tabs in Chrome?  How do I use Google Tab groups? What are Tab manager extensions for Chrome? 

In this article/tutorial we are going to address these questions and show you how you can use ‘Workona Tab manager’ and Google Chrome tab groups to organize your tabs in Chrome.  We will demonstrate how we transformed a browser window containing close to 20 Chrome browser tabs into 2 different organized workspaces.

If you wonder why we chose to utilize both Google Tab Groups and Workona continue reading, However, if you want to go straight to the example then skip this next section. 

We can see how our disorganized browser window can be organized better!

Why do we use a combination of Google Tab Groups and Workona Tab Manager?

• what Google tab groups are missing,
• but also add to what Workona is exactly offering that will help us to become browser workspace experts.

• creating different browser workspaces,
• managing those workspaces,
• easily switching between browser workspaces and a lot more, to be honest.

What is Workona Tab Manager extension for Chrome?

Workona tab manager is a Chrome extension allowing users to create a dedicated working area. Whether it’s to separate tabs by context, task, or toolset or create a separate workspace for yourself and for another family member. This Chrome extension really does a good job add helping you to organize and save your different workspaces. 

How does Workana help to manage your tabs in your Chrome browser?

The features that we most like are the following;

• Workona allows for a perfect overview of all your browser windows that you have opened. 
• Allows you to switch from one browser window/ workspace to another, 
• Easily drag and drop tabs from one workspace to another.
• Save your entire browser workspace setting
  • I can now close my browser at the end of my work day and know that my workspace and all my Chrome tabs will still be there for my morning coffee.
• Workona suspends the browser tabs that you are currently not using. 
  • This ensures that you are not wasting Computer Resources and -> avoids your computer from slowing down due to too many open tabs.
• Works well with Google Tab Groups

How to Use Google Tab Groups and Workona Chrome Extension to organize tabs?

This is our starting point – A browser window with too many tabs

• Top left of our browser, we click on the Workona LOGO which will direct us to the Workona dashboard for our account

–>Let us start by creating a workspace

• Let us start by selecting the browser window that you want to organize as a workspace
• Name your workspace and click ‘save
• Creating additional workspaces can be done by clicking the + symbol

–>We created a second empty workspace and show you how to drag and drop chrome tabs between workspaces

•  On the right side of the Workona dashboard we can have an overview of all the open chrome tabs in a browser window
• You can select browser windows and drag and drop them to another workspace!

–>Now we are going to reorganize our chrome windows/ workspaces using Google Chrome Tab Groups

•  To Create a Google Chrome Tab Group
  • Right-click on the browser tab and click ‘Add to New Group’
  • Create as many Tab Groups as you see fit
•  Assign chrome tabs to the Google Tab Groups you created
  • Once Google Tab Groups have been created, you can assign all the chrome tabs that belong to that group
• Assigning Chrome tab to group can be done by:
  • Right Click on tab –> add to group
  • Drag and drop the window to the Tab group (open the group tab first before starting drag and drop)

–> EXAMPLE: Six Youtube Chrome tabs are now grouped into ONE Google Tab Group

• • Creating Google Tab Groups are helping us to declutter our workspace & Workana will save these workspaces for us!

In total, we created 2 workspaces in which we have organized all the open chrome tabs, effectively resolving the ‘too many tabs’ syndrome!

See our video here

Related Questions And Answers

Is Workona free?

Yes, there is a Free version of Workona. The Free version of Workona allows you 5 to create and store free workspaces per account.

But there is also a paid account for professional users

How do I  uninstall workona?

Removing the Workona extension is as easy as uninstalling any other Chrome Extension. Simply locate the extension on the top right of your chrome browser –> right-click + remove from Chrome

How do I install Workona?

Installation Tutorial for Workona ‘Tab Manager’,  ‘Tab Groups Helper’, Create Account