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andymb123 Author

Level 1

4 points

Safari opens new tabs

One day just randomly my safari now opens a new tab every time i click on a new link from a google search page for example and its annoying and i don't know how to stop it

MacBook Air 11″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jun 14, 2020 4:15 AM

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Brian Lazzara

Level 6

10,167 points

Posted on Jun 14, 2020 4:28 AM

If you go to Safari Preferences > Tabs, -you can select how you want links to be treated. Where it says Open Pages in Tabs…

To the right, select Never if you don't want tabs

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