Rearranging and removing home page tabs
When you open Internet Explorer with multiple home page tabs, only the page in the first tab is visible. You may decide that you want to rearrange those pages after you've been using them for a while. To rearrange home page tabs:
- Click the Tools button and choose Internet Options or choose Tools → Internet Options from Internet Explorer's menu bar. The dialog box will open.
- On the General tab, select the URL you want to move.
- Press Ctrl+X to cut the line.
- Press Delete (Del) to delete the blank line.
- Move the cursor to the start of the line where you want to place the URL.
- Press Ctrl+V to paste; then press Enter.
- Make sure that each URL appears on its own line and click OK.
To test the new arrangement, close and reopen Internet Explorer.
To remove a page from your home page tabs, remove its URL from the list on the General tab. To do that, select the line and press Delete (Del) twice, once to remove the text and a second time to delete the blank line left behind. Then click OK.
In this tutorial:
- Using Windows 7 Internet Explorer
- Understanding How the Web Works
- Examples of Top-Level Domains and URLs of Web Sites
- Windows Explorer Versus Internet Explorer
- Using Internet Explorer
- Browsing to a Web site
- Using AutoComplete
- Using Back, Forward, and History buttons
- Magnifying a page
- Panes and toolbars
- Full-screen viewing
- Change your default home page
- Using Tabs
- Using Quick Tabs
- Creating multiple home page tabs
- Rearranging and removing home page tabs
- Personalizing tabbed browsing
- Shortcut keys for tabs
- Using Web Slices
- Using Accelerators
- Using RSS Feeds
- Optional settings for RSS feeds
- Using the RSS Feed Headlines gadget
- Managing Favorite Sites
- Adding tab groups to Favorites
- Starting Your Favorites Collection
- Organizing Favorites
- Importing and exporting Favorites
- Blocking Pop-Ups
- Using the Information bar
- When pop-ups still get through
- Using the SmartScreen Filter
- How the SmartScreen Filter works
- Getting the most from the SmartScreen Filter
- Deleting the Browser History
- Clearing AutoComplete entries
- Configuring AutoComplete
- Understanding cookies
- Deleting cookies
- Adjusting cookie privacy settings
- Looking at cookies and privacy policies
- Understanding temporary Internet files
- Clearing temporary Internet files
- Temporary Internet files settings
- A note on certificates
- Using Internet Security Zones
- Printing Web Pages
- Using Print Preview
- Saving Web Pages
- Copying content from Web pages
- Downloading pictures and videos
- Making Internet Explorer Your Default Browser
- Searching the Web
- Choosing search providers
- Choosing a default provider
- Searching from the Search box
- Searching from the address bar
- Getting More with Add-ons
- Managing add-ons
- Internet Explorer Help and Troubleshooting