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title: "How do I stop Firefox from opening multiple tabs?"  
description: "How do I stop Firefox from opening multiple tabs?"  
author: "Lily Chitlangiya"  
published: 2022-02-10  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95656/how-do-i-stop-firefox-from-opening-multiple-tabs  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["firefox", "mozilla firefox", "tabs", "troubleshooting"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How do I stop Firefox from opening multiple tabs?

How do I stop Firefox from [opening multiple](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/109321/what-to-do-if-my-computer-freezes-when-opening-multiple-applications) [tabs](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/43918/how-to-design-table-using-bootstrap)?

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## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

**Steps to stop [Firefox](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95667/why-should-i-get-rid-of-mozilla-firefox-and-use-chrome) from opening [multiple tabs](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/109088/why-does-my-computer-freeze-when-i-open-multiple-tabs-in-my-browser):**

- **Select Settings** from the menu button.
- Navigate to the Tabs area of the General panel.
- **Ctrl+Tab cycles across tabs** in the order they were last used: If you wish to use the Ctrl + Tab keyboard shortcut to switch between open tabs in the order you viewed them rather than the order they show in the Firefox window, select this option.
- Deselect this setting if you wish to use **Ctrl + Tab** to move to the next tab and **Ctrl + Shift + Tab to switch to the previous tab.**

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**Read More : [How do you set Firefox as the default browser?](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95655/how-do-you-set-firefox-as-the-default-browser)**


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